The 19th Galway Film Fleadh came to a close on Sunday night with seven top awards presented in feature, documentary and short categories. Marion Quinn’s ‘32A’ was named Best First Feature and ‘Teeth’, directed by John Kennedy and Ruairi O’Brien, picked up the Best Irish Shorts-Tiernan McBride Award.
Second place in the Best First Feature category went to ‘On Broadway’, directed by Dave McLaughlin. In the Best Irish Short category a Special Recommendation was made for Cecelia McAllister’s ‘The Missing Link’ while ‘Scumbot’ from Ciarán Foy came second place:.
Other top short film winners included ‘Hesitation’ from director Virginia Gilbert, which picked up the RTÉ Two Best First Irish Short award; ‘The McDonagh Pictures’ from director/producer Ian Palmer, winning the Best Irish Short Documentary category; ‘The Red Ball’ by Alan Holly which scooped both the RTE Best First Short Animation and the Best Irish Short Animation awards. Documentaries ‘God Grew Tired of Us’ and ‘The Cats fo Mirikitani’ tied for first place: in the Best Feature Documentary category, while Irish feature documentary ‘Saviours’, from Ross Whitaker and Liam Nolan, was named runner up.
William Collins picked up the Stella Artois Pitching Award for his project ‘My Brothers’.
Awards in Full:
Stella Artois Pitching Award : William Collins: My Brothers
RTÉ Two Best First Irish Short
Special Recommendation Frankie
Director: Darren Thornton
Producer: Collette Farrell
Second Place:The 18th Electricity Plan
Directors: Glenn Leyburn and Lisa Barros D’sa
Producers: David Holmes and Brendan Byrne
First Place:Hesitation
Director: Virginia Gilbert
Producers: Julien Berlan and Michelle Eastwood
Best Irish Shorts-Tiernan McBride Award
Special RecommendationThe Missing Link
Director: Cecelia McAllister
Producer: Bronagh McCartan
Second Place:Scumbot
Director: Ciarán Foy
Producer: Philip Rogan
First Place: Teeth
Directors: John Kennedy and Ruairi O’Brien
Producer: Noreen Donohoe
Best Irish Short Documentary
Second Place: Saol an Mhaor
Director: Seán ó cualáin
Producer: Seán ó cualáin
First Place: The McDonagh Pictures
Director: Ian Palmer
Producer: Ian Palmer
RTE Best First Short Animation - The James Horgan Award
Special Mention for original style and content: Cúpla
Director: Eamonn O’Neill
Producer: IADT
Second Place:Getting Round
Director: Chris O’Hara
Producer: IADT
First Place:The Red Ball
Director: Alan Holly
Producer: Barry O’Donoghue
Best Irish Short Animation
Special Mention for it’s use of 3D technology: Ding Dong Denny’s History of Ireland
Director: Cathal Gaffney
Producer: Brian Gilmore
Second Place:The Crumblegiant
Director: John McCloskey
Producer: Pearse Moore
First Place: The Red Ball
Director: Alan Holly
Producer: Barry O’Donoghue
Best Feature Documentary:
Joint First Place:
God Grew Tired of Us
Directed by Christopher Dillon Quinn
The Cats of Mirikitani
Directed by Linda Hattendorff
Runner Up:
Saviours
Directed by Ross Whitaker and Liam Nolan
Best First Feature
Second Place: On Broadway
Director: Dave McLaughlin
Producer: Mark Hankey
Producer: Charlie Harrington
First Place: 32A
Director: Marion Quinn
Producer: Tommy Weir
