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Adjudicator Line up announced for 15th Kerry Film Festival
2014-09-25 : Seán Brosnan
The Kerry Film Festival, which takes place across the County of Kerry each October, has today announced its five adjudicators for this year’s festival.

Screenwriter Mark Bomback (‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’, ‘The Wolverine’, ‘Unstoppable’), animator Rory Fellowes (‘The Wombles’, ‘Hattytown’) and composer Niall Byrne (‘Parked’, ‘Gold’) have been announced, alongside film blogger and critic Guy Lodge (who writes for Variety) and former chief executive of the Irish Film Board Rod Stoneman.

The Jury have the task of deciding the best films out of the 112 shorts that have been submitted this year.

“We’re thrilled to welcome such a wonderful panel to this year’s special anniversary Festival’ said Festival Director Roisin McGuigan. ‘From renowned screenwriter Mark Bomback, to widely experienced animator Rory Fellowes, we will also be welcoming former Chief Executive of the Irish Film Board and documentarian Rod Stoneman and Film Critic Guy Lodge. Finally, with our new short film category, Best Score, we have invited IFTA winning composer Niall Byrne as the final member of our judges’ panel. Everyone at KFF is extremely grateful that the adjudicators recognise the importance and effort taken by our short film finalists and we thank them for kindly offering their time and knowledge to our festival.’

The Kerry Film Festival, operating in its 15th year, champions Irish short films and launches them on to an international circuit, with winners being elevated to a worldwide platform with numerous film festivals in line to screen their newly awarded film.

This year’s festival is due to take place from October 4th to October 11th with the winning being announced from 8pm, October 11th.





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