The 29th Galway Film Fleadh came to an end today (July 16th) with the annual award ceremony, celebrating the best in Irish and international short and feature films that were shown over a fantastic 6 days.
Michael InsideThe big winner was Michael Inside, directed by Frank Berry, which won Best Irish Feature. Dafhyd Flynn picked up the Bingham Ray New Talent Award for his leading role in the film. Nick Kelly’s The Drummer and the Keeper, which received a prolonged standing ovation after the screening, picked up the Best First Irish Feature, while Best Irish Feature Documentary went to Rocky Ros Muc, the story of boxer Sean Mannion.
We’re so happy and grateful to have received these awards for Michael Inside at the Galway Film Fleadh, which is amazing encouragement for us on the film’s World Premiere. Looking forward to the next step on the journey.
Frank Berry, Director – Michael Inside
Tom Collins, who premiered his newest feature Aithri/Penance at the Fleadh, saw his animated short An Béal Bocht pick up two awards, for Best First Short Animation and Best Animated Short Film. Oscar-winning director Benjamin Cleary could well be back at the Academy Awards again after his short film Wave, co-directed with TJ O’Grady Peyton, won the Tiernan McBride Award for Best Short Drama, an award that comes with instant Academy Award qualification. The other Oscar-qualifying award, The James Horgan Award for Best Animation went to Rory Byrne’s An Island.
Frank Berry accepts Best Irish Feature Award for Michael InsideSource: Volta on Twitter
THE BEST FIRST SHORT ANIMATION AWARD
An Béal Bocht
Director Tom Collins
Producer Pearse Moore
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THE BEST ANIMATED SEQUENCE IN A SHORT FILM IN ASSOCIATION WITH BROWN BAG FILMS
Late Afternoon
Director Louise Bagnall
Producer Nuria González Blanco
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THE DON QUIJOTE AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM
An Béal Bocht
Director Tom Collins
Producer Pearse Moore
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THE BEST FIRST SHORT DRAMA AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH MAZARS
The Date
Director Selina Cartmell
Producer Claire Gormley
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THE BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Tit for Tatt
Director Mairéad Ní Thréinir
Producer Mairéad Ní Thréinir
Throwline
Director Mia Mullarkey
Producer Mia Mullarkey
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THE DONAL GILLIGAN AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A SHORT FILM IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE IRISH SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS (ISC)
Burschi Wojner for Wave
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THE AWARD FOR THE ONE MINUTE FILM FESTIVAL
Arjan Brentjes for Tempo
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THE JAMES HORGAN AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION – (Oscar Qualifying Category)
An Island
Director Rory Byrne
Producer Ciarán Deeney
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THE TIERNAN McBRIDE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT DRAMA IN ASSOCIATION WITH NETWORK IRELAND TELEVISION– (Oscar Qualifying Category)
Wave
Directors Benjamin Cleary & TJ O’Grady Peyton
Producer Rebecca Bourke
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BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
City of Ghosts
Director Matthew Heineman
Producer Matthew Heineman
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST FEATURE
God’s Own Country
Director Francis Lee
Producer Manon Ardisson & Jack Tarling
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Mad to Be Normal
Director Robert Mullan
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
All the Wild Horses
Director Ivo Marloh
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN AN IRISH FEATURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH TEACH SOLAIS
Richard Kendrick for Song of Granite
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THE BINGHAM RAY NEW TALENT AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH MAGNOLIA PICTURES
Dafhyd Flynn
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BEST IRISH FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Rocky Ros Muc
Director Michael Fanning
Producers Michael Fanning & Máire Bhreathnach
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Nick Kelly accepts Best First Irish Feature AwardBEST FIRST IRISH FEATURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH VOLTA
The Drummer and the Keeper
Director Nick Kelly
Producers Kate McColgan
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BEST IRISH FEATURE
Michael Inside
Director Frank Berry
Producers Donna Eperon, Tristan Orpen Lynch & Aoife O’Sullivan
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GALWAY FILM FLEADH’S PITCHING AWARD:
Michelle Lehane – Against the Tide
The Galway Film Fleadh emphasises the important foundation of good story and scriptwriting in the audiovisual industry though this award in which feature films are pitched to a panel of industry professionals and awarded a cash prize for development of their scripts.
The jury felt this was a perfectly pitched project – a true story that doesn’t feel like a documentary because it has great emotional depth and truth.
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THE BINGHAM RAY NEW TALENT AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH MAGNOLIA PICTURES
Actor Dafhyd Flynn for Michael Inside