Eight Prizes for IFB Projects at the Galway Film Fleadh
There were eight prizes in total awarded to IFB funded projects with three picking up awards, two runner-up prizes and three given honourable mentions at the Galway Film Fleadh this weekend.
Ian Power's The Runway scooped the Best Irish Feature award. Inspired by a true story, the film tells the tale of a South American pilot who crashed his plane in a field near an Irish town in 1983, and how the community came together to fix his plane and build a runway to get him home. Starring Demian Bichir, Kerry Condon and James Cosmo, this moving story was produced by Macdara Kelleher, Brendan McDonald and Bernard Michaux for Fastnet Films in Ireland and Lucil Films.
The runner up prize for Best Irish Feature went to Carmel Winter's debut feature Snap, a psychological drama produced by Martina Niland and Samson Films which previously screened at Tribeca Film Festival and more recently at the renowned Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
The Pipe, which premièred at the fleadh to an amazing reception, picked up the Best Feature Documentary award. Directed by Risteard O'Domhnall and produced by Rachel Lysaght for Scannain Inbhear, the documentary explores the tensions of Rossport and the pressures and fractures with the Shell To Sea campaign.
The runner up prize for Best Feature Documentary was awarded to Burma Soldier, directed by Nic Dunlop, Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern. The documentary, which was also its premiere, was produced by Julie leBrocquy for LeBrocquy Fraser Productions.
In the Shorts Jury Awards section the successful IFB shorts were, Action Evader, a Virtual Cinema short directed and produced by Pádraig Mannion, which picked up the Best First Animation Award while The Meaning of Eggsistence, a Frameworks short directed by Bruce Ryder, was given an honourable mention for Best Animation. Flatbed, the Short Shorts project directed by Tom Merilion, received an honourable mention in the Best Short Drama category while Alibi, the Reality Bites short directed by Darren Bolger, was given an honourable mention for the Best Short Documentary Award.
2010 22nd Galway Film Fleadh Awards
Best Irish Feature Award
The Runway directed by Ian Power
Runner Up: Snap directed by Carmel Winters
Best Feature Documentary
The Pipe directed by Risteard O'Domhnall
Runner Up: Burma Soldier directed by Nic Dunlop, Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern
Best First Feature
Undertow directed by Javier Fuentes-Leon
Shorts Jury Awards
Best First Animation
Action Evader directed by Pádraig Mannion
Best Animation
Mister Heaney - A Wee Portrait directed and produced by David Quin
Honourable Mention: The Meaning of Eggsistence directed by Bruce Ryder
Best Short Drama
Noreen directed by Domhnall Gleeson
Honourable Mention: Flatbed directed by Tom Merilion
Best First Short Drama - The Tiernan McBride Award
Hoodie directed by Patrick Finnegan
Best Short Documentary Award
Bow St directed by Tadhg O'Sullivan
Honourable Mention: Alibi directed by Darren Bolger
The Pitching Award
Dumpailte directed by Len Collin
Lelia Doolan was presented with a Galway Hooker award for her contribution to Irish film, television and theatre.