IFB Congratulates Winners at this year's Galway Film Fleadh
Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board wishes to congratulate the IFB productions which have received awards at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.
The joint winners of the Best Irish Feature award were Glassland directed by Gerard Barrett and Terry McMahon’s Patrick’s Day. Glassland, Barrett’s follow-up to the acclaimed Pilgrim’s Hill, stars Jack Reynor and Will Poulter in a morality tale of a young taxi driver on the fringes of the criminal underworld in West Dublin. Patrick’s Day stars Moe Dunford – previously seen on TV’s Vikings – as a schizophrenic who falls in love with a depressive flight attendant. Second place for the Best Irish Feature prize went to Steven Bradley’s Noble, starring Deirdre O’Kane, Brendan Coyle and Liam Cunningham, telling the true story of Christina Noble who overcame her harsh Irish childhood to discover her destiny on the Saigon streets.
The award for Best Irish Feature Documentary was jointly awarded to Blood Fruit – which examines the Dunnes Stores strikers who took a stance against the South African apartheid regime in the 1980s – and One Million Dubliners, which examines the history and legacy of Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery, the largest non-denominational graveyard in Ireland.
Meanwhile the Bingham Ray New Talent Award was presented to AnneMarie Naughton, producer on the upcoming horror film The Canal. Also nominated in this category was Moe Dunford for his stellar acting work in Patrick’s Day.
The Galway Film Fleadh, now in its 26th year, was held from July 8-13th.