Awards for 'In A House That Ceased To Be', 'Bloody Good Headline' at IFI Stranger than Fiction Festival
Documentaries In a House That Ceased to Be and Bloody Good Headline were amongst the winners at the 2014 IFI Stranger than Fiction festival. The films, funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, won in the categories of Audience Award for Best Feature and Jury’s Award for Best Short.
Ciarín Scott’s documentary In A House that Ceased to Be was the winner of the Audience Award for Best Feature. The film focuses on the story of humanitarian Christina Noble and her family, who she was torn apart from at a young age, and her attempts to reunite them after decades apart. The screening was attended by Noble along with her long-lost brother Sean, who made his first appearance in Ireland since leaving 53 years prior. In a House that Ceased to Be was produced by Atlantic Film Alliance.
The winner of the Jury’s Award for Best Short was Paul Quinn and Tom Burke’s Bloody Good Headline, which takes a look at the lives and thoughts of five men who sell newspapers in Dublin's rush hour traffic. Examining the experiences of the orange-vested newspaper sellers who dot the city streets in the morning and evening, the film featured no English and was subtitled, as the sellers in focus hailed from Poland, Brazil and Venezuela. Bloody Good Headline was made as part of Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board’s ‘Reality Bites’ short film scheme and was produced by Areaman Productions.
Meanwhile the Audience Award for Best Short went to Ailbhe Fitzpatrick for her short The Wild Geese, which explored the world of sea swimmers.
The 2014 IFI Stranger than Fiction festival was held in Dublin from September 25th to 28th.