PAVEE LACKEEN SCOOPS TOP PRIZE AT GALWAY FILM FLEADH
Perry Ogden’s extraordinary feature film PAVEE LACKEEN last night scooped the prize for Best First Feature at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh, with Anthony Byrne’s debut feature SHORT ORDER picking up second prize.PAVEE LACKEEN is an intimate portrait of a resilient and spirited young girl who is part of the traveller community, living in a dilapidated trailer in a desolate industrialised area of Dublin. The film presents an unflinching portrait of a marginalised community often living in Third World poverty in a modern, prosperous Ireland. The film, which will have its North American premiere at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival in September, was produced by An Léoir Films and co-financed by Bord Scannan na hEireann/the Irish Film Board (BSÉ/IFB).
SHORT ORDER is a magical story about a young woman with an uncontrollable talent for culinary seduction starring Emma de Caunes, John Hurt and Jack Dee. It was produced by Igloo film with co-finance from BSÉ/IFB.
BSÉ/IFB funded shorts also scooped the major awards at the Fleadh with Billy McCannon’s RECOIL taking the top prize for Best Irish Short. RECOIL was produced by Jonathan Cummins and under the Short Cuts scheme, which aims to develop talent in all areas of Irish film production. Eoghan Kidney’s film STARS, produced under the Frameworks animated scheme was awarded the prize for Best Animated Short.