European Short Film Candidate - Winner
European Film Awards 2021
Presented By: The European Film Academy
2020 Awards
For 65 years, Cork International Film Festival has celebrated excellence in filmmaking, championing new and emerging voices, as well as established filmmakers, through its prestigious awards. Three of our awards – the Grand Prix Irish Short, the Grand Prix International Short and the Grand Prix Documentary Short – are Academy Award®-qualifying, ensuring that the winners in Cork are automatically longlisted for the Oscars®.
Best Cork Short Award - Winner
Presented By: Private: Red FM
Ballast - Directed by Jesse Gilbert
Best Director: Irish Short - Winner
Presented By: SDGI
Shaun Dunne & Zoe Ní Riordáin for Dúirt Tú (You Said)
Grand Prix Documentary Short - Winner
Academy Award®-Qualifying Category
Signal 8 - Directed by Simon Liu
Grand Prix International Short - Winner
Academy Award®-Qualifying Category
Sudden Light - directed by Sophie Littman
Grand Prix Irish Short - Winner
Academy Award®-Qualifying Category
Presented By: RTÉ
Flicker - directed by Luke Daly, Nathan Fagan
Cork International Film Festival Youth Jury Award - Winner
Rascal - Directed by Peter Dourountzis
Gradam Na Féile Do Scannáin Faisnéise (Award For Cinematic Documentary) - Winner
Songs of Repression - directed by Estephan Wagner & Marianne Hougen-Moraga
Gradam Spiorad Na Féile (Spirit of the Festival Award) - Winner
Presented By: The Gate Cinema
Bad Tales - directed by D'Innocenzo Brothers
Audience Award - Winner
Voted by You, the Audience
