
Awards Ceremony 2019
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For over 60 years Cork 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 will automatically join the longlist for the Oscars®.
Award Winners
Cork Film Festival Youth Jury Award
The Cave
Director: Feras Fayyad
Cork Film Festival Nomination For European Short Film Awards 2018
Things That Happen In The Bathroom
Director: Edward Hancox
Best Cork Short Award
Rosalyn
Director: Olivia J Middleton
Best Director: Irish Short
Supported by Screen Directors Guild Ireland
Michael-David McKernan
Director of Halo
Audience Award
Presented By The River Lee
The Last Right
Director: Aoife Crehan
Gradam Na Féile Do Scannáin Faisnéise / Award For Cinematic Documentary
The Cave
Directors: Feras Fayyad
Gradam Spiorad Na Féile / Spirit Of The Festival Award
Presented By The Gate Cinema
Swallow
Director: Carlo Mirabella-Davis
Grand Prix Documentary Short Award (Academy Award® Qualifying)
Horse Riders
Director: Anna Gawlita
Grand Prix International Short (Academy Award® Qualifying)
Stalker
Director: Christopher Andrews
Grand Prix Irish Short (Academy Award® Qualifying)
Presented By RTÉ
Cíunas (Silence)
Directors: Tristan Heaune