Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees of the 64th Cork Film Festival Awards and thank you to all who joined us at the ceremony to celebrate excellence in filmmaking.

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