From a field of fifty, the Festival chose a shortlist of eight Irish and International music videos. The Cork Film Festival shorts jury will choose the winners. The eight films are sprinkled throughout the programme before feature films playing in the Gate Cinema – eyes and ears peeled!
Irish Music Video Award Shortlist:
Jack O’Rourke: Dreamcatcher, dir.: Jason Keane
Saint Sister: Madrid, dir.: Bob Gallagher
Saramai: Trees, dir.: Aaron Brady;
The Coronas: The Long Way, dir.: Stevie Russell
Mick Flannery: Cameo, dir.: Brian Cronin
International Music Video Shortlist:
Loguercio: The Ballad of Hypochondria, dir.: Antonella Matarazzo (Italy)
Composer Christopher ‘Bird’ Jowaisas & performers The Absynth Quartet: Boomerang, dir.: Steven Vander Meer (USA)
SAFIA: Make them Wheels Roll, dir.: Jimmy Ennett (Australia)
Hope: Cell, dir.: Riccardo Bernardi (Germany); Deacon Blue: This is a Love Song, dir.: Adrian Rowe (UK)
