Galway Film Fleadh winners announced

Winners for the Galway Film Fleadh were announced this morning, and the honourees included Agnes O'Casey and John Carlin.

The winners of Galway Film Fleadh were announced this morning after it wrapped up on Sunday evening.

The six day festival highlighted the best of Irish film talent, both established and emerging.

Apocalypse Clown won best Irish film under the direction of George Kane, known for his work on episodes of Inside No. 9, Wedding Season, and Time Wasters.

Agnes O'Casey was awarded Best New Talent for Lies We Tell and Miracle Club, a movie that centers around working class women of Dublin where she worked alongside Dame Maggie Smith.

She also appeared in the 2020 music video for "Holy Show" by the Pillow Queens.

Lie of the Land marked John Carlin's feature film debut, and won him Best Irish First Feature. Carlin's previous works are mostly in the field of journalism and documentaries, like Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation.

See a full list of the awards and winners below:

Best Irish Film (with Danu Media)
Apocalypse Clown
Director: George Kane
Producer: Morgan Bushe

Best Irish First Feature (with Element Pictures)
Lie of the Land
Director: John Carlin
Producers: Chris Patterson, Margaret McGoldrick

Best Irish Documentary
The Graceless Age - The Ballad of John Murry
Director: Sarah Share
Producers: Nuala Cunningham, John Galway, Aeschylus Poulos

Best Cinematography in an Irish Film (with Teach Solais)
Lies We Tell
Cinematographer: Eleanor Bowman

Generation Jury Award
Scrapper
Director: Charlotte Regan
Producer: Theo Barrowclough

Donal Gilligan Award for Best Cinematography (with the Irish Society Cinematographers supported by Celtic Grips)
Two for the Road
Cinematographer: Eoin McLoughlin

Peripheral Visions Award (with Galway Cultural Company)
The Land Within
Director: Fisnik Maxville
Producers: Thomas Reichlin, Britta Rindelaub, Valon Bajgora

The Pitching Award (with Wild Atlantic Pictures)
Billy Ruben + the Shunts by Eimear Morgan

The Galway Film Fair, in association with Bankside Films - Best Marketplace Project
Barfly
Bridge Way Films: Chris Hees, Dan Thorburn

James Flynn Award for Best First Short Drama
Baby Steps
Director: Hannah Mamalis

James Horgan Award for Best Animation (Short)
Worry World
Director: Jessica Patterson

Bingham Ray New Talent Award (with Magnolia Pictures)
Agnes O'Casey (Lies We Tell/The Miracle Club)Tiernan McBride Award for Best Short Drama
Two for the Road
Director: Lochlainn McKennaBest International Short Fiction
Last Call
Director: Harry HollandBest International Short Animation
Globby the Dragon
Directors: Xin Sun, Yun Li

Best International Short Documentary
Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black)
Directors: Matthew Thorne, Derik Lynch

Best First Short Animation Award (with Big Brown Bag Films)
Pinokidoki
Director/Writer/Producer: Jack C

World Cinema Competition
Past Lives
Director: Celine Song
Producers: David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler

Best International Film
Here
Director: Bas Devos
Producer: Marc Goyens

Best International Documentary
One Bullet
Director: Carol Dysinger
Producers: Carol Dysinger, Su Kim, Ashim Bhalla, Jesper Jack

Best Short Documentary (with TG4)
Being Put Back Together
Director: David McDonagh

Best Independent Film Award
Verdigris
Director: Patricia Kelly
Producers: Paul Fitzsimons, Patricia Kelly

Galway Film Fleadh winners announced

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