2008 KERRY FILM FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER 1 - NOVEMBER 8 2008
Click here to download the 2008 application form. KERRY FILM FESTIVAL RESULTS 2007
FRANKIE directed by Darren Thornton.
Says adjudicator, Gabriel Byrne, “I found the film provocative in that it made one examine ones notion of the roles of the sexes. Fatherhood. Motherhood. The sensitivity of men. The rebel nature of the main character. (From a film perspective) The editing, pacing, addressing the camera, the framing, the rhythm, the lack of sentiment, the idea of being an outsider and a powerful visual theme. (Darren Thornton is) an assured Director of promise. Can't wait to see what he does next.”
NEW BOY directed by Steph Green
Adjudicator David Flynn, producer of recent Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan SERAPHIM FALLS
UNDER PRESSURE directed by Eamon de Staic
Adjudicator: Eric Simonson, Oscar Winning Documentary Short Director
“I watched all the docs a couple times… it was fantastically interesting watching all these subjects that are so close to Ireland. Ultimately, I cannot help looking at them through an American lens and UNDER PRESSURE is a universal and interesting story.”
LE RETOUR directed by Rachel Earnest
Adjudicator: Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival
“Rachel Earnest delivers a fine short film in LE RETOUR (The Homecoming), all the more so given the fact that she is just 22. LE RETOUR is intelligent, emotional and truthful and brilliantly captures that bittersweet feeling of leaving an exotic place and returning to the more mundane, familiar world of home.”
VIDEO 3000 directed by Jörg Edelmann, Jörn Großhans, Jochen Hausecker, Simon Schleidt & Marc Schleiss
Adjudicator: Max Le Cain, Cork Film Centre
"The first-rate animation of VIDEO 3000 more than lives up to its hilariously imaginative concept. The film's quirky single character is particularly well designed and appealing."
BIBEANNA: SIN É AN SAOL directed by Brenda Ni Shuilleabhain
A huge warm thank you to all our filmmakers, our adjudicators, our sponsors, our patrons and to our audience for making the 2007 Kerry Film Festival the most successful in its short history! With 3,555 people attending screenings and events, the 2007 Festival screened more films to more people in more venues than ever before!