2006 Kerry Film Festival Results
Best Director
Adjudicator: Mike Leigh
Film: Pilgrim
Director: Matthew Darragh
Format: 35mm
Duration: 3 mins 30 secs
Comments from Mike Leigh:
This is a brilliant and original little film. Matthew Darragh is in complete control of the medium. He has followed through his idea with wit, style, a sure grasp of rhythm, timing and characterisation, and great spatial imagination. The result is both hilarious and moving.
Adjudicator: Ken wardrop
Film: The Faeries of Blackheath Woods
Director: Ciaran Foy
Producers: Louise Cornally & Alan Maher
Format: 35mm
Duration: 3 mins 30 secs
Special Commendations:
Kill Sean Hunt & Claire McCaughley
The White Dress Vanesse Gildea, David Lawless & Shirley Weir Squaddie Conor McDermottroe & Patrick Fitzsymons
Adjudicator: John Kelleher
Film: Strangers
Director/Producer: Asher Goldstein/Ryan Moran
Format: Digibeta
Duration: 14 mins 30 secs
Special Commendations:
Distant Memory Michael Schafer
Dos Veces Twice Joseba Fuentas
Adjudicator: Peter Naylor
Film: An Ember's Glow
Director/Producer: Niamh Kennedy
Format: DVD
Duration: 12 mins
Adjudicator: Bill Plympton
Film: Horn OK Please
Director/Producer: Joel Simon
Format: DigiBeta
Duration: 9 mins
2nd place Pilgrim Matthew Darragh
3rd Place The Boy with the ever open jaw Jamie Hannigan & Maeve Clancy
Best Experimental
Adjudicator: Loiez Deniel
Film: Nummer Vier
Director/Producer: Guido Van Der Werve
Format: 35mm
Duration: 11 mins 47 sec
Commendations:
Indigo Colouring you Sandra Minchin
This little horse carries much weight Catherine Barrarry
Adjudicator: The Audience
Film: DVD
Director: Ciro Altabas
Short Script Competition
Adjudicator: Chris Hurley
Winner: Brídi
Writer: Tina Horan
Commendations: Kevin O’Shea Emancipation
Joan Lynne for Begin and Joseph Behan.