The Award Ceremony was the culmination of a week of films at Kerry Film Festival, which began on Saturday, October 29th. The winning films were selected by Kerry Film Festival’s illustrious adjudication panel which included Paul Greengrass, Cillian Murphy, Norton Virgien and Geoffrey Smith and by the KFF audience.

The adjudicators and audience had the unenviable task of selecting the best films from the festival with over five hundred films submitted to the 2011 Kerry Film Festival.

Here are the results…..

The Best Animated Short Film as adjudicated by Norton Virgien

THE LIFE, DEATH AND SUFFER STORY- Directed by Anna Fitzsimmons

Special Mention goes to Birdboy directed by Pedro Rivero

The Best Documentary Short as adjudicated by Geoffrey Smith
SCENT OF STRAWBERRIES – Directed by Guy Natanel

The Best Student Short as adjudicated by Grainne Humphreys, Jameson Dublin International Film Festival

THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE – Directed by Brian Dunsten

The Best Irish Narrative Short as adjudicated by Cillian Murphy

BULLDOG – Directed by Steve Earles

The Best Short Film / Director as adjudicated by Paul Greengrass

IT’S NATURAL TO BE AFRAID – Directed by Justin Doherty / Written by Neil Fox

The Audience Award

NEITZSCHE NO 5 – Directed by Shaun O’Connor