Dublin Animation Film Festival Award Winners Announced

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Dublin Animation Film Festival took place on Saturday 22nd in the Pavilion Theatre in Dún Laoghaire.

The Festival  is the only festival in Ireland that is dedicated completely to showcasing animated films. It hosted a Q & A  with Academy Award Nominee Duke Johnson after the screening of his animated feature ANOMALISA, followed by the awards.

The winners are as follows

BEST IRISH STUDENT OR GRADUATE FILM

  1. Joining Dots – directed by Fiona Ryan –   the National Film School, IADT – Winner
  2. What’s the Point? – directed by Eleanor Bourke –  the National Film School – Honourable Mention

 

SPIRIT OF 1916 AWARD

  1. Granite and Chalk –  NaomiCo – Winner

 

BEST IRISH FILM

  1.  Angel of 1916 – Treehouse Republic – Winner
  2.  A Coat Made Dark – Jack O’Shea, Still Films – Honourable Mention

 

COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AWARD

  1.  Spoon – Markus Kemp, Germany – Winner
  2.  Portrait of a Windup Maker – Dario Perez, the Netherlands – Honourable Mention

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED SHORT

  1.  Three Little Ninjas Delivery Service: Damsel in Distress – Karim Rhellam and Kim Claeys – Winner
  2.   Ticking Away – Michael Sewnarain – Honourable Mention

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SHORT

1.       The Last Day of a Condemned Man – Le Gobelins, France – Winner

2.       Merlot – Giulia Martinelli and Marta Gennar –  Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – sede Piemonte – Honourable MentionBEST SOUNDTRACK

 1.       ‘Ticking Away’ – Michael Sewnarain, The Netherlands – Winner

2.       ‘Unhinged’ – directed by Tom Caulfield, Barley Films

 

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

Define Intervention – directed by Sean Cunningham, Irish School of Animation, BCFE.

 

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD

Duke Johnson