Awards Presentation 2021

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Awards Announcements

15th Waterford Film Festival
        Friday, 12th November -Monday,15th November 2021

15th Waterford Film Festival

Awards Presentation
The winners of our photography, script and short film competitions have now been announced!!!
See the video above for the results.
Congratulations to all of our winners!!
It has been a fantastic year for film and art!
A big thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters!
Thank you all so much!!
Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Waterford Crystal RTÉ


BEST SHORT FILM
Overall WINNER for the Waterford City and County Council award for Best Short Film goes to:
RUTHLESS
Directed by Matthew McGuigan
Written by: Kate Perry
Produced by Leo McGuigan and Paul B. McGuigan
RUNNER UP for the Waterford City & County Council Award For Best Short Film goes to:
MEMENTO MORI
Directed by Paul O'Flanagan
Written by Paul O'Flanagan and Laura O'Flanagan
Produced by Louise Ní Chonchúir
1ST HONORABLE MENTION goes to:
TUMBLING TOWARDS HOME
Directed by Imelda O'Reilly, story by Imelda O'Reilly and Malcolm Adams. Produced by Faz In Ate Films
2ND HONORABLE MENTION goes to:
JUST LIKE WATER
Directed by: Manos Triantafillakis
Written by: Manos Triantafillakis and Elina Daraklitsa
Produced by : Manos Triantafillakis
3RD HONORABLE MENTION goes to:
1000 DAYS
Produced and Directed by Jeanette Rourke and Ron Bambridge
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Overall WINNER for Best Short Screenplay goes to:
MISCHIEF NIGHT by Wendy Eiben
RUNNER UP for Best Short Screenplay is:
PUCA by Katie McCann
1ST HONORABLE MENTION goes to:
LOST CAUSE by Naomi Sheridan
2ND HONORABLE MENTION goes to:
MICKEY'S PLACE by Terence White and Sylvia Cullen
3RD HONORABLE MENTION goes to:
THE BOY AND THE LADYBIRD by Marie Delanote and Ben S. Hyland
BEST CINEMATIC IMAGE: PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Overall WINNER for the Photography Competition for Best Cinematic Image goes to:
HOME CINEMA by Caoimhe Murphy
RUNNER UP goes to:
RAGING BULL by Alan Elbakidzé
1ST HONORABLE MENTION goes to:
BELFAST CHILD by Ani Davtyan
2ND HONORABLE MENTION Goes to:
TRAVEL PARTNER by Ciara Phelan
We would like to thank our sponsors and supporters for their contribution in making the Festival such a massive success!!
Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Waterford Council Waterford Crystal RTÉ
We would also like to thank our promotional partners PRIME.TV, Inktip, Ipitch.tv and FILMFREEWAY.com
Finally, I ( Stephen Byrne) would like to thank the Festival team: Louise Preston and Cormac O’ Brien.
Guest Judges and Speakers: Ronan O' Leary, Rachael Dowling and Damien De Burca.
I would like to thank my family for all of their support.
We have truly enjoyed viewing all of your work and seeing so much amazing talent.
Lastly, we would like to thank all the filmmakers, writers and photographers who entered this years Festival.
Thank you all for being a part of our Festival and for making this year's competition such a fantastic success!!

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 Awards

The Waterford Film Festival runs 3 annual competitions. They are in film, screenplays and photography.

Below are a list of the awards for each competitions

Short Film Competition

• Best Short Film Award: Winners prizes include Waterford Crystal designed Award for

            Best Short Film, a certificate, winners laurels and a cash prize.

• Runner Up Award for Best Short Film: Prize includes Waterford Crystal designed Award a certificate and runners up laurels.
  
• Several Special Mention Awards will be presented with a certificate and Laurels.
• All selected films will receive officially selected Laurels.

Short Screenplay Competition

This competition will now have two rounds. 

• Round 1: Up to 50 screenplays will be selected as semi finalists and writers will receive semi-finalist Laurels.  
• Round 2: A finalist list of up to 20 screenplays will be selected from the semi-finalist list.
• All Finalists will receive Finalist Laurels and Certificates.  
• The Overall Winner for Best Short Screenplay will be presented with a
• Waterford Crystal  designed Award, Laurels, a Certificate and a cash prize.
• Runner up for Best Short Screenplay will receive a Certificate and Laurels.
• Several Special Mention Awards will be presented with a certificate and Laurels

Go to our submissions page for more information


Photography Competition 
  
                                                                               Best Cinematic Image

• The winner will have an exhibit of their work displayed in the Odeon Cinema Waterford​ during the 2022 Festival Weekend. The winner can have up to six images displayed including the winning photo/image of this competition.
• The winning photo/image will be displayed on the front cover of the Festival’s 2022 programme booklet, as well as all posters and promotional material and on our website and various online platforms
• The winner will receive a free portfolio website of your work, which will be built on your behalf. This includes one free year of hosting with domain fees. Total value of the website prize €1,000 (not a cash prize)
•  The winner will receive a free pass to the Opening Night of the Waterford Film Festival 2022 which takes place in the Odeon Cinema, Waterford and they can also to speak at the event if they wish.
• The winner will receive an Official ‘Winner’ Digital Certificate and Laurels.

Runner Up: Best Cinematic Image

• The runner ups portfolio will be promoted (with up to five images) on our social media channels and website 
• The image will be used in a section of our printed programme booklet
• Cash prize of €50
• The runner up will receive a free pass to the Opening Night of the 2022 Waterford Film Festival which takes place in the Odeon Cinema in Waterford.
• The runner up will receive an Official ‘Runner Up’ Digital Certificate and Laurels

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