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    2018 Awards

    The 63rd Cork Film Festival Awards Ceremony took place at the Triskel on Sunday 18 November 2018 hosted by Dave MacArdle (Red FM)

    Cork Film Festival Youth Jury Award - Winner

    Crystal Swan
    Director - Darya Zhuk

    Cork Film Festival Candidate For The European Film Awards 2019 - Winner

    Black Sheep
    Director - Ed Perkins

    Documentary Short Award - Winner

    Black Line (Ligne Noir)
    Directors - Mark Olexa and Francesca Scalisi

    Best Cork Short Award - Winner

    Presented By: Private: Red FM
    The Shift
    Director - Megan K Fox

    Best Director: Irish Short – Winner - Winner

    Supported By Screen Directors Guild Ireland
    Oonagh Kearney
    (Five letters to the stranger who will dissect my brain)

    Grand Prix International Short Award - Winner

    Academy Award® Qualifying Category
    Schoolyard Blues (Skolstartssorg)
    Director - Maria Eriksson

    Gradam Na Féile Do Scannáin Faisnéise - Winner

    Award for Cinematic Documentary
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    Hale County This Morning, This Evening
    Director - RaMell Ross

    Inventing Tomorrow – Laura Nix

    No Greater Law – Tom Dumican

    Same God – Linda Midgett

    The Gospel of Eureka – Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher

    Three Identical Strangers – Tim Wardle

    Town of Strangers – Treasa O’Brien

    What Walaa Wants – Christy Garland

    Gradam Spiorad Na Féile - Winner

    (Spirit of the Festival Award)
    Presented By: The Gate Cinema
    Border (Gräns)
    Director - Ali Abbasi

    Diane – Kent Jones

    Shoplifters – Hirokazu Kore-eda

    Sorry to Bother You – Boots Riley

    Tel Aviv on Fire – Sameh Zoabi

    The Dig – Andrew Tohill, Ryan Tohill

    The Favourite – Yorgos Lanthimos

    The Old Man & the Gun – David Lowery

    Audience Award - Winner

    Presented By: The River Lee
    Float Like A Butterfly
    Writer and director - Carmel Winters

    Crystal Swan – Darya Zhuk

    Girl – Lukas Dhont

    I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians – Radu Jude

    Mug – Malgorzata Szumowska

    Night Comes On – Jordana Spiro

    One Day – Zsófia Szilágyi

    This Teacher – Mark Jackson

    Grand Prix Irish Short Award - Winner

    Academy Award® Qualifying Category
    Presented By: RTÉ
    Stigma
    Director - Helen Warner

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