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    2020 Awards

    For 65 years, Cork International Film Festival has celebrated excellence in filmmaking, championing new and emerging voices, as well as established filmmakers, through its prestigious awards. Three of our awards – the Grand Prix Irish Short, the Grand Prix International Short and the Grand Prix Documentary Short – are Academy Award®-qualifying, ensuring that the winners in Cork are automatically longlisted for the Oscars®.

    European Short Film Candidate - Winner

    European Film Awards 2021
    Presented By: The European Film Academy
    Blue Fear - Directed by Marie Jacotey & Lola Halifa-Legrand

    Best Cork Short Award - Winner

    Presented By: Private: Red FM
    Ballast - Directed by Jesse Gilbert

    Best Director: Irish Short - Winner

    Presented By: SDGI
    Shaun Dunne & Zoe Ní Riordáin for Dúirt Tú (You Said)

    Grand Prix Documentary Short - Winner

    Academy Award®-Qualifying Category
    Signal 8 - Directed by Simon Liu

    Grand Prix International Short - Winner

    Academy Award®-Qualifying Category
    Sudden Light - directed by Sophie Littman

    Grand Prix Irish Short - Winner

    Academy Award®-Qualifying Category
    Presented By: RTÉ
    Flicker - directed by Luke Daly, Nathan Fagan

    Cork International Film Festival Youth Jury Award - Winner

    Rascal - Directed by Peter Dourountzis

    Gradam Na Féile Do Scannáin Faisnéise (Award For Cinematic Documentary) - Winner

    Songs of Repression - directed by Estephan Wagner & Marianne Hougen-Moraga

    Gradam Spiorad Na Féile (Spirit of the Festival Award) - Winner

    Presented By: The Gate Cinema
    Bad Tales - directed by D'Innocenzo Brothers

    Audience Award - Winner

    Voted by You, the Audience
    The Bright Side - Directed by Ruth Meehan

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