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International JuryDieter WiecorekPaddy JolleyFelicity Sparrow Best International Short Film AwardTolyaDir. Rodeon BrodskyIsrael Special Mentions:The Tube With A HatDir. Radu JudeRomania Suburban TrainDir. Maciej CuskePoland Prix UIP Cork for Best European Short FilmThe Apology LineDir. James LeesEngland Special Mention:FrankieDir. Darren ThorntonIreland International Jury StatementThe International Jury comment on the variation and high calibre of films in this year’s International Short...
The 52nd Corona Cork Film Festival which takes place from October 14-21 has announced its bumper packed line up which includes world premieres, big budget films, innovative independent films, international documentaries, drive-ins, an Irish showcase and short films from all over the world.Re-named Corona Cork Film Festival, title sponsorship has been taken up by leading drinks distributors Barry Fitzwilliam Maxxium for its Corona Extra premium bottled beer brand.Michael Barry, MD of Barry Fitzwi...
Corona Cork Film Festival announces eagerly awaited list of short films to screen at festivalThe Corona Cork Film Festival which will take place from October 14-21 has just announced a very impressive line up of Irish and international shorts which will fly the flag for short films over the course of the festival. The full list of films selected is available on the festival website- www.corkfilmfest.org.Mick Hannigan, Director of the Corona Cork Film Festival said "This year, the number of short...
Cork Film Festival has announced a major new sponsor in Barry Fitzwilliam Maxxium, importers of Corona Extra and other products. The event will now be known as the “Corona Cork Film Festival”. Recently appointed Festival Chairman, Michael O’Connell, expressed his delight in securing the three-year sponsorship deal of both financial and marketing support for the festival. “This is an exciting period for the festival and this new sponsorship enables us to bring Ireland’s oldest and large...
Fasten your seatbelt and sit back in your car as the Cork Film Festival brings Drive-In Mania Leeside.Drive-In Madness is taking Cork city by storm as the public prepares to tune in their radio stations for the unique experience of watching the classic MGM Films Rocky, The Pink Panther and The Silence of the Lambs from the comfort of their cars on the 10th, 11th and 12th of October at the Old Fords Distribution Site on Centre Park Road. An exciting element of the 51st Cork Film Festival is the r...
The European Film Academy (EFA), United International Pictures and the Sarajevo Film Festival congratulate the winner of thePRIX UIP SARAJEVO 2006Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards 2006SRETAN PUT NEDIME (Good Luck Nedim)by Marko ŠantićSlovenia 2006, 13 min, fictionThe Prix UIP is an initiative by UIP and the European Film Academy in co-operation with fourteen festivals throughout Europe. Each prize includes a financial donation of EUR 2,000 and an automatic nomination in the s...
From the 6th until 8th of October 2005, the Cork Film Festival in association with Cork 2005, will host a Short Film Symposium which will bring together short film specialists, curators, programmers, film makers and film critics from all over the world to Cork.The Cork Film Festival has, since its inception, been a champion of the short film. Though a varied festival, with feature and documentary programmes, the short film is at the heart of its work. The festival has long recognized that despit...
From the 6th until 8th of October 2005, the Cork Film Festival in association with Cork 2005, will host a Short Film Symposium which will bring together short film specialists, curators, programmers, film makers and film critics from all over the world to Cork.The Cork Film Festival has, since its inception, been a champion of the short film. Though a varied festival, with feature and documentary programmes, the short film is at the heart of its work. The festival has long recognized that despit...
To mark Cork Film Festival’s 50th Anniversary and to celebrate Cork’s tenure as European Capital of Culture, the festival is hosting a major international Symposium on the Short Film.This prestigious Symposium which will take place in Cork from 6th until 8th October, 2005, will bring together short film specialists, curators, programmers, film makers and film critics from all over the world. Since its inception in 1956, the Cork Film Festival has championed the short film and has an internat...
CORK FILM FESTIVAL LAUNCHES SEARCH FOR 100 GREAT SHORT FILMSCork Film Festival is launching today in Cannes, a search for one hundred great short films. The festival has already announced a major international symposium dedicated to the short film, to mark its 50th anniversary and Cork’s designation as European Capital of Culture in 2005.The Short Film Symposium is the main thrust of the festival’s programme in 2005 and is intended as a serious enquiry into the art and history of the short f...
