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KERRY International Film Festival (KIFF) celebrated its 22nd Edition over this past weekend.
This year KIFF presented a blended festival that included 15 physical events and 30 online screenings and the KIFF team was overwhelmed with the level of interest and support they received over the four days of the festival.
Speaking about the success of KIFF 2021, Director Eibh Collins said: ‘We are overjoyed to have been able to return to Killarney and Tralee with KIFF this year through our hybrid (online and physical) festival. It has been terrific to see filmmakers, audiences from Kerry, Ireland and even further afield, sponsors, and local businesses coming together to support the festival and to celebrate the power of cinema to connect people, either virtually or in person.’
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The KIFF 2021 Awards Ceremony took place on Sunday, 16 October in J.M. Reidy’s Killarney. The ceremony celebrated all aspects of film making and the awards were presented to a number of outstanding film makers, directors, script writers and producers.
And the winners were….
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT – Habit
Director, Kevin W. Koehler
Producer Jeff Kopchia, Matt Dooley, Nathan Scherrer, Jonathan Craven, Ben Piety, Kim Koehler
BEST IRISH NARRATIVE SHORT – Debutante
Director & Producer Kamila Dydyna
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT – Best Foot Forward
Director, Seán Hart
Producer, Bill McHugh and Seán Hart
BEST STUDENT SHORT supported by SCREEN IRELAND – Another Day in 98
Director, Timotej Baca
Producer, Jan Jakub Osiński & Ashling Sugrue
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – The Passion
Director, Mia Mullarkey
Producer, Roisin Geraghty
Composer Anna Mullarkey
BEST OF KERRY – Harvest
Director, Tristan Heanue
Producer, Ronan Cassidy
BEST ANIMATION – Nightlink
Director, Aidan O’Sullivan
Producer, Greg Connolly
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE – Who We Love
Director, Graham Cantwell
Producer, Edwina Forkin, Graham Cantwell & Alan Fitzpatrick
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – Only I Can Hear
Director, Itaru Matsui
Producer, Mayu Hirano, Kengo Toyoda, Paul Cadieu & Nancy Guerin
SCREENWRITING AWARD – BEST SCRIPT — Sam Killian for SO LONG, DOG.
Special mention for former KIFF Script winner Cathriona Slammon for STORK.
TRUA AWARD – Producer Zlata Filipovic
TAKING FLIGHT AWARD – Introducing our new Rising Talent category, the TAKING FLIGHT AWARD proudly supported by Kerry Airport – Writer/Director Katie McNeice
MAUREEN O’ HARA AWARD – Kathleen Kennedy
