Fingal Film Festival

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Fingal Film Festival
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Location Swords, County Fingal, Ireland
Founded2012
Festival dateSeptember/October
LanguageEnglish, Irish and others
Website fingalfilmfest.com

Fingal Film Festival is held yearly in Swords, Ireland since 2012. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Festival Awards

This film festival awards prizes in nine categories (up from 6 categories in the first edition). Past winners are listed below

2012

Best International Film - Colmillo - Venezuela
Best Feature Film - Where The Sea Used To Be - Ireland
Best Documentary - Sunday In Brazzaville - Spain & Congo
Best Animation - Pixelation Daydreams - Ireland
Best Newcomer Writer in Fingal - Steven Murray (Situations Vacant) - Ireland
Best Short Film - Two Hearts - Ireland

2013

Best International Film - Substitute Teacher - Israel
Best Animated Film - Luminaris - Spain & Argentina
Best Short Film -Is This It? - Ireland
Best Feature Film - The Pier - Ireland
Best Documentary Film - Beyond Right and Wrong - USA
Best Newcomer Director/Writer in Fingal - Special Delivery - Ireland
Best Student Film/Doc/Animation - Kill Screen (BCFE) - Ireland

2014

Best Feature Film - Calloused Hands - UK/USA
Best Documentar Feature - Dah života - Bosnia
Best International Film - Electric Indigo - Belgium
Best Student Film - I've Been a Sweeper (DIT/FN) - Ireland
Best Irish Language Film - Barróg Béir - Ireland
Best Animation Film - Shoot - Ireland
Best Short Film - Skunky Dog - Ireland
Best Fingal Newcomer - Volkswagen Joe - Ireland

2015

Best International Film - Er und Sie - Germany
Best Short Film - Solitaire - Ireland
Best Feature Film - The Kids from the Marx and Engels Street - Montenegro
Best Student Film - The Hiding (DIT) - Ireland
Best Fingal Newcomer - Brenda - Ireland
Best Animation - Deadly - Ireland
Best Documentary - Where my Ladies? - Ireland
Best Irish Language Film - An Cat - Ireland
Outstanding Achievement in Media - 7 Days in Syria [4] - USA

2016

Best 1916 Short - Proclaim! - Ireland
Best Short Film - Deirdre - Ireland
Best Feature Film - South - Ireland
Best Student Film - Rapto - Ireland
Best Fingal Newcomer - Cousins - Ireland
Best Animation - Little Flower - Ireland
Best Documentary - Murphy's Law - Canada
Scannán na hÉireann - Maidhm - Ireland
Outstanding Achievement in Media - In Dialogue [5] - USA

Awards

Fingal Community Award

Fingal Film Festival Winners of the Fingal Community Award in the Arts and Culture Category 2013 Ireland

Irelands Event Industry Awards

Short Listed for Irelands Event Industry Awards 2013 & 2015

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