Winners at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival 2013




The 2013 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival drew to a close on 24th February, after a fun filled 11 days of screenings, insightful Q&As and special events featuring some of cinema’s most recognized in the film industry including Danny DeVito, Tim Roth, Joss Whedon, Costa-Gavras, Gabriel Byrne, Cillian Murphy, Mary Harron, Sarah Bolger and Robert Towne, James D'Arcy, Nicolas Jarecki, amongst others.

Commenting on the closing night of the festival, Festival Director Gráinne Humphreys said:

“Wow what a 2013 festival – as the films and guests return home – all that remains are the memories (and photos) of a packed 11 days. I was delighted with the large numbers of Dubliners who joined us this year to experience the festival, meet our Irish and international guests and celebrate the best of world cinema – roll on 2014.”

The Irish documentary following three street poets and hip-hop artists from north Dublin, Broken Song, proved a winner with critics and audiences alike, recieving both the Michael Dwyer Discovery Award at the Dublin Film Critics Awards and scooping the much coveted Audience Award for 2013. Commenting after the announcement, director ClaireDix said:

“To get the audience award is so special, it’s a real validation for myself and Nodlag as filmmakers. We had a great experience at the festival – they’re one of the Reel Art partners and Gráinne Humphreys, the festival director has been really supportive of the project right from the beginning.”

Directed by Claire Dix and produced by Nodlag Houlihan of Zucca films, Broken Song is part of the Arts Council’s Reel Art scheme in association with the festival and Film Base, designed to provide film artists with a unique opportunity to make highly creative, imaginative and experimental documentaries on an
artistic theme.

The Dublin Film Critics Circle selected
 -Kristina Buzyte’s Vanishing Waves as Best Film,
- Best Director went to Mikhail Segal for Short Stories,
- Best Actor went to Aleksey Vertkov for White Tiger,
- Best Actress to Dilan Aksüt for Night of Silence,
- Best Debut went to Maja Milos for Clip,
- Best Screenplay went to Oriol Paulo and Lara Sendim for The Body,
-Best Cinematography went to Oleg Mutu for Beyond the Hills
Jury Prizes to Blancanieves, After Lucia and The King of Pigs.

Irish films also fared well at the awards :-

with Best Documentary - Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story, Macdara Vallelly winning Best Irish Feature with Babygirl, Cathy Pearson winning Best Irish Documentary for Get the Picture, and Michael Dwyer Discovery Award going to Claire Dix for Broken Song.

2013 also saw the first presentation of the inaugural CINE Talent award, a new initiative from the festival’s partnership with Universal Pictures, Screen International and Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board, which aims to spotlight and promote Irish talent to the international industry. Nick Ryan, director of The Summit, which screened at the festival, was awarded the accolade, with a prize that includes profile from Screen International and networking opportunities at their events at the Toronto, Cannes and Berlin film festivals. The winner will also be assisted by Universal Pictures and Bord Scannan na hEireann/the Irish Film Board with networking introductions to relevant international contacts. The prize also aims to include mentoring opportunities from an established industry alumni, from the previous JDIFF Irish Talent Spotlight Award.

Honoring career achievement, the Volta award was this year given to four hugely worthwhile recipients: Hollywood legend Danny DeVito, iconic British actor Tim Roth, Greek/French director Costa-Gavras and pop culture idol Joss Whedon.


The winner of the UNTITLED Screenwriting competition, run in association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ the Irish Film Board was announced as Eoin Rogers with his animation scriptThe Cloud Giant. This competition involved a public presentation an idea for a feature film with the theme of ‘Family Films’, in order to win a First Draft Development Loan of up to €16,000.

Jameson Dublin International Film Festival would like to thank its funders and sponsors: Jameson, The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, Bord Scannán na hÉireann / the Irish Film Board, Cineworld, Renault, The Merrion Hotel, The Irish Times, RTÉ, Windmill Lane, Wells Cargo, Entertainment.ie, Film Base and The Church.

Links and more information can be found here -
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
Web: www.jdiff.com
Email: info@jdiff.com
Facebook: Jameson Dublin International Film Festival - /Dublinfilmfestival
Twitter: @DublinFilmFest

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival 2019 (LALIFF) reveals Film Slate relevant to today's filmmaking and issues between US/Latin America

Image
Academy Award® nominated actor Edward James Olmos today announced the program that will be featured at the 2019 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) which runs Wednesday, July 31 through Sunday, August 4 at the TCL Chinese Theatres.  As the largest Latinx film festival to be hosted in Los Angeles, this year the festival will shine a spotlight on US-born Latinx filmmakers. This year’s program includes 15 features, 17 shorts, five episodics, two special events and two Latinx podcasts live from the festival. This year’s program will open with Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera’s The Infiltrators, which won the Audience Award: NEXT and The NEXT Innovator Prize at Sundance earlier this year.  The film, a mixture of documentary and narrative, focuses on a real-life rag-tag group of undocumented youth – Dreamers – that get deliberately detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center. The film is a suspenseful telling of...
Read more

Hollyshorts Short Film Festival 2013, Hollywood, Los Angeles

Image
The early bird catches the worm, or so to speak? Filmmakers take attention, note and take action now ! Early submissions to a great Film Festival.  Whether you are an established filmmaker looking to submit something different from the usual, or a budding filmmaker with aspirations, ambition and drive, look no further - below The organizers are now accepting submissions for the 9 th  annual  HollyShortsFilm Festival  (HSFF),which takes place on  August15-25  at the historic and newly renamed TCL Chinese Theatre (Formerly known as Grauman’s) in Hollywood.  Filmmakers can take advantage of Friday’s early bird submission deadline now by submitting their short film projects at:  www.hollyshorts.com  or at  https://www.withoutabox.com/login/4655 .  The announcement was made today by festival co-founders and co-directors Daniel Sol and Theo Dumont. Twice ranked by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the Top Fe...
Read more

American Pavilion Schedule at Cannes Film Festival 2013 and special guests announced

THE AMERICAN PAVILION ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING  FOR 25 ANNIVERSARY  AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2013  GUESTS INCLUDE: JAMES TOBACK, RANDY QUAID, WILL FORTE, Stephen Frears  CLIFF MARTINEZ and many more.  INCLUDES A SPECIAL PANEL IN HONOR OF ROGER EBERT Well-known filmmakers, movie executives and journalists will be among those featured during the upcoming Industry In Focus Series at The American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival for its 25 Anniversary, it was announced by Julie Sisk, Founder and Director of The American Pavilion. Among those scheduled to participate in relevant and timely industry panels, seminars and “In Conversation” one-on-one dialogues are: James Toback, Randy Quaid, Will Forte, Stephen Frears, Cliff Martinez and many more. There will also be discussions with top executives from such film companies as RADiUS-TWC and Participant Media, as well as representatives from ICM, WME, Paradigm and The Sundance Institute. Journal...
Read more