The Awards 2011
 
The Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival
Short-Listed and Winning Short Film Submissions 2011
BEST OF FESTIVAL
Judged by: CFSFF Committee
Presented by Michael Barry
Cash prize of €2,000 and an original Pat Connor sculpture
El último Canto del Pájaro Cú (10m, Mexico )  Alonso Ruizpalacios WINNER
Happy Birthday Timmy
(3m, Ireland)  Johnny Cullen
‘Shoe’ (13m, Ireland)  Nick Kelly
La Mina De Oro (10m, Mexico) Jacques Bonnavent
Cured (12m, Ireland) Mary Redmond
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BEST IRISH SHORT FILM
Judged by: CFSFF Committee
Presented by: Greg Dyke
Cash prize of €2,000
Nietzsche No. 5 (6m, Ireland)  Shaun O’Connor
Rat’s Island (12m, Ireland) Mike Hannon
Pentecost (11m, Ireland)   Peter McDonald
Crossword (13m, Ireland)  Vincent Gallagher
‘Shoe’ (13m, Ireland)  Nick Kelly WINNER
Happy Birthday Timmy
(3m, Ireland)  Johnny Cullen
Cured (12m, Ireland)  Mary Redmond
Deep End Dance (6m, Ireland) Conor Horgan
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BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER (U22)
Judged by Martin Levis
Presented by Martin Levis
Cash prize of €2,000
Happy Birthday Timmy (3m, Ireland)  Johnny Cullen WINNER
Jittertree (10m, United Kingdom)   Tom Bailey
Low Battery
(9m, Canada)   Zoe Slusar
Tick Tock
(5m, USA)   ien chi
Flipping Channels (7m, Ireland)  Fiona Riordan
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BEST IN CORK
Judged by: CFSFF Committee
Presented by: Kevin Murphy & John Pettersen
Cash prize of €500 Sponsored by Cork County Council & Schull Initiative
Rat’s Island (12m, Ireland) Mike Hannon WINNER
Nietzsche No. 5 (6m, Ireland)  Shaun O’Connor
The Christening (14m, Ireland, UK)   Oonagh Kearney
All Night Long ( 13m, Ireland)  Mark Cogan
The Watchmaker’s Time (15m, Ireland) Peter J. Andrews
Baby Boots (15m, Ireland) Daniel O’Connell
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BEST DRAMA
Judged by: Kirsten Sheridan
Presented by: Carmel Winters
Cash prize of €200
Mamis kleiner helfer (11m, Germany)  Michael Lavelle WINNER
‘Shoe’
(13m, Ireland)  Nick Kelly
The Christening (14m, Ireland, UK)   Oonagh Kearney
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BEST COMEDY
Judged by: Patrick McCabe
Presented by: Jack Gold
Cash prize of €200
Know Your Enemy (9m, Ireland)  Eamonn Colfer
Pentecost ( 11m, Ireland)   Peter McDonald
Nietzsche No. 5 (6m, Ireland)  Shaun O’Connor WINNER
Happy Birthday Timmy (3m, Ireland)  Johnny Cullen

Jack Gold

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BEST DOCUMENTARY
Judged by Tony Barry
Presented by: Tony Barry
Cash prize of €200
Library In My Mind (10m, UK)   Jamie Hamer
Rat’s Island (12m, Ireland) Mike Hannon WINNER
The Bookbinder’s Daughter (7m, Ireland) Denis Murphy
Under the Influence with Stephen Mensah (9m, UK)   Corey Macri

Tony Barry

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL
Judged by Steve Baker
Presented by: Steve Baker
Cash prize of €200
The Streets of the Invisibles (14m, Austria)   Remo Rauscher WINNER
For Peace Comes Dropping Slow (12m, Ireland)   Lisa Vandegrift Davala
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BEST DANCE
Judged by: CFSFF Committee
Presented by: Fran Keaveney
Cash prize of €200
Deep End Dance (6m, Ireland)   Conor Horgan WINNER
Admit One (6m, Ireland)   Steve Woods
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BEST ANIMATION
Judged by: Davey Ahern, Synth Eastwood
Presented by: Mike Ahern, Team D.A.D.D.Y.
43 – Forty Three (2m, UK)   Jonathan Mortimer
Luna (8m, Mexico) Raúl Cárdenas, Rafael Cárdenas WINNER
Martyris (8m, Mexico)   Luis Felipe Hernandez Alanis
The Gentleman’s Guide to Villainy (1m, Ireland)   Aidan McAteer
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BEST DIRECTION
Judged by Gerard Stembridge
Presented by: Gerard Stembridge
Cash prize of €100
La Mina De Oro (10m, Mexico)   Jacques Bonnavent WINNER
Happy Birthday Timmy (3m, Ireland)  Johnny Cullen
El último Canto del Pájaro Cú (10m, Mexico )  Alonso Ruizpalacios
Him Himself
(11m, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates) Pierre Dawalibi
The Calculus Of Love (14m, UK) Dan Clifton
Pentecost (11m, Ireland)   Peter McDonald

Gerard Stembridge

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BEST SCREENPLAY
Judged by Donal Beecher
Presented by: Frank Daly
Cash prize of €100
Him Himself (11m, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates) Pierre Dawalibi
Pentecost (11m, Ireland)   Peter McDonald WINNER
The Interview (7m, USA)  Reinaldo Marcus Green
Nietzsche No. 5 (6m, Ireland)  Shaun O’Connor
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BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Judged by Maurice Seezer
Presented by: Maurice Seezer
Cash prize of €100
The Line Joseph Conlan
El último Canto del Pájaro Cú (10m, Mexico )  Tomás Barreiro WINNER
Cured Ray Harman
Martyris Alejandro de Icaza
Him Himself (11m, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates) Jack Gravina
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Judged by Chris O’Dell
Presented by: Chris O’Dell
Cash prize of €100
El último Canto del Pájaro Cú (10m, Mexico) Emiliano Villenueva WINNER
The Calculus Of Love (14m, UK)  Dirk Nell
Him Himself (11m, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates)  Charbel Aouad
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Fran Keaveney & Eugene McCrystal