Winners 2022
Winners of the 11th DISFMF
1. Best International Short Film
Bardo: A Rogue and Peasant Slave, Directed by Michael B Clifford, Drama, UK, 22min, 2021
2. Best Director
Emmanuel Tenenbaum, Free Fall, Drama, Ireland, 19min, 2021
3. Best LGBTQ
Punch Line, Directed by Becky Cheatle, Drama-Comedy-LGBTQ, Ireland, 10min, 2022
4. Best Music Video
La Madeleine, Directed by Richard Lennon, Music Video, Ireland, 6min, 2021
5. Best Horror
All Alone Here, Directed by Callum Patrick O’Brien, Horror-Fantasy, Ireland, 15min, 2022
6. Best Comedy
Background Story, Directed by Ron Baranov, Comedy-Drama, Israel, 9min, 2019
7. Best Animation
Candlelight, Directed by Scott Newton, Animation, UK, 7min, 2021
8. Best Sci-Fi
Connected, Directed by Daniele Guarnera, Sci-Fi, Italy, 15min, 2022
9. Best Score/ Music
Darc Mavid, Da Capo-The Town of Music, Directed by Darc Mavid, Musical-Comedy, Germany, 25min, 2022
10. Best Student
When She Was Good, Directed by Margarita Milne, Drama, UK, 20min, 2021
11. Best Irish Short
Sweet Wort, Directed by Michael Philip Reid, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 24min, 2022
12. Best Actor
Minjoon Sung, Sound of Summer Gone, Directed by Youngkwang Park, Drama, South of Korea, 26min, 2022
13. Best Actress
Sarah Ridgeway, Bardo: A Rogue and Peasant Slave, Directed by Michael B Clifford, Drama, UK, 22min, 2021
14. Best Documentary
Hunger Ward, Directed by Skye Fitzgerald, Documentary, USA, 40min, 2022
Nominations 2022
- Best International Short Film
Bardo: A Rogue and Peasant Slave, Directed by Michael B Clifford, Drama, UK, 22min, 2021
Free Fall, Directed by Emmanuel Tenenbaum, Drama, Ireland, 19min, 2021
Ellie, Directed by Fernando Bonelli, Drama, Spain, 19min, 2022
Hush, Directed by Emilie Beck, Drama, Norway, 25min, 2022
Al-Sit, Directed by Suzannah Mirghani, Drama, 20min, Sudan, 2020
Off Your Head, Directed by Gianlorenzo Albertini, Drama, UK, 28min, 2021
The Little Drummer Boy, Directed by John Gray, Drama, USA, 10min, 2021
Barter, Directed by Ziba Karamali & Emad Arad, Drama, Iran, 20min, 2021
The Banishment, Directed by Yılmaz Özdil, Drama, Turkey, 20min, 2022
- Best Director
Emmanuel Tenenbaum, Free Fall, Drama, Ireland, 19min, 2021
Michael B Clifford, Bardo: A Rogue and Peasant Slave, Drama, UK, 22min, 2021
Gianlorenzo Albertini, Off Your Head, Drama, UK, 28min, 2021
John Gray, The Little Drummer Boy, Drama, USA, 10min, 2021
Ziba Karamali & Emad Arad, Barter, Drama, Iran, 20min, 2021
Punch Line, Directed by Becky Cheatle, Drama-Comedy-LGBTQ, Ireland, 10min, 2022
Peter Sluszka, Hardboiled, Animation, USA, 28min, 2021
- Best LGBTQ
Queer Parivaar, Directed by Shiva Raichandani, Drama-Musical-LGBTQ, UK, 27min, 2022
Oisín, Directed by Alba Fernandez, Drama-LGBTQ, Ireland, 22min, 2022
Cleaner, Directed by Edwin Mullane, LGBTQ-Drama, Ireland, 2021, 15min
Punch Line, Directed by Becky Cheatle, Drama-Comedy-LGBTQ, Ireland, 10min, 2022
Veils, Directed by Erika Nakayama, Drama-LGBTQ, Japan, 18min, 2021
- Best Music Video
La Madeleine, Directed by Richard Lennon, Music Video, Ireland, 6min, 2021
The Consequences of Breaking the Heart – An Irish Folk Tale, Directed by Shaun O Connor, Music Video, Ireland, 5min, 2021
I Can’t Escape Her, Directed by Ed Ifeanyichukwu, Music Video, Ireland, 6min, 2022
Te Lloré un Río (I cried you a river) -Maná & Christian Nodal, Directed by Antonio Roma, Music Video, Mexico, 4min, 2022
Rhove – Jungle, Directed by Peter Marvu, Music Video, Italy, 3min, 2021
Saturday, Directed by Brian Dunster, Music Video, Ireland, 4min, 2022
Generation Mind, Directed by Eric Boadella, Music Video, USA, 5min, 2022
- Best Horror
All Alone Here, Directed by Callum Patrick O’Brien, Horror-Fantasy, Ireland, 15min, 2022
Shadowban, Directed by Shane W. Brennan, Horror, Ireland, 10min, 2022
Tempvs, Directed by Jason Branagan, Horror, Ireland, 13min, 2022
Frequency, Directed by Aleksander Szeser, Horror-Sci-Fi, Poland, 16min, 2022
Lydia, Directed by Damien Lumsden, Horror, Ireland, 9min, 2020
- Best Comedy
Background Story, Directed by Ron Baranov, Comedy-Drama, Israel, 9min, 2019
The Last Comedy Club on Mars, Directed by Fergus Keane, Documentary-Comedy, Ireland, 10min, 2021
Flush, Directed by James Aaron Prenderville, Comedy, Ireland, 10min, 2021
Punch Line, Directed by Becky Cheatle, Drama-Comedy-LGBTQ, Ireland, 10min, 2022
Zoom Dates, Directed by Nichole Harris & Christina McMahon, Comedy, Ireland, 9min, 2022
At the Strawberry Stand, Directed by Gerald Gerhard Pribek & Marc Weber, Comedy, Austria, 6min, 2020
- Best Animation
Candlelight, Directed by Scott Newton, Animation, UK, 7min, 2021
Roses in The Night, Directed by Pencho Kunchev, Animation, Bulgaria, 10min, 2019
Hardboiled, Directed by Peter Sluszka, Animation, USA, 28min, 2021
The Commuterments, Directed by André Parra, Animation, Ireland, 2min, 2022
Streets of Fury, Directed by Aidan McAteer, Animation, Ireland, 5min, 2019
Mopped in their Tracks, Directed by Georgia Rao-Williams, Animation, Ireland, 5min, 2022
- Best Sci-Fi
Thirst, Directed by Manolo Marcenó, Sci-Fi, Ireland, 13min, 2022
Connected, Directed by Daniele Guarnera, Sci-Fi, Italy, 15min, 2022
Frequency, Directed by Aleksander Szeser, Horror-Sci-Fi, Poland, 16min, 2022
- Best Score/ Music
Daithí, Foxglove, Directed by Michael-David McKernan, Drama-LGBTQ, Ireland, 14min, 2021
Darc Mavid, Da Capo-The Town of Music, Directed by Darc Mavid, Musical-Comedy, Germany, 25min, 2022
Peter Merlose, Not Quite Dead (Yet), Directed by Adrian O’ Connell, Musical-Comedy, Ireland, 6min, 2021
Rushil, Queer Parivaar, Directed by Shiva Raichandani, Drama-Musical-LGBTQ, UK, 27min, 2022
Ronan Mitchell, Imbas Foronai, Directed by Shane Serrano, Drama-Art, Ireland, 15min, 2021
Eimear Maccarrick, I Am an Island, Directed by Damian Draven, Drama-Thriller, Ireland, 12min, 2021
Gianlorenzo Albertini, Off Your Head, Directed by Gianlorenzo Albertini, Drama, UK, 28min, 2021
- Best Student
Sweet Wort, Directed by Michael Philip Reid, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 24min, 2022
When She Was Good, Directed by Margarita Milne, Drama, UK, 20min, 2021
Da Capo-The Town of Music, Directed by Darc Mavid, Musical-Comedy, Germany, 25min, 2022
Our Time, Directed by Áindréas Aingeal Fallon Verbruggen, Docudrama, Ireland, 2 min, 2022
Different, Directed by John Farrelly, Drama-Romance-LGBTQ, Ireland, 20min, 2022
Encore, Directed by Laura Carroll, Drama, Ireland, 22min, 2022
- Best Irish Short
I Am an Island, Directed by Damian Draven, Drama-Thriller, Ireland, 12min, 2021
A Bitter Pill, Directed by Keith O’Grady, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2021
Imbas Foronai, Directed by Shane Serrano, Drama-Art, Ireland, 15min, 2021
Debutante, Directed by Kamila Dydyna, Drama, Ireland, 18min, 2021
Saoirse, Directed by Sinead Ralston, Drama, Ireland, 12min, 2022
Punch Line, Directed by Becky Cheatle, Drama-Comedy-LGBTQ, Ireland, 10min, 2022
Rum & Raisin, Directed by Steven McKenna, Drama, Ireland, 17min, 2021
Wallpaper, Directed by Fabien Oman & Philip Kidd, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 14min, 2022
Mr Sun, Directed by Oonagh Quinn, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2022
Sweet Wort, Directed by Michael Philip Reid, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 24min, 2022
- Best Actor
Luke Fuman Dejahang, Bardo: A Rogue and Peasant Slave, Directed by Michael B Clifford, Drama, UK, 22min, 2021
Sung Ming Jun, Sound of Summer Gone, Directed by Youngkwang Park, Drama, South of Korea, 26min, 2022
Mark McAuley, Throw Your Heart Over First, Directed by Mark McAuley, Drama, Ireland, 8min, 2021
Mark D’Aughton, Sweet Wort, Directed by Michael Philip Reid, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 24min, 2022
Aidan O’Sullivan, Wallpaper, Directed by Fabien Oman & Philip Kidd, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 14min, 2022
Conrad Ørland Wathne, Hush, Directed by Emilie Beck, Drama, Norway, 25min, 2022
Andy Doherty, A Bitter Pill, Directed by Keith O’Grady, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2021
- Best Actress
Sarah Ridgeway, Bardo: A Rogue and Peasant Slave, Directed by Michael B Clifford, Drama, UK, 22min, 2021
France Maurice, Hightail, Directed by Jenny Lee-Gilmore, Drama, Canada, 13min, 2022
Clare Monnelly, Mr Sun, Directed by Oonagh Quinn, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2022
Verónika Moral, Ellie, Directed by Fernando Bonelli, Drama, Spain, 19min, 2022
leiying luan, Medea, Directed by Feifei Zhong, Drama, China, 13min, 2022
Sarah Jane Seymour, Oisín, Directed by Alba Fernandez, Drama-LGBTQ, Ireland, 22min, 2022
- Best Documentary
The Small Steps, Directed by Al Butler, Documentary, Ireland, 18min, 2021
Forerunner, Directed by Kevin Bennett & Dave Thorpe, Documentary, Ireland, 18min, 2021
Living the Hospitality Lifestyle, Directed by Fabio Ciccarelli, Documentary, Ireland, 5min, 2022
Hunger Ward, Directed by Skye Fitzgerald, Documentary, USA, 40min, 2022
Tears of an Exile (Deora an Deoraí), Directed by Pierre Yves O’Reilly, Documentary, Ireland, 6min, 2022
NOMINATIONS 2022
- Best International Short Film
Bardo: A Rogue and Peasant Slave, Directed by Michael B Clifford, Drama, UK, 22min, 2021
Free Fall, Directed by Emmanuel Tenenbaum, Drama, Ireland, 19min, 2021
Ellie, Directed by Fernando Bonelli, Drama, Spain, 19min, 2022
Hush, Directed by Emilie Beck, Drama, Norway, 25min, 2022
Al-Sit, Directed by Suzannah Mirghani, Drama, 20min, Sudan, 2020
Off Your Head, Directed by Gianlorenzo Albertini, Drama, UK, 28min, 2021
The Little Drummer Boy, Directed by John Gray, Drama, USA, 10min, 2021
Barter, Directed by Ziba Karamali & Emad Arad, Drama, Iran, 20min, 2021
The Banishment, Directed by Yılmaz Özdil, Drama, Turkey, 20min, 2022
- Best Director
Emmanuel Tenenbaum, Free Fall, Drama, Ireland, 19min, 2021
Michael B Clifford, Bardo: A Rogue and Peasant Slave, Drama, UK, 22min, 2021
Gianlorenzo Albertini, Off Your Head, Drama, UK, 28min, 2021
John Gray, The Little Drummer Boy, Drama, USA, 10min, 2021
Ziba Karamali & Emad Arad, Barter, Drama, Iran, 20min, 2021
Punch Line, Directed by Becky Cheatle, Drama-Comedy-LGBTQ, Ireland, 10min, 2022
Peter Sluszka, Hardboiled, Animation, USA, 28min, 2021
- Best LGBTQ
Queer Parivaar, Directed by Shiva Raichandani, Drama-Musical-LGBTQ, UK, 27min, 2022
Oisín, Directed by Alba Fernandez, Drama-LGBTQ, Ireland, 22min, 2022
Cleaner, Directed by Edwin Mullane, LGBTQ-Drama, Ireland, 2021, 15min
Punch Line, Directed by Becky Cheatle, Drama-Comedy-LGBTQ, Ireland, 10min, 2022
Veils, Directed by Erika Nakayama, Drama-LGBTQ, Japan, 18min, 2021
- Best Music Video
La Madeleine, Directed by Richard Lennon, Music Video, Ireland, 6min, 2021
The Consequences of Breaking the Heart – An Irish Folk Tale, Directed by Shaun O Connor, Music Video, Ireland, 5min, 2021
I Can’t Escape Her, Directed by Ed Ifeanyichukwu, Music Video, Ireland, 6min, 2022
Te Lloré un Río (I cried you a river) -Maná & Christian Nodal, Directed by Antonio Roma, Music Video, Mexico, 4min, 2022
Rhove – Jungle, Directed by Peter Marvu, Music Video, Italy, 3min, 2021
Saturday, Directed by Brian Dunster, Music Video, Ireland, 4min, 2022
- Best Horror
All Alone Here, Directed by Callum Patrick O’Brien, Horror-Fantasy, Ireland, 15min, 2022
Shadowban, Directed by Shane W. Brennan, Horror, Ireland, 10min, 2022
Tempvs, Directed by Jason Branagan, Horror, Ireland, 13min, 2022
Frequency, Directed by Aleksander Szeser, Horror-Sci-Fi, Poland, 16min, 2022
Lydia, Directed by Damien Lumsden, Horror, Ireland, 9min, 2020
- Best Comedy
Background Story, Directed by Ron Baranov, Comedy-Drama, Israel, 9min, 2019
The Last Comedy Club on Mars, Directed by Fergus Keane, Documentary-Comedy, Ireland, 10min, 2021
Flush, Directed by James Aaron Prenderville, Comedy, Ireland, 10min, 2021
Punch Line, Directed by Becky Cheatle, Drama-Comedy-LGBTQ, Ireland, 10min, 2022
Zoom Dates, Directed by Nichole Harris & Christina McMahon, Comedy, Ireland, 9min, 2022
At the Strawberry Stand, Directed by Gerald Gerhard Pribek & Marc Weber, Comedy, Austria, 6min, 2020
- Best Animation
Candlelight, Directed by Scott Newton, Animation, UK, 7min, 2021
Roses in The Night, Directed by Pencho Kunchev, Animation, Bulgaria, 10min, 2019
Hardboiled, Directed by Peter Sluszka, Animation, USA, 28min, 2021
The Commuterments, Directed by André Parra, Animation, Ireland, 2min, 2022
Streets of Fury, Directed by Aidan McAteer, Animation, Ireland, 5min, 2019
Mopped in their Tracks, Directed by Georgia Rao-Williams, Animation, Ireland, 5min, 2022
- Best Sci-Fi
Thirst, Directed by Manolo Marcenó, Sci-Fi, Ireland, 13min, 2022
Connected, Directed by Daniele Guarnera, Sci-Fi, Italy, 15min, 2022
Frequency, Directed by Aleksander Szeser, Horror-Sci-Fi, Poland, 16min, 2022
- Best Score/ Music
Daithí, Foxglove, Directed by Michael-David McKernan, Drama-LGBTQ, Ireland, 14min, 2021
Darc Mavid, Da Capo-The Town of Music, Directed by Darc Mavid, Musical-Comedy, Germany, 25min, 2022
Peter Merlose, Not Quite Dead (Yet), Directed by Adrian O’ Connell, Musical-Comedy, Ireland, 6min, 2021
Rushil, Queer Parivaar, Directed by Shiva Raichandani, Drama-Musical-LGBTQ, UK, 27min, 2022
Ronan Mitchell, Imbas Foronai, Directed by Shane Serrano, Drama-Art, Ireland, 15min, 2021
Eimear Maccarrick, I Am an Island, Directed by Damian Draven, Drama-Thriller, Ireland, 12min, 2021
Gianlorenzo Albertini, Off Your Head, Directed by Gianlorenzo Albertini, Drama, UK, 28min, 2021
- Best Student
Sweet Wort, Directed by Michael Philip Reid, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 24min, 2022
When She Was Good, Directed by Margarita Milne, Drama, UK, 20min, 2021
Da Capo-The Town of Music, Directed by Darc Mavid, Musical-Comedy, Germany, 25min, 2022
Our Time, Directed by Áindréas Aingeal Fallon Verbruggen, Docudrama, Ireland, 2 min, 2022
Different, Directed by John Farrelly, Drama-Romance-LGBTQ, Ireland, 20min, 2022
Encore, Directed by Laura Carroll, Drama, Ireland, 22min, 2022
- Best Irish Short
I Am an Island, Directed by Damian Draven, Drama-Thriller, Ireland, 12min, 2021
A Bitter Pill, Directed by Keith O’Grady, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2021
Imbas Foronai, Directed by Shane Serrano, Drama-Art, Ireland, 15min, 2021
Debutante, Directed by Kamila Dydyna, Drama, Ireland, 18min, 2021
Saoirse, Directed by Sinead Ralston, Drama, Ireland, 12min, 2022
Punch Line, Directed by Becky Cheatle, Drama-Comedy-LGBTQ, Ireland, 10min, 2022
Rum & Raisin, Directed by Steven McKenna, Drama, Ireland, 17min, 2021
Wallpaper, Directed by Fabien Oman & Philip Kidd, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 14min, 2022
Mr Sun, Directed by Oonagh Quinn, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2022
Sweet Wort, Directed by Michael Philip Reid, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 24min, 2022
- Best Actor
Luke Fuman Dejahang, Bardo: A Rogue and Peasant Slave, Directed by Michael B Clifford, Drama, UK, 22min, 2021
Sung Ming Jun, Sound of Summer Gone, Directed by Youngkwang Park, Drama, South of Korea, 26min, 2022
Mark McAuley, Throw Your Heart Over First, Directed by Mark McAuley, Drama, Ireland, 8min, 2021
Mark D’Aughton, Sweet Wort, Directed by Michael Philip Reid, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 24min, 2022
Aidan O’Sullivan, Wallpaper, Directed by Fabien Oman & Philip Kidd, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 14min, 2022
Conrad Ørland Wathne, Hush, Directed by Emilie Beck, Drama, Norway, 25min, 2022
Andy Doherty, A Bitter Pill, Directed by Keith O’Grady, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2021
- Best Actress
Sarah Ridgeway, Bardo: A Rogue and Peasant Slave, Directed by Michael B Clifford, Drama, UK, 22min, 2021
France Maurice, Hightail, Directed by Jenny Lee-Gilmore, Drama, Canada, 13min, 2022
Clare Monnelly, Mr Sun, Directed by Oonagh Quinn, Drama, Ireland, 15min, 2022
Verónika Moral, Ellie, Directed by Fernando Bonelli, Drama, Spain, 19min, 2022
leiying luan, Medea, Directed by Feifei Zhong, Drama, China, 13min, 2022
Sarah Jane Seymour, Oisín, Directed by Alba Fernandez, Drama-LGBTQ, Ireland, 22min, 2022
- Best Documentary
The Small Steps, Directed by Al Butler, Documentary, Ireland, 18min, 2021
Forerunner, Directed by Kevin Bennett & Dave Thorpe, Documentary, Ireland, 18min, 2021
Living the Hospitality Lifestyle, Directed by Fabio Ciccarelli, Documentary, Ireland, 5min, 2022
Hunger Ward, Directed by Skye Fitzgerald, Documentary, USA, 40min, 2022
Tears of an Exile (Deora an Deoraí), Directed by Pierre Yves O’Reilly, Documentary, Ireland, 6min, 2022
Press Release
DISFMF 2022
The 11th Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival is happening from 7th-9th October, in Cineworld and The Sugar Club, and, we will be screening 84 shorts and music videos from 27 countries like Ireland, Indonesia, Bulgaria, South Korea, Lebanon, China, Romania, Mexico, Spain, Poland, Israel, Nepal, Canada, Turkey, Hungary, Austria, Sudan, Japan, Norway, Iran, Germany, Italy, Morocco, Switzerland, USA and UK.
The short films are diverse, from narative dramas to music videos, LGBTQ, comedies, horror, adverts, animations, sci-fi, documentary, romance, and docudramas and there are 14 awards for, the best international short, best Irish short, best director, best documentary, best comedy, best music videos, best music/score, best student, best actress, best actor, best LGBTQ, best horror, best animation and best sci-fi.
After the last screening at the sugar club we have live pan-flute performance from Julian Pușca, and we are closing the with the awards ceremony at the Sugar Club, around 9pm.
To mention that in the last programme, at 6pm at the Sugar Club we have the 2021 Academy Awards nominated short documentary named Hunger Ward, directed by Skye Fitzgerald, and this is his second Academy Awards nomination for a short documentary. The first one was The Life Boat, and we had it in the programme in 2019. We have guests and filmmaker coming from abroad from different countries and we are looking forward to seeing everyone at the Cineworld and The Sugar Club.
The networking and chatting opportunities will be in both places, Cineworld and The Sugar Club. We will be having Q&A with the directors and producers available after each screening. We give to all the filmmakers and their films the same and our best attentions and we hope everyone will have a good experience as we will try our best for them.
The nominations for each category will be announced on Saturday the 8th.
For more info like synopsis, trailers and posters, from each film please go to our Facebook, Instagram or Twitter pages.
Tickets are on sale on Eventbrite or at the doors. For more information please go to www.disfmf.ie or simply just Google Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival.