Best Advert
Nature Made Multivitamin, Directed by Sarab Sahni, Commercial Advert, USA, 2023, 2min
Best LGBTQ
Jean Fell in Love, Directed by Romain Roellet, LGBTQ, France, 2022, 20min
Best Music Video
Algorithm Takedown, Directed by Alex Budovsky, Animation-Music Video, USA, 2023, 4min
Best Horror
The Unquiet Dead, Directed by John Thomas Gray, Horror, USA, 2022, 12min
Best Comedy
Pushing Daisy, Directed by Leah Revivo, Comedy, UK, 2023, 16min
Best Animation
Love Bubbles, Directed by Marcel Hobi, Animation, Switzerland, 2023, 8min
Best Sci-Fi
Dark Cell, Directed by Jean-Michel Tari, Sci-Fi, France, 2023, 25min
Best Score/Music
Josh Reichental- The Inheritance, Directed by Donncha Gilmore, Horror, Ireland, 2022, 17min
Best Student
Knots, Directed by Alek Nowak, Drama, Ireland, 2023, 16min
Best Actor
Fintan McHugh- My Old Love, Directed by Fabian Fornalski, Drama, Germany, 2023, 20min
Best Actress
Blaithín Ward- Thicker Than Water, Directed by Pippa Molony, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 23min
Best Documentary
JFK – The Three Miles, Directed by Pamela Finn, Documentary, Ireland, 2023, 20min
Best International Short
Meeting Mr Samuel, Directed by Rob Leggatt, Comedy, UK, 2023, 17min
Best Irish Short
Forever Hold Your Peace, Directed by Jason Branagan, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 14min
Best Tv Pilot
East, Directed by Dana Marisa Schoenfeld, Tv Pilot, USA, 2022, 30min
Best International Short
Pink, Directed by Liviu Marghidan, Drama, Romania, 2022, 28min
Sunday Roast, Directed by Olof Berghe, Drama-Thriller, Sweden, 2022, 15min
Meeting Mr Samuel, Directed by Rob Leggatt, Comedy, UK, 2023, 17min
Guts, Directed by Álfgerður Malmquist Baldursdóttir, Drama, Germany, 2022, 22min
A Sacred Victim, Directed by Danilo Greco, Drama-Thriller, Italy, 2023, 17min
Sunday Roast, Directed by Olof Berghe, Drama-Thriller, Sweden, 2022, 15min
My Old Love, Directed by Fabian Fornalski, Drama, Germany & Ireland, 2023, 20min
Best Advert
Life Savers, Directed by Lukasz Wdowicz, Commercial Advert, Poland, 2023, 30seconds
Nature Made Multivitamin, Directed by Sarab Sahni, Commercial Advert, USA, 2023, 2min
Safely Feel the Real World, Directed by Jody Xiong, Commercial Advert, China, 2023, 3min
Best LGBTQ
Meeting His Parents, Directed by Lee-Loi Chieng, Drama-LGBTQ, Ireland, 2021, 15min
Jean Fell in Love, Directed by Romain Roellet, LGBTQ, France, 2022, 20min
Best Music Video
Mann Friday-Fight for Me, Directed by Kalai Faye Barlow, Music Video, Zimbabwe, 2022, 4min
Algorithm Takedown, Directed by Alex Budovsky, Animation-Music Video, USA, 2023, 4min
Young Men, Directed by Elle Brooks-Tao, Music Video, UK, 2023, 7min
Best Horror
The Inheritance, Directed by Donncha Gilmore, Horror, Ireland, 2022, 17min
The Unquiet Dead, Directed by John Thomas Gray, Horror, USA, 2022, 12min
Bean Feasa // Wise Woman, Directed by Daniel Butler, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 17min
Best Comedy
Fortissimo, Directed by Victor Cesca, Comedy, France, 2023, 15min
Boiling Over, Directed by Paulo Miranda, Comedy, Brasil, 2022, 11min
Pushing Daisy, Directed by Leah Revivo, Comedy, UK, 2023, 16min
Wireless, Directed by Brian Benjamin Dwyer, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 2022, 8min
Best Animation
The Jennie Show – EP4: In the Hotpot Seat, Directed by Superdog & Kevin Lee, Animation, Taiwan, 2022, 4min
Red Rabbit, Directed by Rory Kerr, Animation-Horror, Ireland, 2022, 5min
Love Bubbles, Directed by Marcel Hobi, Animation, Switzerland, 2023, 8min
Abnormal Adoration, Directed by Mingyuan Ye, Animation, USA, 2023, 2min
Algorithm Takedown, Directed by Alex Budovsky, Animation-Music Video, USA, 2023, 4min
The Last Set, Directed by Aisling Conroy, Animation, Ireland, 2023, 7min
Boundless Imagination, Directed by Tzu-Yu Lin, Animation, USA, 2023, 4mi
How to Listen (you aren’t listening), Directed by Jason Ramasami, Animation, UK, 2023, 2min
Best Sci-Fi
Dark Cell, Directed by Jean-Michel Tari, Sci-Fi, France, 2023, 25min
Connection, Directed by Jennie Jarvis, Sci-Fi, USA, 2022, 13min
Best Score/Music
Liam McCabe- Bean Feasa // Wise Woman, Directed by Daniel Butler, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 17min
Damien O’Reilly , Folding Waves- The Last Set, Directed by Aisling Conroy, Animation, Ireland, 2023, 7min
Richard Lennon- The Burning at Ballymanny, Directed by Brian McCarthy, Drama, Ireland, 2023, 13min
Fintan McHugh- My Old Love, Directed by Fabian Fornalski, Drama, Germany & Ireland, 2023, 20min
Somebody’s Child , Andrea McGee- Staunchly Irish, Directed by Fabio Ciccarelly, Documentary, Ireland, 2023, 8min
Josh Reichental- The Inheritance, Directed by Donncha Gilmore, Horror, Ireland, 2022, 17min
Emer Landers- Forever Hold Your Peace, Directed by Jason Branagan, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 14min
Best Student
Thicker Than Water, Directed by Pippa Molony, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 23min
Second Intention, Directed by Jared Rushanan, Drama, USA, 2022, 14min
Knots, Directed by Alek Nowak, Drama, Ireland, 2023, 16min
Best Irish Short
Communion, Directed by Séan Coyle, Drama, Ireland, 2023, 28min
Porter, Directed by Jo Halpin, Comedy-Drama, Ireland, 2023, 15min
Shadow, Directed by Janna Kemperman, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 15min
Mespil in the Dark, Directed by Gavin Quinn, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 15min
The Secret Life of Jim, Directed by Emmet Kelly, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 17min
Lamb, Directed by Sinéad O’Loughlin, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 15min
Superhuman, Directed by Mícheál Fleming, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 16min
Mustard, Directed by Hildegard Ryan, Drama, Ireland, 2023, 25min
Haven, Directed by Maureen OConnell, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 15min
Forever Hold Your Peace, Directed by Jason Branagan, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 14min
A Christmas Matter, Directed by Edwin Mullane, Drama, Ireland, 2023, 12min
Lambing, Directed by Katie McNeice, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 18min
Best Actor
Steven Jess – Communion, Directed by Séan Coyle, Drama, Ireland, 2023, 28min
Charlie Creed-Miles- Meeting Mr Samuel, Directed by Rob Leggatt, Comedy, UK, 2023, 17min
Aidan Gillen- Mespil in the Dark, Directed by Gavin Quinn, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 15min
Fintan McHugh- My Old Love, Directed by Fabian Fornalski, Drama, Germany, 2023, 20min
Aidan Jordan- The Secret Life of Jim, Directed by Emmet Kelly, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 17min
Éanna Hardwicke- Lamb, Directed by Sinéad O’Loughlin, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 15min
Örn Árnasson- Guts, Directed by Álfgerður Malmquist Baldursdóttir, Drama, Germany, 2022, 22min
Alain Figlarz- Dark Cell, Directed by Jean-Michel Tari, Sci-Fi, France, 2023, 25min
Best Actress
Mary Murray – A Christmas Matter, Directed by Edwin Mullane, Drama, Ireland, 2023, 12min
Sadhbh Larkin Coyle – Communion, Directed by Séan Coyle, Drama, Ireland, 2023, 28min
Clare Monnelly- Departure, Directed by Aaron Monaghan, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 12min
Caragh McKenna- Shadow, Directed by Janna Kemperman, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 15min
Madeleine Spooner- Pushing Daisy, Directed by Leah Revivo, Comedy, UK, 2023, 16min
Eva O’Connor- Mustard, Directed by Hildegard Ryan, Drama, Ireland, 2023, 25min
Caoilfhionn McDonnell- The Inheritance, Directed by Donncha Gilmore, Horror, Ireland, 2022, 17min
Blaithín Ward- Thicker Than Water, Directed by Pippa Molony, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 23min
Johanna O’Brien- Lambing, Directed by Katie McNeice, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 18min
Tina Kellegher- Forever Hold Your Peace, Directed by Jason Branagan, Drama, Ireland, 2022, 14min
Best Documentary
Not My Bag, Directed by Beta Bajgart, Documentary, Ireland, 2023, 27min
JFK – The Three Miles, Directed by Pamela Finn, Documentary, Ireland, 2023, 20min
When Worlds Collide, Directed by Genevieve Sulway, Documentary, UK, 2022, 18min
Staunchly Irish, Directed by Fabio Ciccarelly, Documentary, Ireland, 2023, 8min
Best Tv Pilot
East, Directed by Dana Marisa Schoenfeld, Tv Pilot, USA, 2022, 30min
Hit Man: Secrets of Lies, Directed by Elias Plagianos, Tv Pilot-Drama, USA, 2023, 20min
Natalia Kryshtalevich
“My story is simple – like many others. I have been drawing since childhood, but my parents did not support my studies. I stopped drawing for a long time, and I started again just a few years ago, not long before the war came to my country.
I’m not a realist artist, I don’t have much experience, but I support any desire I have to throw creativity out.
There is more creative energy in childhood. An adult needs to learn to be a child again.
I started working on this series twice, first I painted in oils, but then I realised that there was too little freedom in this. I wanted to become a little crazy artist. And I began to use mixed media, making a background from acrylic. I wanted all these pictures to be interconnected and imperfect. How imperfect our memories are. I took inspiration from my friends’ social media. The war scattered us all over the world, but each of us saw something beautiful in new places, these are mainly landscapes.
I dedicated one painting to dogs as indispensable companions of man, they often find themselves completely lost in this world.
I added gold drops to some of the paintings, they symbolise time, or rather precious seconds.”
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMEDIATE RELEASE
12th Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival – October 6th-8th, 2023
Celebrating the music in film
“This is an outstanding festival. The quality of films screened were of such a high standard. It was just great to be a small part of it. The festival staff & volunteers were so friendly, generous and extremely helpful. We will definitely go back to it next year.”
Maureen OConnell, Director, Actress and Producer
87 short films and music videos from all over the world for this edition to be screened in Cineworld and The Sugar Club
Live Music at The Sugar Club,,The Engels Share,, (Jeremy Engel and Mauve Robichez)
inviting you on a journey into an intimate, Irish-influenced folk-rock universe where sweetness and violent feelings are reconciled.
Their name, a nod to the famous expression “The Angels’ Share” evokes not only the invisible, mysterious part that slowly evaporates from whiskey barrels, but also their music, which distills emotions tinged with subtle aromas and complex flavors. The sounds slowly evaporate over the course of the evening, leaving behind touching melodies and lyrics that resonate long after the concert is over.
The Engels Share offers its own compositions as well as rearranged covers (Rory Gallagher, Bob Dylan, Damien Rice, The Beatles, Glen Hansard, etc.).
“If folk music is about depth and delicacy and indie music excels at accessibility and infectiousness, then it is safe to say that Jeremy Engel walks a perfect line between the two camps”
Jeremy Engel
Jeremy Engel releases his debut single “I Don’t Want to Stay” in 2020. The song’s raw emotion serves as the perfect introduction to this new artist’s intimate narrative and adventurous soundscapes.
Mauve Robichez
Mauve has developed a personal sound universe, combining string instruments and electronic sounds, for which she has won several international awards as a composer for film. At the same time, she continues to play live violin with The Engels Share.
Mauve is at your disposal for any collaborative film music projects.
Full programme here
More info on our website: www.disfmf.ie
We are now looking for volunteers for the 12th edition of the festival for 6-8 October.
Please send an email with your CV and we will get back to you.
Email your CV to info@disfmf.ie