Song of the Sea wins at Galway
- You’re Ugly Too wins Best Irish First Feature

Cartoon Saloon’s animated feature Song of the Sea [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Tomm Moore
film profile], directed by Tomm Moore, has won the Best Irish Feature Film Award at the 27th Galway Film Fleadh (7-12 July). The film is currently on release in Irish cinemas. The Best Irish First Feature Award went to Mark Noonan’s You’re Ugly Too [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Mark Noonan
film profile]. Produced by John Keville and Conor Barry, the film will be released on 24 July. Alex Fegan’s Older Than Ireland won the Best Irish Documentary Award.
Here is the full list of winners:
Best Irish Feature Film
Song of the Sea
Best Irish First Feature
You’re Ugly Too
Best Cinematography in an Irish Feature
Seamus Deasy – My Name Is Emily
Best Irish Documentary
Older Than Ireland
James Horgan Award for Best Animation
Violet
The Don Quixote Award for Best Animation
Meanwhile
Best Animated Sequence in a Short Film
Geist
Best First Short Animation
Unhinged
The Tiernan MacBride Award for Best Short Drama
North
Best Short Drama
Queen of the Plough
Best First Short Drama
Today
The Donal Gilligan Award for Best Cinematography in a Short Film
Tim Fleming – My Bonnie
Best International Film
Margarita With a Straw
Best International Feature Documentary
Armor of Light and Touch the Light
Best International First Feature
My Skinny Sister [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Sanna Lenken
film profile]
Best Human Rights Feature
Marzia, My Friend
The Bingham Ray New Talent Award
Kathryn Kennedy (Producer – My Name is Emily)
The Fleadh Pitching Award
Luke Morgan – Ewetopia
The One Minute Festival Award
Luke and Roger
Short Film Slam
I Am Jesus
Galway Hooker Award
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Pete Docter, Jonas Rivera and Mícheál O Meallaigh
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