Congratulations to the winners in the three categories
Junior winners
Ireland’s Junior Young Filmmaker of the Year 2022: Lucy and Ruby Hand with LYCS Youth Work Programme James Joyce Street, Dublin– The Litter Picker.
2nd Place: Aaliyah McDermott, Dublin – The Boy Under the Bed
3rd Place: 6th Class Scoil San Phroinsias, Galway – The Appliances Make a Stand.
HC Authenticity- 5th and 6th class Moin Ruadh NS, Kilkenny Apocalypse
HC Comedy – Seán FitzGerald, Cork -Double Trouble
HC Concept – Mannix Buckley, Limerick – I’m Fine
Best Junior International Film: Sara Abedi, Islamic Republic of Iran – Snoring
2nd: Filmgroup TrickU, Dragonfly Elementary School, Kleine Kielsstraße Elementary School, Germany – Parentless Adventure
Senior Winners
Ireland’s Young Filmmaker of the Year 2022: Sean Treacy, Wicklow –The Least I Can Do
2nd Place: Max Hendrickson, Dublin – The Oubliette
3rd Place: Aoife Rees, Wexford – A Sad Excuse for a Teenage Girl
Best School: Coláiste Iognáid Conall Flynn and Noah Finneran, Galway – Heart of Land
Best Group: Emerging Limerick Filmmakers, Róisín Leavy- Sahin, Limerick – Asset of Teeth
HC for Directing: Nellie Warren, Dublin – How I Wonder
HC for Visual Innovation: Dylan Michael, Dublin– Faces
HC for Ensemble Cast: Donagh Walsh and Louis Martin – Teenage Type Beat
HC for Screenplay: Kevin Meggs, Dublin –Sunday
RTÉ 60 Second: Jade Thomson Coláste Chill Mhantáin Wicklow – Someone Gets Hurt
RTÉ Factual: Chloe Forde, Nina Beatrice Gicale, Le Chéile Secondary School, Dublin – The Science of Colour Vision
Radharc Trust Award: Rachel and Liam O’Connor, Kerry – The Joys of Justin
Aardman Studio Animation: Nellie Warren, Dublin – How I Wonder
HC Aardman Animation: Liam Murphy, Cork – How to Construct an Albatross
Audience Award: Donagh Walsh and Louis Martin – Teenage Type Beat
International Awards
Best International Film: Ava Bounds, UK – Beth
2nd Place: 10th-grade students of La Guerche-de-Bretagne, France – Epistolary Films
3rd Place: Tessa Roe-Stanton, Seidou Rouse-Rhys, Kaia Suman, Halima Hamid, Julian Annan, Ibrahim Hamid, Edie Faulkner-Wootton, Rio Redwood-Sawyerr, Zara Loyas, Gabriel Rogers-Mullen, 1A Arts, UK – Time off Track
HC Cinematography: Izac De castro, New Zealand – What’s Ahead of Us
HC Idea: Lazaros Mylonas, Greece – Queens Pawn
HC Storytelling: Recuerdos de un Ballerina
Best Documentary: Matilda Crowther, Australia – A Square Peg
Regional Finals Audience Awards
ULSTER: Greta Thonton – Sonder
MUNSTER: Emerging Limerick Filmmakers, Róisín Leavy-Sahin, Limerick – Asset of Teeth
CONNAUGHT: Coláiste Éinde – The Glow Up
LEINSTER: Sean Treacy, Wicklow –The Least I Can Do
DUBLIN CENTRAL: Sienna Graham, Dublin – Track No. 7
VIRTUAL 1: Glen Bowler – Inner Journey
VIRTUAL 2: Nicky Kinkldaze O’Callaghan & Peter Phelan- Swansong
