THE GUARD WINS GALWAY FILM FLEADH AUDIENCE AWARD

Date Published: 11-Jul-2011

‘The Guard’ has won Best Irish Feature Award at this year’s Galway Film Fleadh.

Produced by Andrew Lowe and Ed Quiney and directed by John Michael McDonagh, the film, which stars Brendan Gleeson, premiered in Galway last week to much acclaim.

Other winners at the Fleadh this year are ‘Signs’ which won the Best First Animation Award and ‘The Boy who lived in a Bubble’ which scooped the James Horgan Award for Best Animation.

The Tiernan McBride Award for Best Short Drama was jointly won by ‘Asal’ and ‘Even Gods’.

The Best First Short Drama Award has gone to ‘Pentecost’ while the Best Short Documentary Award was given to ‘Needle Exchange’.

The Inaugural Donal Gilligan Award was presented to Michael Lavelle for ‘Mummy’s Little Helper’.

The International Federation of Film Societies awarded the Don Quijote Award to ‘The Boy who lived in a Bubble’.

Ruth Meehan won the 30 second Film Festival Judges Award.

The Best Feature Documentary Award was given to ‘Bernadette Notes on a political Journey.’

There were joint winners of the Best First Feature – ‘Parked’ and ‘Charlie Casanova’.

Finally, the Galway Film Fleadh pitching award went to Rioghach Ní Ghrioghair for ‘Death Rattle’.