Waterford Film Festival

The Waterford Film Festival also known as The Waterford International Film Festival was established in 2007 by local filmmaker Stephen Byrne in Waterford, Republic of Ireland, with the objective of promoting local and national filmmakers and writers, but in particular independent film.[1][2]

Waterford Film Festival
LocationWaterford, County Waterford, Ireland
Founded2007
Festival dateNovember
LanguageEnglish, others
Websitewaterfordfilmfestival.net

ABOUT

The Waterford International Film Festival is Waterford’s premiere film festival that showcases the works of national & international filmmakers & artists.

It has always been its goal to promote and support established, debut, and student filmmakers, especially in the field of independent short films with their annual events and competitions.

The festival welcomes all forms of short films: live-action, animation, documentaries, and music videos.

The festival has a passion to celebrate short films from around the world, bringing filmmakers together.

The Waterford Film Festival was the 1st festival in the Republic of Ireland to hold an annual short screenplay competition supporting and acknowledging the work of short screenplay writers.

The festival also runs a movie-themed Photography Competition to support and encourage new and emerging talent in the areas of photography and art.

Each year the festival produces a series of events that are creative, intriguing, fun, and entertaining.

The festival hugely encourages networking. Social meetups and events are held for the audience to meet other filmmakers over the festival weekend.

Filmmakers & Artists from across the globe have attended the festival and we always look forward to meeting and engaging with all filmmakers and our audience.

The festival strives to promote talent from all over the world and to bring a wide variety of projects for our audience of cinema lovers to enjoy.


A number of films and scripts first surfaced at the festival have gone on to screenings and award wins at international festivals, including Paradox Pictures' 'Lost and Found', which was screened internationally and received an Honourable Mention at the Chicago Irish Film Festival.[3]

Peter McNamara's 'Narcan' went on from the WFF to win Best Narrative Short at the New York Metropolitan Film Festival. Lead Peter Halpin also took home the best actor award for the film at the Williamsburg Independent Film Festival.[4]


References
  1. "Waterford Film Festival". Waterford Film Festival. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  2. McNeice, Katie (14 November 2016). "Waterford Film Festival Announce 2016 Winners". Irish Film & Television Network. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  3. McNeice, Katie (27 March 2017). "'Lost & Found' from Paradox Pictures to screen at TIFF Kids International Film Festival". The Irish Film & Television Network. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  4. Devlin, Sean (7 February 2017). "Halpin looks to build on acclaim". Irish Echo. Retrieved 10 May 2017.

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