Babygirl and Get the Picture Win Awards at JDIFF
Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board funded BABYGIRL and GET THE PICTURE both won prizes at the 11th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival which closed this weekend.
BABYGIRLwritten and directed by Macdara Vallely was awarded the Best Irish Feature by the DUBLIN FILM Critics Circle while GET THE PICTURE directed by Cathy Pearson won Best Irish Documentary.
BABYGIRL tells the story of Bronx teenager Lena who for as long as she can remember has watched her mom Lucy squander her life on a series of deadbeat men. When Victor, her mom's latest boy toy, starts hitting on Lena, she sets up a trap to expose Victor for the creep he is... but the plan backfires.
Produced by David Collins, Paul Miller and Gigi Dement for Samson Films and Escape Pictures, BABYGIRL was funded by the IFB and Werner Films.
GET THE PICTURE is a documentary about legendary picture editor John J. Morris. Produced by Noel Pearson and Cathy Pearson for Ferndale Films it was made with funding from the IFB.
The complete list of winners:
Best Film: Vanishing Waves
Best Director: Mikhail Segal (Short Stories)
Best Actor: Aleksey Vertkov (White Tiger)
Best Actress: Dilan Aksut (Night of Silence)
Best Cinematography: Beyond The Hills
Best Irish Documentary: Get The Picture
Best Debut: Maja Milos (Clip)
Best Screenplay: Oriol Paulo (The Body)
Best Documentary: Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story
Best Irish Feature: Baby Girl
Special Jury Award: Blanca Nieves
Special Jury Award: After Lucia
Special Jury Award: The King of Pigs
The Michael Dwyer Discovery Award: Claire Dix (Broken Song)