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

The Waterford Film Festival, also known as the Waterford International Film Festival, was established in 2007 in Waterford, Republic of Ireland, with the objective of "promoting local and national filmmakers and writers, but in particular independent film".[1] It celebrated its tenth year in 2016, giving awards to 13 films.[2]

A number of films and scripts first surfaced at the Waterford Film Festival (WFF) have gone on to screenings and award wins at other 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 won 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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