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SUBMISSIONS FOR SIFA 7 OPENING SOON!!
As with all judging, the process can be tough and carried on personal taste, though with our band of judges that taste is very varied and fair! After some serious watching and judging, we eventually decide on our overall winners and runner-ups. Please see below for past SIFA Results...
Congratulations to all our winners of the Sandbar International Film Festival... We had a great time watching all submissions and a hard time judging some amazing work. To the right is a full list of the winning films along with the runner-up titles.
Please REMEMBER, the SIFA is an online based, judges only festival so you do not need to attend anything to support your film - saving you some cost also.
Please feel free to send us your posters for the winning films, and we can spruce up the website with them in the coming weeks.
Once again, congratulaions and thank you for supporting the SIFA and the independent film industry!
SIFA TEAM
6th SIFA 2023 WINNERS
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BEST SHORT FILM GOLD - TIED
BEST SHORT FILM SILVER - LAMBING
BEST SHORT FILM BRONZE - TALES OF TUNIVAR
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BEST PERFORMANCE - AINE COLLIER (SHOWTIME)
NOMINATED:
FINTAN McHUGH (MY OLD LOVE)
JIMMY KAVANAGH (HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS)
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - THE LAST DAYS OF MY HOUSE
NOMINATED:
CAR SICK
THEY CALL ME BRIDGET
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BEST ANIMATION - CANDLELIGHT
NOMINATED:
DANCE, YOU ARE ALIVE
GOLDEN TIES
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BEST DOCUMENTARY - THE HOW OF COLLAGE
NOMINATED:
THE ANNE BONNY TALE
STAUNCHLY IRISH
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BEST LGBT FILM - MAKING WAVES
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MOST INSPIRATIONAL FILM - PLANET OCEAN BLUES
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HONORABLE MENTIONS:
MISSING YOU, THE BURNING AT BALLYMANNY,
ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT, WHAT NOW?, AGAPE, BARRY VS THE BINMAN, I WILL STAY WITH YOU UNTIL MORNING, KHORA, and COCAINE OVERKILL
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5th SIFA 2021 WINNERS
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BEST SHORT FILM GOLD - THE TIME OF OTHERS
BEST SHORT FILM SILVER - GOODBYE OLYMPICS
BEST SHORT FILM BRONZE - ANNA
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BEST PERFORMANCE - SOHEIL KRAMYAR (MADATORY)
NOMINATED:
SANAZ MEZBAH (HODA'S HOUSE)
MOSA KAMBUL (WHAT WE LEFT BEHIND)
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - THE TIME OF OTHERS
NOMINATED:
BREEZE IN THE BLUE OLIVE LEAVES
HERMIT
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BEST ANIMATION - THE BOY & THE MOUNTAIN
NOMINATED:
SOUTH DUBLIN EPIC
TRAVEL BUD
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BEST DOCUMENTARY - HEART OF CAMDEN
NOMINATED:
DEVIL IN A LAWYERS SUIT
BELLE ILE IN ACADIE
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BEST LGBT FILM - NEW FLESH FOT THE OLD CEREMONY
NOMINATED:
FUNERAL QUEEN
JESSE JAMES
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MOST INSPIRATIONAL FILM - BEHIND MURMURING
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HONORABLE MENTIONS:
FLASH_THUNDER 93, PAST CONTINUOUS, BLEEDING OUT,
BODIES, DEDICATED TO TERHAN, TODAY IS FRIDAY, COCOON, PASS, and THE HEAVY SHADOW OF THE CROW
4th SIFA 2020 WINNERS
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BEST SHORT FILM GOLD - HERMA
BEST SHORT FILM SILVER - RED
BEST SHORT FILM BRONZE - PIRABOK
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BEST PERFORMANCE - SOHAN PAGUE (NOT THAT KIND OF GUY)
NOMINATED:
GRAHAM EARLEY (THREE BROTHERS TWO)
BELLA VICK (LULLABY)
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - HERMA
NOMINATED:
THREE BROTHERS TWO
PIRABOK
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BEST ANIMATION - MY TAGALONG
NOMINATED:
TEST FLIGHT
FOREST
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BEST DOCUMENTARY - THE MOUNTAIN KEG
NOMINATED:
FINISH LINE
THE KHE SAN PEACE GARDEN
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BEST LGBT FILM - NOT THAT KIND OF GUY
NOMINATED:
OUTLINES OF LOVE
EKAI
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MOST INSPIRATIONAL FILM - CHOKER
NOMINATED:
I AM EVA
OUTLINES OF LOVE
3rd SIFA 2017 WINNERS
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BEST SHORT FILM - EXPRESS DELIVERY
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BEST PERFORMANCE - DAYA ANANIAS (REDEMPTION)
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - FILS
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BEST SCREENPLAY - DECOROSA
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BEST ACTION SCENES - EXPRESS DELIVERY
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BEST DIRECTOR - HIDDEN EXTRAS
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BEST LGTB FILM - A TALE WITH JESUS AND CHRIS
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2nd SIFA 2016 WINNERS
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BEST SHORT FILM - GORILLA
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BEST PERFORMANCE - FLEUR MONHAROUL (DONT COME BACK FROM PARADISE)
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DONT COME BACK FROM PARADISE
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BEST SCREENPLAY - SPLIT COSTS
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BEST ACTION SCENES - FORCE & HONNEUR
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BEST ANIMATION - AGRINOUI
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BEST DIRECTOR - MAKSIM NOGINOV for THE CYCLE
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BEST LGTB FILM - DAWN
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BEST DOCUMENTARY - AFTER AUSCHWITZ
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1st SIFA 2016 WINNERS
BEST SHORT FILM - CHATEAU SAUVIGNON: TERROIR
BEST PERFORMANCE - MARK HAMPTON (TOWN VS GOWN)
BEST SFX - CHATEAU SAUVIGNON: TERROIR
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - CHATEAU SAUVIGNON: TERROIR
BEST SCREENPLAY - JEWISH BLIND DATE
BEST ACTION SCENES - KUNG FU REDEMPTION
BEST ANIMATION - NOCTURNAL BUTTERFLY
BEST LGTB FILM - TRUE COLOURS
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