Short film makes ‘Wave’ as it gets longlisted for Oscar

The country’s oldest film festival came to a close last night with Irish short film ’Wave’ now in contention for an Oscar, after being selected as the Grand Prix Irish Short winner at the Cork Film Festival 2017 Awards Ceremony.

The country’s oldest film festival came to a close last night with Irish short film ’Wave’ now in contention for an Oscar, after being selected as the Grand Prix Irish Short winner at the Cork Film Festival 2017 Awards Ceremony, writes Noel Baker.

Benjamin Cleary and TJ O’Grady Peyton’s winning short will now go on the longlist for the 90th Academy Awards in the Live Action Short Film category after the duo received the award last night ahead of the sold-out Closing Gala screening of Downsizing at The Everyman Theatre. The film tells the story of Gasper Rubicon, who wakes from a coma speaking a fully formed but unrecognisable language.