Screen success: final credits roll as film festival picks winners

THE final credits rolled at the 51st Cork Film Festival last night with more than 30,000 admissions recorded by the organisers over the past eight days.

But before the closing gala screening of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette brought another successful running of the event to a close, festival director Mick Hannigan had the duty of announcing this year’s award winners to the audience at Cork Opera House.

The international jury chose the entry of French director Jean-Gabriel Periot, Even if She Had Been a Criminal, as winner of the best international short film award for its clever sensibility, use of footage and incredible work in sound.