1966 Finbarr Statuette
Skatendater
Director: Noel Black
Producer: Byway Productions
USA

1966 Waterford Glass (best 16 mm)
Skatendater
Director: Noel Black
Producer: Byway Productions
USA

1966 Society Award
Skatendater
Director: Noel Black
Producer: Byway Productions
USA

1966 Best Documentary
High Steel
Director: Don Owen
Producer: National Film Board of Canada Montreal
Canada

1966 Best General Interest
Skaterdater
Director: Noel Black
Producer: Byway Productions

1966 Best Animation
The Scissors And The Little Boy
Director: Hristo Topouzanov
Producer: Bulgarian Cinematography
Bulgaria

1966 Best Scientific and Educational
Physics And Chemistry Of Water
Director: Sarah Erulkar
Producer: World Wide Pictures, Ltd.
Britain

1966 Art Section
Nine Variations On A Dance Theme
Director: Hilary Harris
Producer: MGM
USA

1966 Industrial Film
High Tension Line Mounters
Director: Dimitru Done
Producer: Alexander Sahia Film
Rumania

1966 Highlights

• Festival opens for the first time in the history of the festival without the fanfares by Army Trumpeters
• Opening Gala: (Italy)We're going to town, directed by Nelo Risi
• Closing Gala: (Germany) How to get rid of a Husband, directed by Kurt Hoffmann
• Aer Lingus offer an award for the best tourist film on Ireland
• Festival is almost booked out 6 weeks prior to the festival. Interest shown by the international press is the greatest ever in the festival's history
• 30 countries submit films for the festival
• Double Academy Award Winner, Hugh Griffith attends the festival
• Accommodation is so heavily booked out for the festival that the American US Ambassador, Mr Raymond Guest stays in Cashel and flies to Cork in his helicopter