1968 Finbarr Statuette
France From Air: Mediterranean
Director: Serge Maloumian
Producer: S.M Productions
France

1968 Waterford Glass (best 16 mm)
A Stain On His Conscience
Director: Dusan Vukotic
Producer: Zagreb Film
Yugoslavia

1968 Short Fiction Film
La Belle Cerebrale
Director: Peter Foldes
Producer: Les Films Armorial
France

1968 Art Section
Naive Art
Director: Vlado Kubenko
Producer: Bratislava Short Film Studio
Czechoslovakia

1968 Animation
Svatopluk And His Sons
Director: Jaroslav Bocek
Producer: Kratky Film Praha
Czechoslovakia

1968 Highlights

• Opening Gala: (USA) Bye Bye Braverman, directed by Sydney Lumet
• Closing Gala: (Italy) Drop dead my love drop dead, directed by Pasquale Festa Campanile
• 28 countries submit 60 films to the festival
• Festival opened by Mr Patrick Carey, producer of the award winning film "Yeats County"
• Cork Film Festival selected by the International Federation of Film Societies as the venue for the presentation of the best short and feature films shown at festivals
• Miss Film World 1968, Jane London from Hollywood attends the festival. She is given the keys to the festival coach for the duration of the festival
• New Category: Short fiction films not longer than 40 minutes
• Sydney Lumet is the subject of the retrospective programme
• Film Industry Committee reccomend setting up a Film Board
• Cork International Film Festival Council withdraw all Russian entries for the festival following Russia's military escapades with Czechoslovakia
• "Rocky Road to Dublin" gets a cool reception in Cork
• Festival Club is still blacktie