1961 Best General Interest
Terminus
Director: John Schlesinger
Producer: Edgar Anstey
England
1961 Best Cartoon
Villa Mon Reve
Directors: Albert Champeaux, Pierre Watrin
Producer: Films Pierre Remont
France
1961 Best Scientific and Educational
Hold Back The Sea
Director: George Sluizer
Producer: Piet van Moock
Netherland
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1961 Special award of the International Federation
of Film Society
The House
Director: Luis A. van Gasteren
Producer: Luis A. van Gasteren
Germany
1961 Waterford Glass Trophy: Best Actress
La Ciociara (Sophia Loren)
Director: Vittorio de Sica
Producer: Champion Film
Italy
1961 Highlights
23 countries participate in the Festival and 14 full
length features are screened
Festival is opened by Walter Macken, Irish stage, film
actor and writer. Festival is closed by Michael Mac Liammoir
Opening Gala: (IRL)Saoirse, directed by Saoirse Mac Giolla
Mhuire
Colleen Gray who made her debut in 1945 and has already
made 30 films becomes the first American actress to attend
the festival
59 shorts are screened as opposed to 102 shorts in 1959
London Star, Jill Adams shows the Cork public how to make
drisheen
Ger Breen suggests holding the festival every 18 months
Three top Czechoslovakian experts recommend that the government
buy copies of the Gael Linn Films "Mise Eire and "Saoirse"
for screening in Czechoslovakia.
Closing Gala: (IT) La Ciociara, directed by Vittorio de
Sica
