1994 Best European Short Film
The Stream
Director: Garry Lane
Producer: John Keogh, Gunter Hanfgarn
Germany

1994 Best First Film by an Irish Director
Blinder
Director: Eve Morrison
Producer: Dun Laoghaire College of Art & Design
Ireland

1994 Best Balck and White Feature
Go Fish
Director: Rose Troche
Producers: Christine Vachon, Tom Kalin
USA

1994 Best Black and White
Short Film
The Stream
Director: Garry Lane
Producers: John Keogh, Gunter Hanfgarn
Germany

1994 Best Cinematography
Woyzeck
Director: Janos Sanz
Producer: Peter Barbalics
Hungary

1994 Highlights

• Festival is opened by Jean Kennedy Smith, US Ambassador to Ireland
• Opening Gala: (USA) "Barcelona" directed by Whit Stillman which discusses young Americans living in Spain. Whit Stillman attends the screening
• Closing Gala: (China)To Live, directed by Zhang Yimou
• Screening of "Muriel's Wedding" directed by P.J. Hogan
• Controversy arises as Cork Film Festival Jury withhold the Annual Best Irish Short Film Award as jury feel there is nothing exceptional amongst the entries