1958 Festival Certificate
Empire Of The Sun
Director: Mario Graveri & Enrico Gras
Producer: Lux Film
Italy

1958 Best Instructional and Educational Class (Shared)
Between The Tides
Director: Ralph Keene
Producer: British Transport Films
Great Britain

The Two Lives Of The Dragonfly
Director: Stanislaw Kokesz
Producer: Film Polski
Poland

1958 Best Actor /Actress
Teiji Takahashi

1958 Best Animation
The Bicyclist
Director: Hemming Carlsen
Producer: Nordisk Film Junior Cophenagen
Denmark

1958 Irish Film Society Award
The First Night
Director: Georges Franju
Producer: Argus Films
France

1958 Highlights

• 24 nations compete for honours on screen
• Opening Gala: (USA) The Old Man and the Sea, directed by John Sturges
• Awards are presented by Minister for Education, Mr. Jack Lynch
• Closing Gala: World Premier (IRL) Sally's Irish Rogue, first Irish film to be made in Ardmore studios in Bray. Film is directed by George Pollock
• In concluding speech Mr. Breen says "It would never be a huge glamorous festival but a sincere one. There was room for a festival such as Cork where honour was paid to the cinema as a media of entertainment" Cork Examiner pg 10 Sept 29, 1958