Corona Cork Film Festival

Jukka-Pekka Laakso (Jury), with winner of the 2010 Best Irish Short Film Pentecost, Director Peter McDonald & Diane Anderson (Jury)

A big congratulations to Peter McDonald, director of ‘Pentecost’ which has been selected in the short film category of the Academy Awards, or Oscars as we prefer! Peter won the Best Irish Short Film Award in 2010 with this film, so at least 1,000 Corkonian film fans will already have seen and enjoyed this lovely comedy. Well done to the Irish Film Board who selected the project for funding, and it is a wonderful return on the investment in Irish filmmaking to have this film compete on this international scale. We look forward to the big ceremony!

Congratulations also to Terry George, director of the Northern Irish short film ‘The Shore’ nominated in the same category, fabulous! Take a look here at the trailer for the film: