IFTA (Irish Film & Television Academy) Affiliated International Film Festival located in Limerick, the gateway to the Wild Atlantic Way,
RHIFF is part of the Global Irish Festival Series -supported by Failte Ireland.
We strongly believe that the Irish film-making Diaspora should be encouraged to showcase their work here in Ireland.
We are currently the only Film Festival in Ireland that specifically encourages Irish Filmmakers abroad to return and showcase their work.
Screenings include feature and short films and documentaries chosen from International entries. We also screen a Richard Harris retrospective film.
Animation is accepted for all categories and is included for consideration for an award.
Films entered into competition, MUST NOT be available online for general viewing.
We have categories for Feature (narrative) and Feature (documentary)
There are 3 categories for Short Film.
1. National short film showcase.
This category is for films (or cast & crew) that have a tangible link to the island of Ireland.
Please mark clearly on your submission if your film has a tangible link to the Midwest of Ireland as a seperate Award for the Midwest category will be presented at #RHIFF2022
2. International short film showcase.
Please ensure your film has subtitles if not in the English language.
3. Student Competition - Open to current students and recent graduates, please upload a copy of your student ID / signed stamped letter from your college when submitting your film to Film Freeway. Any queries can be directed to rhiffsubmissions@gmail.com
FILM AWARDS
(All Winners presented with the RHIFF signature Irish Slate Award)
Richard Harris International Film Festival Creative Talent Award
2022
2021 COLIN FARRELL
2020 JIM SHERIDAN
2019 MOE DUNFORD
2018 PATRICK BERGIN
2017 - DOMINIC WEST
2016 - FIONNULA FLANAGAN, (Some Mothers Son, Star Trek, The Guard, Life's a Breeze)
2015 - PATRICK CASSIDY, Composer (Hannibal, Kingdom of Heaven, Calvary)
2014 - JACK REYNOR, (Midsommar, Transformers, What Richard Did)
BEST OVERALL SHORT FILM
2022
2021 ROUGH - Declan Lawn, Adam Patterson
2020 A BETTER YOU - Eamonn Murphy
2019 A WHITE HORSE - Shaun O Connor
2018 DETAINMENT - Vincent Lambe (ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE)
2017 THE OBSERVER EFFECT - Garret Walsh
2016 UISCE BEATHA / WATER OF LIFE - Elaine Kennedy
BEST FEATURE FILM
2022
2021 SAVE ME FROM EVERYTHING - Ryan Lacen, Anthony Baldino
2020 THE WINTER LAKE - Phil Sheerin
2019 BELLINGCAT - Truth in a Post Truth World - Hans Pool
2018 THE STOLEN PRINCESS - Oleg Malamuhz
2017 MIGNON MOSSIE VAN WYK - by Darrell Roodt.
2016 TREURGROND - Darrell Roodt
BEST DOCUMENTARY
2021 NOTHING TO DECLARE - Garret Daly
2020 HOW TO FALL IN LOVE IN A PANDEMIC - Michael-David McKernan
2019 THE VASECTOMY DOCTOR - Paul Webster
2022 FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
BEST DIRECTOR (Feature Film) NEW CATEGORY 2020
2022
2021 RYAN LACEN & ANTHONY BALDINO - Save Me From Everything
2020 PHIL SHEERIN for The Winter Lake
BEST DIRECTOR (Short Film)
2022
2021 JEAN PASLEY - Ship of Souls
2020 EAMONN MURPHY - A Better You
2019 JORGE MURIEL - The Boy who wanted to Fly
2018 VINCENT LAMBE - Detainment
2017 KEN WILLIAMS & DENIS FITZPATRICK - Gustav
2016 CASHELL HORGAN - The Clockmakers Dream
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL CATEGORY
2021 - Debutante - Kamila Dydyna
2020 - Planet Earth calling Ana (SPAIN) - Fernando Bonelli
2019 - ASHMINA - Dekel Berenson
2018 - SASHA OF THE SEA - Sammy Nutt
2017 - WAVE - TJ O'Grady & Benjamin Cleary
2016 - CAPER - Brian O'Neill
2015 - LOVE IS A STING - Vincent Gallagher
2022 NATIONAL CATEGORY - Short Film
2022 INTERNATIONAL CATEGORY - Short Film
NEWPORT BEACH FILM CATEGORY
2022
2021 - Imbas Forosnaí - Shane Serrano
2020 - Life After Life - Damien Varley
2019 - THE BRIDGE - Mark Smyth
2018 - TAKING STOCK - Siobhan McMahon
2017 - LOST MEMORIES Eamonn Murphy
2016 - DAY OFF - Steve Hall
2015 - WOMAN OF THE HOUSE - Aidan Gibson
2014 - I'VE BEEN A SWEEPER - Ciarán Dooley
ANIMATION CATEGORY - SHORT FILM
2022
2021 - MARCACH DEARG (RED RIDER) - Emma Fisher Owen, Ivan Fisher Owen
2020 - FEATHERWEIGHT- Kayleigh Gibbons
2018 - FIRE IN CARDBOARD CITY- Phil Brough
STUDENT CATEGORY
2022
2021 STRENGTH IN FAITH - Roísin Bentley
2020 DON'T SING - Conor Johnston
2019 BACKWATER - Brendan McCallion
2018 PERNICIO - Dave Fox
2017 LULA - Aoife O'Kelly
AUDIENCE AWARD - SHORT FILM
2022
2019 MATCH - Laura O'Shea & Tony Doyle
2018 TOAST - Aaron Moloney
2017 THE SECRET MARKET - Martina McGlynn
MIDWEST SHORT FILM CATEGORY
2022
2021 - IT STARTED ON THE STREETS - Shane Serrano
2020 - BLUEBELL - Sohelia Lindheim
2019 - WALLS OF LIMERICK - Arturo Bandenelli
2018 - PENPALS - Ray Fennelly
2017 - UNSEEN - MD Neely
2016 - THE SONS OF ROBERT SCHUMAN - Tommy Conlan
2015 - THE CLIMB - Eimear O'Grady
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Short Film
2022
2021 - BURSHI WOJNAR - Signal
2020 - IAN FOX - Bad Suns - Kevin Ryan
2019 - JJ ROLFE - Bending Glass
2018 - ANDREW KAINEDER - A Lunar Cycle
2017 - STIL WILLIAMS - Kubrick by Candlelight - David O'Reilly
BEST ACTOR IN A FEMALE ROLE (Short Film)
2022
2021 DOYIN AJIBOYE - Dolapo is Fine
2020 LAIA MANZANARES - Planet Earth calling Ana
2019 SVETLANA ALEKSEEVNA BARANDICH - Anna
2018 LAURA O'SHEA - Hold the Line
2017 MARTA KANE - Lula
2016 SARAH BISHOP - Late Moves
BEST ACTOR IN A FEMALE ROLE (Feature Film) NEW CATEGORY 2020
2022
2021 AOIBHINN McGINNITTY - The Edge of Chaos
2020 CHARLIE MURPHY - The Winter Lake
BEST ACTOR IN A MALE ROLE (Short Film)
2022
2021 GARY LYDON - The Lucky Man
2020 MARK LAWRENCE- Life After Life
2019 PETER COONAN - The Bridge
2018 (Joint) - ELY SOLAN & LEON HUGHES - Detainment
2017 EMMET KELLY - Lost Memories
2016 OWEN ROE - Wait
BEST ACTOR IN A MALE ROLE (Feature Film) NEW CATEGORY 2020
2022
2021 DANIEL WATSON - Give Them Wings
2020 JOEL MINGUET - Lone Wolves - Sergi Arnau
WRITING (Short Film)
2022
2021 DECLAN LAWN, ADAM PATTERSON - Rough
2020 EAMONN MURPHY - A Better You
2019 MOHAMMOD BAKHSHI - Are You Volleyball
2018 RANDALL CHRISTOPHER - The Driver Is Red
EDITING (Short film)
2022
2021 SHIHO ETORI - Silence
2020 COLIN CAMPBELL - Algorithm - Edwina Casey
2019 DAVE ROBINSON - RAMON - Notes From a BeeKeeper
2018 PHILIP SHANAHAN - Hold The Line
RHIFF 1 MINUTE MONOLOGUE COMPETITION
2021 CHARLOTTE WALL
2019 JOSH HULLINGER
2018 PAUL FITZGERALD
2017 LUKE ANDREW FEENEY
2016 OWEN MULHALL
2015 KRISTINE O'BRIEN
RHIFF STYLE AWARD
2019 SHAUN O'CONNOR
2018 AOIFE DANAGHER
2017 DORA GOLA
2016 ELLA HARRIS
JUDGES SPECIAL MENTION
2021 LAOISA SEXTON - The Lucky Man (Short Film)
2021 TOYAH WILLCOX - Give them Wings (Feature Film)
2021 LAOISA SEXTON - The Lucky Man (Short Film)
2020 EMMA MACKEY - The Winter Lake (Feature Film)
2020 OLIVE HARVEST - Lane Shipsey (Short Film)
2017 DIARMUID NOYES - Chancer - Patrick Maxwell
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
2022
2021 T.J. O'GRADY PEYTON
2019 SHANE SERRANO
2017 GERARD STEMBRIDGE - For Contribution to Film in Limerick & Ireland
2016 JASON REDDAN - Winner MYRODEREEL competition 2016
NEW MEDIA AWARD ( New Category 2019)
2019 Sustainable Productivity - ANNEESH KOORAPATY