Shark Awards 2020 Winners

SHORT FILM 2023

Grand

INTERNATIONAL

Best Documentary Short

A Man's Man

Myles Desenberg

Entrant Co: Elsies Runaways

SHORT FILM 2023

Grand

INTERNATIONAL

Best Editing

Chloe Cherry Likes Her Men Like Her Tea

Max Sherman

Brendan Garrett

Entrant Co: Shift Post Ltd

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Acting Performance

The Silence Between

Ais Brady

Marion Solheim, Seamús Waters & Emmet Jones

Entrant Co: Wonderbread Films

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Animation

Ticking Away

CRCR

Matthieu Poirier

Entrant Co: Wizz

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Casting

The Silence Between

Ais Brady

Marion Solheim, Seamús Waters & Emmet Jones

Entrant Co: Wonderbread Films

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Cinematography

KUKERI

Killian Lassablière

Yoel Servadio

Entrant Co: HIERSOIR

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Direction

Stable

David Leon

Dan Keefe

Entrant Co: Object & Animal

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 10 mins

Claudio's Song

Andreas Nilsson

Lee Groombridge & Tanya Sokolova

Entrant Co: Biscuit Filmworks

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 15 mins

The Silence Between

Ais Brady

Marion Solheim, Seamús Waters & Emmet Jones

Entrant Co: Wonderbread Films

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 25 mins

IF YOU'RE HAPPY

Phoebe Arnstein

Scarlett Barclay, Sophia Gibber & Myles Payne

Entrant Co: Pulse Films

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 25 mins

Matar

Hassan Akkad

Anthony Toma

Entrant Co: Deadbeat Films

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 25 mins

Stable

David Leon

Dan Keefe

Entrant Co: Object & Animal

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 5 mins

Not Like Us

Freddie Powell

Genevieve Sheppard and Jess Wylie

Entrant Co: DROOL

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

IRELAND

Best Direction - Ireland

Headspace

Aisling Byrne

Killian Coyle

Entrant Co: Run of the Mill Arts

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

IRELAND

Best Short Film - Ireland

Headspace

Aisling Byrne

Killian Coyle

Entrant Co: Run of the Mill Arts

SHORT FILM 2023

Gold

IRELAND

Best Short Film - Ireland

Lamb

Sinéad O'Loughlin

Lara Hickey

Entrant Co: Copper Alley Productions

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Acting Performance

Christmas Threesome

Devon Ferguson

Entrant Co: DSF FILMS

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Acting Performance

Nearly Never

Peter Franklyn Banks

Danielle Wright

Entrant Co: Kode Media

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Acting Performance

Pathological

Alison Rich

Avtar Kay

Entrant Co: Imposter

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Animated Short

Let it Rip

Gary Levesque

Amanda Stubbs I Matthieu Poirier

Entrant Co: Wizz

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Animated Short

Red Gaia

Udesh Chetty

Entrant Co: udeshchetty.com

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Animated Short

The Day I Became a Bird

Andrew Ruhemann

David Park

Entrant Co: Passion Pictures

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Animation

Ticking Away

CRCR

Matthieu Poirier

Entrant Co: Wizz

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Casting

Christmas Threesome

Devon Ferguson

Entrant Co: DSF FILMS

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Casting

Nearly Never

Peter Franklyn Banks

Danielle Wright

Entrant Co: Kode Media

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Cinematography

The Road Bad & The Place Dark

Borja Larrondo

Ramon Corominas, Borja Larrondo

Entrant Co: Miguel Angel Viñas

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Cinematography

The Silence Between

Ais Brady

Marion Solheim, Seamús Waters & Emmet Jones

Entrant Co: Wonderbread Films

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Cinematography

The Storm Chaser

Jack Pirie

Lucy Benson-Brown

Entrant Co: CHEAT

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Cinematography

Veils Around Us

Timm Gillner

Entrant Co: TRUST N TRY GmbH

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Direction

Claudio's Song

Andreas Nilsson

Lee Groombridge & Tanya Sokolova

Entrant Co: Biscuit Filmworks

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Direction

InTENsity

Bounty / Banana

Bounty / Banana x BRUT

Entrant Co: 1stAveMachine

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Direction

Nearly Never

Peter Franklyn Banks

Danielle Wright

Entrant Co: Kode Media

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Direction

Pathological

Alison Rich

Avtar Kay

Entrant Co: Imposter

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Direction

Puffling

Jessica Bishopp

Alice Hughes & Gannesh Rajah

Entrant Co: Beehive Films

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Direction

The Silence Between

Ais Brady

Marion Solheim, Seamús Waters & Emmet Jones

Entrant Co: Wonderbread Films

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Documentary Short

KUKERI

Killian Lassablière

Yoel Servadio

Entrant Co: HIERSOIR

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Documentary Short

Puffling

Jessica Bishopp

Alice Hughes & Gannesh Rajah

Entrant Co: Beehive Films

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Documentary Short

The Road Bad & The Place Dark

Borja Larrondo

Ramon Corominas, Borja Larrondo

Entrant Co: Miguel Angel Viñas

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Editing

Jords- DIRT IN THE DIAMOND

Renee Maria Osubu

Amara Rossell

Entrant Co: The Assembly Rooms

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Editing

Snow Falls In The Summer

Ajuan-Issac George

Alessia Lendrum

Entrant Co: The Assembly Rooms

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Original Music

Blades

Christopher Chuky

Tony Longe

Entrant Co: SoundByTripp

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Original Music

How To Skin A Cheetah

Meghan O'Shaughnessy

Thomas Purdy

Entrant Co: The National Film School/IADT

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Original Music

The Last Set

Aisling Conroy

Sarah O'Carroll

Entrant Co: Folding Waves

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Original Music

With Love From Aidan

Reuben Harvey

Jack Leach

Entrant Co: Jack Leach, Reuben Harvey

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Production Design

An Ode to Procrastination

Aleksandra Kingo

Rupert Style

Entrant Co: MontanariPR

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 10 mins

Another Dead Sailor

Jack Willoughby

Lucy Miles

Entrant Co: Greatcoat Films

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 10 mins

Gnomes

Ruwan Heggelman

Richard Raaphorst, Bram Roza

Entrant Co: OB42

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 10 mins

Smoking Dolphins

Sean Lyons

Sophie Finnigan

Entrant Co: none

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 10 mins

Veils Around Us

Timm Gillner

Entrant Co: TRUST N TRY GmbH

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 15 mins

A Dishonourable Death

BLOK.

Gareth Francis

Entrant Co: Outsider

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 15 mins

Nearly Never

Peter Franklyn Banks

Danielle Wright

Entrant Co: Kode Media

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 15 mins

Teller Number Four

Pete Novosel

Adrianne McCurrach, Joanna Shaw, Sun Komen, Fyza Griggs, Alyson Leckrone

Entrant Co: OB42

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 25 mins

Meeting Mr Samuel

Rob Leggatt

Tim Katz

Entrant Co: Knucklehead

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 25 mins

Pathological

Alison Rich

Avtar Kay

Entrant Co: Imposter

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 25 mins

Your Guardian (Čuvam te)

Mimi Vlaovic

Balsa Djogo, Tamara Savkovic, Aleksandar Protic, Anastasia Savinova, London Film School, Mir Media Productions

Entrant Co: Festival Formula

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 5 mins

InTENsity

Bounty / Banana

Bounty / Banana x BRUT

Entrant Co: 1stAveMachine

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 5 mins

Martin

CD Morrish

Dominika Ott

Entrant Co: Knucklehead

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 5 mins

The List of Stupid Questions I Ask Myself When I'm High

Sergii Shevtsov

Sergii Shevtsov, Luke McCutcheon

Entrant Co: Institute

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Writing

Christmas Threesome

Devon Ferguson

Entrant Co: DSF FILMS

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Writing

The Interview

Eno Freedman

Entrant Co: MontanariPR

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

IRELAND

Best Direction - Ireland

ANIMAL

Cody Farren

Entrant Co: N/A

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

IRELAND

Best Direction - Ireland

Baby Steps

Hannah Mamalis

Zoë Brennan-Whitmore

Entrant Co: Hannah Mamalis

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

IRELAND

Best Direction - Ireland

Lamb

Sinéad O'Loughlin

Lara Hickey

Entrant Co: Copper Alley Productions

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

IRELAND

Best Direction - Ireland

The Silence Between

Ais Brady

Marion Solheim, Seamús Waters & Emmet Jones

Entrant Co: Wonderbread Films

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

IRELAND

Best Short Film - Ireland

Baby Steps

Hannah Mamalis

Zoë Brennan-Whitmore

Entrant Co: Hannah Mamalis

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

IRELAND

Best Short Film - Ireland

Good Chips

Nell Hensey

Lara Hickey & Brigid Leahy

Entrant Co: Copper Alley Productions

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

IRELAND

Best Short Film - Ireland

How To Skin A Cheetah

Meghan O'Shaughnessy

Thomas Purdy

Entrant Co: The National Film School/IADT

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

IRELAND

Best Short Film - Ireland

Picture Day

Jason Branagan

Emer Durcan

Entrant Co: Liberty Video / Western Front Studios

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

IRELAND

Best Short Film - Ireland

Rose of Armagh

Ryan Kevin Doyle

Theo Hue Williams & Levi Mattey

Entrant Co: A Good Morning Story

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

IRELAND

Best Short Film - Ireland

Rude Boys

Campbell Gibson

Hana Mohamed

Entrant Co: The National Film School at IADT

SHORT FILM 2023

Shortlist

IRELAND

Best Short Film - Ireland

The Silence Between

Ais Brady

Marion Solheim, Seamús Waters & Emmet Jones

Entrant Co: Wonderbread Films

SHORT FILM 2022

Grand

INTERNATIONAL

Best Direction

The Boy Who Couldn't Feel Pain

Eugen Merher

Philip Chrobot, Sophie Lotsch

Entrant Co: Tempomedia Filmproduktion, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Acting Performance

Walls Like Windows

Werner Vivier

Oliver Sunley, Rosa Junkovic

Entrant Co: C24 Films, Mental Images, Object & Animal, Snappers Films

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Animation

Squib: When All Of This Is Over

One6th

Ben Jackson

Entrant Co: Partizan

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Cinematography

The Boy Who Couldn't Feel Pain

Eugen Merher

Philip Chrobot, Sophie Lotsch

Entrant Co: Tempomedia Filmproduktion, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Documentary Short

Heart Valley

Christian Cargill

Christian Cargill, Lily Wakeley, Kiran Sidhu

Entrant Co: n/a

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Original Music

The Boy Who Couldn't Feel Pain

Eugen Merher

Philip Chrobot, Sophie Lotsch

Entrant Co: Tempomedia Filmproduktion, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 10 mins

Forever Young

Michel + Nico

4THECOOL

Entrant Co: Merman

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 10 mins

LEECH

George Coley

Entrant Co: Blacklist Creative

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 15 mins

Pram Snatcher

Theo James Krekis

Sorcha Bacon & Archie Johnston Stewart

Entrant Co: Knucklehead

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 15 mins

Walls Like Windows

Werner Vivier

Oliver Sunley, Rosa Junkovic

Entrant Co: C24 Films, Mental Images, Object & Animal, Snappers Films

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

INTERNATIONAL

Best Short Film under 5 mins

'Twas The Last Call Before Christmas

Joe and Tim

Cesci Shepherd

Entrant Co: Odelay Films

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

IRELAND

Best Direction - Ireland

An Encounter

Kelly Campbell

Claire Mc Cabe

Entrant Co: Cowtown Pictures

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

IRELAND

Best Direction - Ireland

Call me Mommy

Tara O'Callaghan

Louise Byrne / Aaron McEnaney / Ross Killeen

Entrant Co: Motherland

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

IRELAND

Best Irish Short Film

Safe as Houses

Mia Mullarkey

Claire Mc Cabe

Entrant Co: Samson Films

SHORT FILM 2022

Gold

IRELAND

Best Irish Short Film

Shadowban

Shane W. Brennan

Aaron Chalke

Entrant Co: Foe

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Acting Performance

An Encounter

Kelly Campbell

Claire Mc Cabe

Entrant Co: Cowtown Pictures

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Acting Performance

Safe as Houses

Mia Mullarkey

Claire Mc Cabe

Entrant Co: Samson Films

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Cinematography

An Encounter

Kelly Campbell

Claire Mc Cabe

Entrant Co: Cowtown Pictures

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Cinematography

Skin to Skin

Luna

Séamus Waters

Entrant Co: Wonderbread

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Cinematography

Strange Country

Rhys Day

Rhys Day and Tyson Perkins

Entrant Co: 13CO

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Direction

Radical Honesty

Bianca Poletti

Shayna Gianelli

Entrant Co: Epoch Films

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Direction

Sugar Babies

Harry Shaw

Jessica Palmarozza

Entrant Co: Flumeri Films

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Direction

Zuman

Honor Price

Alfred Deragne

Entrant Co: Partizan

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Documentary Short

BLUETITS

Katie Burdon

Cara Mills

Entrant Co: Academy Films

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Documentary Short

Call me Mommy

Tara O'Callaghan

Louise Byrne / Aaron McEnaney / Ross Killeen

Entrant Co: Motherland

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Editing

Call me Mommy

Tara O'Callaghan

Louise Byrne / Aaron McEnaney / Ross Killeen

Entrant Co: Motherland

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Editing

How To Lose Your Virginity

Sindha Agha

Anna Hashmi (EP)

Entrant Co: Work Editorial

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Editing

Sons of Róisín

Conor Bradley

Hana Mohamed and Ruairi Bradley

Entrant Co: NFS

SHORT FILM 2022

Shortlist

INTERNATIONAL

Best Editing

Stay Down

Thomas James

Sam Holmes / EP - OB Management

Entrant Co: Whitehouse Post