The high calibre of film showed at the Kerry Film Festival each year was highlighted again this week as two short films screened at this years event earned Academy Award nominations.
Kerry Film Festival , an internationally recognised film festival that takes place in the picturesque town of Killarney, Co. Kerry is delighted to have screened two of the five short films nominated for the Academy Award for Live Action Narrative Short, Detainment and Mother.
Both films screened at Cinema Killarney in October 2018 at the 19th edition of the Kerry Film Festival with Detainment winning Best Irish Short, a much coveted award at the festival.
Speaking about the nominations yesterday, Kerry Film Festival Chair of the board, Grace O’Donnell noted that, 'The Kerry Film Festival has consistently programmed films that win awards. Films that screen at Kerry Film festival go on to win Oscars, Baftas and Iftas. We curate unique films through the submission process and this allows a Kerry audience to see the best independent film being made from around the world”
Detainment is a true story based on interview transcripts and records from the James Bulger case which shocked the world in 1993.
Mother follows the everyday conversation between Marta and her mother which turns into a tragic, against- the-clock situation, when they get a call from the former’s son.
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