Awards galore at Cork festival

REEL NEWS:The 56th Corona Cork Film Festival wound down last weekend by handing out gongs to a host of talented short film-makers.

The runaway success among the Irish films was Phil Harrison's excellent Even Gods. Telling the story of a middle-aged addict meeting up with his daughter and granddaughter, the picture won best Irish Short and the audience award for most admired domestic short. The best international short went to Dar Kouce Baad Miayad for the moving The Wind Is Blowing On My Street.The full list of winners can be found on the Screenwriter blog at irishtimes.com/blogs/ screenwriter.