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Limerick’s Izzy Dalton wins 3 awards at Dublin International Film Festival
Limerick’s Izzy Dalton wins 3 awards at Dublin International Film Festival. Limerick Filmmakers Win 3 Awards At Dublin International Film Festival. Photographed are the cast and crew from Barracuda.
Local filmmaker Izzy Dalton swept 3 awards at the Dublin International Film Festival’s First Frame section
Local filmmaker Izzy Dalton swept 3 awards at the Dublin International Film Festival’s First Frame section. Her film “Barracuda” is an arthouse horror that was inspired by real events.
At DIFF, it won Best Film, Best Fiction Film and Student Jury: Best Fiction Film. Barracuda was made by members of Emerging Limerick Filmmakers supported by Criunniú na nÓg.
Dublin International Film Festival’s First Frame initiative brings together students from over 50 film courses, universities, and further education institutions from around Ireland to view a curated selection of student films in competition.
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Izzy said of the awards, “I can’t believe it. I’m so proud of the whole team, especially Leah Fitzgibbon, my Director of Photography who was at the awards.” Barracuda was Leah’s 9th project as DoP, and she hopes to study film in IADT next year. Izzy and Leah also worked on the upcoming short film “Man Farm” written by Daniel Fry, made under ELF’s Scenario X scheme funded by Screen Ireland.
The film has been successful at other festivals, winning the Grand Prix at Dubrovnik Film Festival, Winner of Gold for Films Under 60 Minutes at the Chinh Youth Film Festival in Dehli, the Magic Award at Busan International Kids and Youth Festival and Best Director at Limerick’s own Fresh International Film Festival. Her previous short film “Killer Krush” also saw success in festivals in Ireland and abroad. At 19 years old, she’s a filmmaker to watch.
Artistic Director of Emerging Limerick Filmmakers Pete Moles said, “It’s a really incredible achievement for the guys, seeing filmmakers their age win awards at this level. From the moment Izzy pitched Barracuda, I knew we had something special. It’s a real privilege to support young filmmakers in experimenting in their craft and we’ve seen a lot of successes over our 6 years.”
“This is only possible with the support of our Arts Office, as well as funders like Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, the Community Initiative Scheme and the local ETB. We’re also lucky to tap into a network of local filmmakers to mentor our members. We still need a youth arts centre in Limerick though!”
DIFF also saw the premiere of the feature film “Once Upon a Time in the Cinema” which was shot in Limerick.
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