2023 Festival Awards Winners

Best Feature, The Cost Matthew Holmes
Winner Best Director Feature, David Duchovny Bucky Fucking Dent
Best Feature Documentary, The Eastern Front
Best Actor Female Role Feature, Brid Ni Neachtain Advent
Best Actor Male Role Feature, David Duchovny Bucky F Dent
Winnner Best International Short. In Too Deep Chris Overton
Best Overall Short, We Were There
Winner Best National Short, CALF Jamie O'Rourke
Midwest Short, SNOW Darragh O'Flanagan
Student Short Winner, Knick Knack Emer Hussey
Best Short Doc, CANINE Paul Webster
Winner Director Short, Leah O'Toole and Noah Santana
Best Female Short, Isabelle Connolly CALF
Winner Best Male Short, Jason Watkins One Note Man
Best Editing, Daniel Butler Bean Feasa
Best Cinematography, Colm Whelan Postpartum
Animation, Candlelight Scott Newton
Best Music - Stephen Warbeck One Man One Note
Outstanding Talent Award 2023 Jamie Dornan
Judges Special Mention SHORT FILM, MOVERS & SHAPERS
Judges Special Mention Feature Film, Advent
Special Recognition, Trish Long
Lifetime achievement award, Fiona Shaw
Best Feature, The Cost Matthew Holmes
Winner Best Director Feature, David Duchovny Bucky Fucking Dent
Best Feature Documentary, The Eastern Front
Best Actor Female Role Feature, Brid Ni Neachtain Advent
Best Actor Male Role Feature, David Duchovny Bucky F Dent
Winnner Best International Short. In Too Deep Chris Overton
Best Overall Short, We Were There
Winner Best National Short, CALF Jamie O'Rourke
Midwest Short, SNOW Darragh O'Flanagan
Student Short Winner, Knick Knack Emer Hussey
Best Short Doc, CANINE Paul Webster
28 win best sports doc Martin Donnelly Life on the Edge
Winner Director Short, Leah O'Toole and Noah Santana
Best Female Short, Isabelle Connolly CALF
Winner Best Male Short, Jason Watkins One Note Man
13 win writing short Will McConnell Three wishes
Best Editing, Daniel Butler Bean Feasa
Best Cinematography, Colm Whelan Postpartum
Animation, Candlelight Scott Newton
Best Music - Stephen Warbeck One Man One Note
Outstanding Talent Award 2023 Jamie Dornan
29 Style Award
Judges Special Mention SHORT FILM, MOVERS & SHAPERS
Judges Special Mention Feature Film, Advent
Special Recognition, Trish Long
Lifetime achievement award, Fiona Shaw
30 win audience award
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2023 Awards Nominees

Best feature film nominees
Best director feature film & doc nominees
Overall short film nominees
Best Actor in a Female Role Feature nominees
Best Actor in a Male Role Feature nominees
Best Documentary Feature nominees
Best Documentary Short nominees
Best International Short nominees
Best National Short nominees
Midwest short film nominees
Student short film nominees
Best Director Short nominees
Actor in a female role short film nominees
Actor in a male role short film nominees
Editing short film nominees
Writing short film nominees
Cinematography short film nominees
Best Animation nominees
Best feature film nominees
Best director feature film & doc nominees
Overall short film nominees
Best Actor in a Female Role Feature nominees
Best Actor in a Male Role Feature nominees
Best Documentary Feature nominees
Best Documentary Short nominees
Best International Short nominees
Best National Short nominees
Midwest short film nominees
Student short film nominees
Best Director Short nominees
Actor in a female role short film nominees
Actor in a male role short film nominees
Editing short film nominees
Writing short film nominees
Cinematography short film nominees
Best Animation nominees
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2023 RHIFF Sponsors

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Amcomri Entertainment

The RHIFF Amcomri Fund
Filmmakers who have previously screened at our festival are now eligible to apply for funding on your next project through our exclusive partnership with Amcomri.

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