Results and Round-Up

First off I’d like to say a big thank you to all those who entered films into the film fest. Also those who travelled up to the event, the judges and all those who helped out and our sponsors, Sweet, System-X, WaveSport, Great Outdoors, Munster Dive and Canoe Centre, and all the staff in the Linen Hall and the TF Royal Hotel. Your all legends!

In particular I’d like to thank Aidan Doran, Mike Walkin-Jones, Will O’Connor, and Ronan ‘Bosco’ Shaw for helping pull everything together. Cheers lads.

So without further ado here are the results.

Judges Choice:

Best Overall Film: Silver Safari

Best Irish Whitewater Film: Huck’d

Best Non-Commercial Film: Chronicles of Gnarnia

Best Commercial Film: Sick Line IV

The Peoples Choice/ Audience Vote:

Friday Night:

Best Overall Film: Silver Safari

Best Irish Whitewater Film: Wot Ever It Tax

Best Non-Commercial Film: Circles

Best Commercial Film: Silver Safari

Saturday Night:

Best Overall Film: Huck’d

Best Irish Whitewater Film: Huck’d

Best Non-Commercial Film: Lost in Kerry

Best Commercial Film: Mission Epicocity

A MASSIVE congratulation must go to Naomi Britton. Not only did Silver Safari win best overall film at what is predominately a kayaking film fest, it won by a hugh margin on both the judges and audience fronts.

The judging system that we used for audience voting was a bit ad-hoc as we were toying with a few ideas right up until the last minute. But now we know what works and doesn’t work so next years system will be a lot tighter. And no, I did not bride the judges to vote for Huck’d….

Next years event will branching away from just whitewater kayaking even further and include more films from a number of adventure sports. So plenty of time to make something even Spielberg or his non union Mexican equivalent would be proud of.

Again, thanks to everybody who attended and helped out. Roll on next year.