We are delighted not only to publish the list of these outstanding films but to be able to share many of them online.

A huge thank you to the filmmakers for your generosity in allowing us to screen your films in this way – and, of course, enormous congratulations on your superb work! The standard of films submitted for the 2021 festival was the highest yet and selecting the awards with so many impressive films to choose from was a difficult task.

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Film 2021 – Husky (Darragh Scott) 

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Director 2021 – Liber (Muirinn Carty) 

First Cut! Youth Council Award 2021 – Coffee Break (Shane Joyce) 

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Spotlight Award 2021 – Cat Vomit (Francis O’Mahony) 

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Schools Film 2021 – SEM Film Project (St. Brendan’s College, Killarney)

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Animation 2021 – CNP – Visit to the Lacunary Space of Memory (Adina Constantin)

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Music Video 2021 – What Athena Saw When Tiresias Looked (Douglas Tyrrell Bunge) 

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Documentary 2021 – Why Life Ends? (Furkan Arslantas)

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Cork Young Filmmakers Film 2021 – Sanitize (Alex Appelbe)

Cork International Film festival Award for Best First Cut! Film 2021 – Last Letter (Ian Fallon) 

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best International Film 2021 – Three Things That Filmmakers Should Do During Quarantine (Brandon Lee) 

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Animania 2021 My World in Motion Award- Sign of the Times (Eve Buckley) – This film is *silent*

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Cork Young Filmmakers Schools Film 2021 – Detention Deficit Disorder (Colaiste an Toirbhirte, Bandon)

Best ‘Creating New Stories from the Past’ Film – The Time Travelling Tourists (Nora Twomey)