Wishing all our 2022 Award Winners another huge congratulations on their wins. The standard of films submitted for the 2022 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 Award 2022 | A SAD EXCUSE FOR A TEENAGE GIRL by Aoife Rees

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Director Award 2022 | AIRBAG by Dylan Shortt

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Youth Advisory Council Award 2022 | THE OUBLIETTE by Max Hendrickson. Special Mentions Languor by Lisa McDonald and Asset of Teeth by Róisín Leavy-Sahin.

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Spotlight Award 2022 | UNDERGROUND ÉIRE by Shane Joyce and Corinne Gibbons

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Cork International Film Festival Award 2022 | NETTLE BUSH by Francis O’Mahony

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Schools Film 2022 | VINDICTA by Presentation Brothers College Cork

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Animation Award 2022 | LANGUOR by Lisa Mcdonald

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Documentary Award 2022 | BEST FOOT FORWARD by Seán Hart

First Cut! Best International Film Award 2022 | HOW TO by Manos Ladas

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Music Video Award 2022 | 25 by Ryan McDonnell

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Cork Young Filmmakers Award 2022 | TALES OF THE WOODS by Macroom Summer Week

First Cut! Youth Film Festival Best Cork Young Filmmakers Schools Award 2022 | LITTER BUG by Hamilton High School, Bandon

First Cut! Youth Film Festival YMVC 2022 Award | Joint Winners: Darragh Scott and Emma Murphy with their video for God Knows (track currently unreleased), Eoin Byrne and Robert Bass with their video for Alex Tierney’s Settle For (watch here).

Athrú Amháin! One Change! Overall Winners | Pobalscoil Na Trionoide. Highly Commended School – Gaelscoil An Ghoirt Álainn, Mayfield. Highly Commended Youth Group – Club Óige, Moycullen. Highly Commended for Production – Rahul Kumar. Highly Commended for Creativity – Sadhbh Ní Chaoimh. Athrú Amháin! One Change! Films will be released on First Cut!’s social media in the next few weeks.

TikTok Filmmaking Competition Winners | McEgan College, Macroom. Runners Up Miriam Finn and Kate McEvoy, and Veronica Howells. TikTok Filmmaking Competition Films will be released on First Cut!’s social media in the next few weeks.