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Dearbhla Glynn wins 2010 Human Rights Film Awards

Congratulations to Dearbhla Glynn, winner of the 2010 Human Rights Film Awards Grand Prize for her film Gaza: Post Operation Cast Lead.

Dearbhla’s prize includes a place at the prestigious Summer School in Cinema, Human Rights and Advocacy at NUI Galway. The School aims to widen the human rights horizons of professionals in the film, NGO and media sector, to help them to influence change (www.chra.ie).

Awarding the prize at Dublin’s Light House Cinema yesterday evening (17 June 2010), Jury member Kirsten Sheridan said:

“Recent events have brought home the abject misery of the 1.5 million Palestinians forced to live behind the Gaza blockade, and shown the importance Irish people attach to bringing them relief. Dearbhla’s film is an impassioned snapshot of the daily lives of Gazans, and a powerful reminder of the need to end their ongoing suffering.”

Victoria Smurfit awarded third place prize to independent filmmaker Daniel Bevan for Midnight With No Pain, a drama about dignity at the end of life, while Senator David Norris awarded runner-up prize to documentary-maker Cara Holmes for If You Like it Then You Should Be Able to Put a Ring on It, which charts the highs and lows of the campaign for same-sex civil marriage.

The ICCL would like to congratulate Dearbhla, the other shortlisted filmmakers and all other competition entrants for making the 2010 ICCL Human Rights Film Awards such a success!

All shortlisted films are still available to view HERE.