Monday, May 14, 2012

2012 ZeBBie Awards – winners


The Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild recently held their 5th annual ZeBBie Awards at the Sugar Club, Dublin to honour the year's best scripts by Irish writers in various formats. The awards are named in honour of actor/writer O. Z. Whitehead who was nicknamed "Zebby."

Juanita Wilson took the Best Feature Film Script prize with her Bosnian war story As If I Am Not There, besting Ciarán Creagh for his script Parked and Terry McMahon's Charlie Casanova. Wilson's debut film, it recently won for Best Film, Director and Screenplay at the 8th annual Irish Film and Television Awards. It was Ireland's submission to the Academy for the Best Foreign Language Film consideration.

The Best Short Film Script went to Claire Dix for Downpour. The film is a celebration of Irish rain, as a bride-to-be recollects how key relationship moments that took place in a shower or downpour.

For the second year in a row, Love/Hate writer Stuart Carolan claimed the Best Television Script award. The crime show is now shooting its third season.

Irish novelist Roddy Doyle and his business partner Seán Love picked up Honorary Services to Writers Award for their work with Fighting Words, a free creative writing centre that promotes writing to Irish youth.

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Complete list of winners for the 5th annual ZeBBie Awards

Best Feature Film Script
Juanita Wilson for As If I Am Not There

Best Short Film Script
Claire Dix for Downpour

Best Television Script
Stuart Carolan for Love/Hate, Episode 6

Best Radio Script
Joe O’Byrne for The Blue Hyacinth

Best Theatre Script
Mark O’Halloran for Trade

Honorary Services to Writers Award
Fighting Words

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2012 ZeBBie Awards Short-list

Best Feature Film Script
Ciarán Creagh for Parked
Terry McMahon for Charlie Casanova
Juanita Wilson for As If I Am Not There

Best Short Film Script
Claire Dix for Downpour
Phil Harrison for Even Gods
Colin Thornton for Two Hearts

Best Television Script
Ronan Bennett for Hidden, Episode 1
Stuart Carolan for Love/Hate, Episode 6
Damien Owens for Trivia, Episode 1

Best Radio Script
Carlo Gébler for Charles and Mary
Joe O’Byrne for The Blue Hyacinth
Karl O’Neill for Think Well, O Singer

Best Theatre Script
Nancy Harris for No Romance
Pat Kinevane for Silent
Mark O’Halloran for Trade

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