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Damien O'Donnell at an event for Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)

Awards

Damien O'Donnell

27 wins & 15 nominations

Angers European First Film Festival

  • 35 Aside (1996)
    1996 Winner European Jury Award
    • Short Film
    • 35 Aside
  • 35 Aside (1996)
    1996 Winner Audience Award
    • Short Film
    • 35 Aside

Atlantic Film Festival

  • 35 Aside (1996)
    1996 Winner International Award
    • Best International Film or Video under 60 Minutes
    • 35 Aside

Bodil Awards

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    2001 Nominee Bodil
    • Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film)
    • East Is East

Bombay International Documentary, Short and Animation Film Festival

  • 35 Aside (1996)
    1996 Winner Golden Conch
    • Best Film of 60 Minutes Duration or Less in Fiction
    • 35 Aside

BAFTA Awards

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    2000 Winner Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
    • East Is East
    Shared with: Leslee Udwin

British Independent Film Awards

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    1999 Nominee Douglas Hickox Award
    • East Is East

Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    2000 Winner OCIC Special Award
    • East Is East

Cannes Film Festival

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    1999 Nominee Golden Camera
    • East Is East
  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    1999 Nominee C.I.C.A.E. Award
    • East Is East
  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    1999 Nominee SACD Prize
    • Directors' Fortnight
    • East Is East

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    1999 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • New Directors Competition
    • East Is East
  • 35 Aside (1996)
    1996 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Short Film
    • 35 Aside

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

  • 35 Aside (1996)
    1996 Winner Grand Prix
    • International Competition
    • 35 Aside
  • 35 Aside (1996)
    1996 Winner Canal+ Award
    • International Competition
    • 35 Aside
  • 35 Aside (1996)
    1996 Winner Audience Award
    • International Competition
    • 35 Aside

Krakow Film Festival

  • How Was Your Day? (2015)
    2016 Winner Silver Dragon
    • Best Director - International Short Film
    • How Was Your Day?
    "For a beautifully paced, heartbreaking film, which skillfully and bravely handled an important issue rarely depicted on screen."
  • How Was Your Day? (2015)
    2016 Nominee Golden Dragon
    • International Short Film Competition
    • How Was Your Day?

David di Donatello Awards

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    2000 Nominee David
    • Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero)
    • East Is East
    UK.

Dresden Film Festival

  • 35 Aside (1996)
    1996 3rd Place Best Short Film
    • 35 Aside

Edinburgh International Film Festival

  • Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
    2004 Winner Audience Award
    • Rory O'Shea Was Here

Evening Standard British Film Awards

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    2000 Winner Evening Standard British Film Award
    • Best Film
    • East Is East

Fantasporto

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    2000 Winner Directors' Week Award
    • Best Film
    • East Is East

Goya Awards

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    2001 Nominee Goya
    • Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
    • East Is East
    UK.

Irish Film and Television Awards

  • David McSavage in The Savage Eye: An Irish Guide to Failure (2014)
    2015 Nominee IFTA Award
    • Best Comedy
    • The Savage Eye: An Irish Guide to Failure
    Shared with: Kieron J. Walsh · Emmaline Dowling
  • The Savage Eye (2009)
    2015 Nominee IFTA Award
    • Best Director Soap and Comedy
    • The Savage Eye
    Shared with: Kieron J. Walsh
  • The Savage Eye (2009)
    2013 Nominee IFTA Award
    • Best Director TV
    • The Savage Eye
  • Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
    2004 Nominee IFTA Award
    • Best Film Director
    • Rory O'Shea Was Here

Ljubljana International Film Festival

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    2000 Winner Kingfisher Award
    • East Is East

Mediawave, Hungary

  • 35 Aside (1996)
    1998 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • 35 Aside

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

  • Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
    2005 Winner Antioch University Award for Leadership and Change
    • Rory O'Shea Was Here

SXSW Film Festival

  • How Was Your Day? (2015)
    2016 Winner SXSW Grand Jury Award
    • Narrative Short
    • How Was Your Day?

Uppsala International Short Film Festival

  • 35 Aside (1996)
    1996 Winner Film Jackdaw
    • Best Children's Film
    • 35 Aside

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    1999 Winner Golden Spike
    • Best Film
    • East Is East

Empire Awards, UK

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    2000 Winner Empire Award
    • Best Debut
    • East Is East
    Tied with 'Carrie-Anne Moss (I)' for The Matrix (1999).

Corto Imola Festival

  • 35 Aside (1996)
    1996 Winner Best International Film
    • 35 Aside

European Union MEDIA Prize

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    2000 Winner MEDIA Prize
    • East Is East

Celtic Film and Television Festival

  • The Savage Eye (2009)
    2012 Winner Bronze Torc Award
    • Entertainment
    • The Savage Eye
    Shared with: Kieron J. Walsh · Katie Holly

Salerno Shadowline Film Festival

  • Damien O'Donnell at an event for Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004)
    2001 Winner Shadowline Award

Alpe d'Huez International Comedy Film Festival

  • Ruth Jones, Jimi Mistry, and Emma Rydal in East Is East (1999)
    2000 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Feature Film
    • East Is East

IndieCork

  • How Was Your Day? (2015)
    2015 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Irish Short
    • How Was Your Day?

Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival

  • 35 Aside (1996)
    1996 Winner International Competition Award
    • Best Fiction Short
    • 35 Aside
    Shared with: Paul Fitzgerald · Petra Conroy

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