The features “The Runaway” and “The Pipe,” and the short films “Noreen,” “Mister Heaney – A Wee Portrait” and “Bow St.” were among the winners at the Galway Film Fleadh, a festival which concluded Sunday night in the Irish city.
The feature film awards at Galway were chosen by votes of the festival’s audience, while the awards for shorts were chosen by three different juries.
The six-day festival screened 100 features and 115 short films. Screenings included “The Kids Are All Right,” the animated film “The Illusionist,” the documentaries “Exit Through the Gift Shop” and “Joan Rivers: a Piece of Work,” and revival screenings of Roman Polanski’s “the Pianist” and Julian Schnabel’s “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.”
The winners:
Audience Awards (Features) 
Best Irish Feature Award: “The Runway” (right) directed by Ian Power, produced by Macdara Kelleher, Brendan McDonald & Bernard Michaux
Second Place: “Snap,” directed by Carmel Winters, produced by Martina Niland
Best Feature Documentary: “The Pipe,” directed by Risteard Ó Domhnaill, produced Rachel Lysaght & Risteard Ó Domhnaill
Second Place: “Burma Soldier,” directed by Nic Dunlop& Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern, produced by Julie le Brocquy
Best First Feature: “Undertow,” directed by Javier Fuentes-Leon, produced Rodrigo Guerrero & Javier Fuentes-Leon
Second Place: “The Double Hour” directed by Giuseppe Capotondi, produced by Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
Shorts Jury Awards
Best First Animation Award: “Action Evader,” directed and produced by Pádraig Mannion
Honorable Mention: “Laurie & The Litterbugs,” directed by Leo Crowley, produced by BCFE
“We Are Detectives,” directed and produced by Bryan Joseph O’Sullivan
The James Horgan Award for Best Animation: “Mister Heaney – A Wee Portrait,” directed and produced by David Quin
Honorable Mention: “The Meaning of Eggsistence,” directed by Bruce Ryder, produced by Stephen Rennicks
The Tiernan McBride Award for Best Short Drama: “Noreen,” directed by Domhnall Gleeson and produced by Juliette Bonass, David Clarke, Ciaran Deeney
Honorable Mention: “Flatbed,” directed by Tom Merilion, produced by Jonny Speers
Best First Short Drama: “Hoodie,” directed and produced by Patrick Finnegan
Honourable Mention: “The Crush,” directed by Michael Creagh, produced by Damon Quinn
Best Short Documentary Award: “Bow St.,” directed and produced by Tadhg O’ Sullivan
Honourable Mention: “Alibi,” directed and produced by Darren Bolger / Caroline Campbell
Pitching Award: Len Collin, “Dumpailte”
The Galway Hooker Award: Lelia Doolan
