Donegal/Derry filmmaker Anne Crilly has been awarded the Markievicz Award by Minister Catherine Martin TD for her endeavours in film.
Crilly and nine other recipients were recognised at a ceremony on the 31st of May by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
The Markievicz Award is designed to support artists to develop their craft and ultimately produce great art that recognises and commemorates the role of women in the historical period 1912-1923 covered by the Decade of Centenaries Programme, and beyond.
Anne is a filmmaker, writer and activist and won awards for her 1988 documentary documentary ‘Mother Ireland’, a seminal work of Irish feminist film.
Her later work, which includes short film Limbo (2001), has explored a range of social justice issues, particularly women’s history and grief and closure.
Since 2021 up to 10 artists (either individual artists working alone or in collaboration with others) have been supported up to a value of €25,000 per individual or group by the Markievicz Award.
Speaking at the ceremony, Minister Martin said: “Each of the artists I met in Dublin recognises the importance of acknowledging, understanding and highlighting the vital role played by women individually and collectively in our history.
“Creative expression is a vital outlet and resource for our society, in articulating contentious history and informing our present thinking and future aspirations.
“We value this resource highly in Ireland and are fortunate to have over 100 years of artistic output that reflects us, challenges us and inspires us as an independent nation with our own distinct identity on the world stage.”
