# Dublin Film Critics' Circle

The Dublin Film Critics' Circle is an Irish film critic association. From 2006, every year, members of the association give out their annual awards.

## Winners
### 2023 winners

* Best Film – Past Lives
* Best Director – Celine Song, Past Lives
* Best Irish Film – Lakelands
* Best Documentary – The Deepest Breath
* Best Actor – Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
* Best Actress – Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
* Best Screenplay – Justine Triet & Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
* Best Cinematography – Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
* International Breakthrough 2023 – Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane
* Breakthrough Artist (Irish) 2023 – Orén Kinlan, Flora and Son

### 2022 winners

* Best Film – The Quiet Girl
* Best Director – Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
* Best Irish Film – The Quiet Girl
* Best Documentary – Moonage Daydream
* Best Actor – Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
* Best Actress – Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
* Best Screenplay – Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
* Best Cinematography – Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
* International Breakthrough 2022 – Amber Midthunder, Prey
* Breakthrough Artist (Irish) 2022 – Alisha Weir, Matilda the Musical

### 2021 winners

* Best Film - The Power of the Dog
* Best Director - Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
* Best Irish Film - Arracht
* Best Documentary - Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
* Best Actor - Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
* Best Actress - Frances McDormand, Nomadland & The Tragedy of Macbeth
* Best Screenplay - Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
* Best Cinematography - Greig Fraser, Dune

### 2020 winners

* Best Film - Portrait of a Lady on Fire
* Best Director - Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
* Best Irish Film - Wolfwalkers
* Best Documentary - David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
* Best Actor - Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
* Best Actress - Jessie Buckley, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
* Best Screenplay - Simon Blackwell and Armando Iannucci, The Personal History of David Copperfield
* Best Cinematography - Roger Deakins, 1917
* Breakthrough Award - Morfydd Clark, The Personal History of David Copperfield and Saint Maud

### 2019 winners

* Best Film - Marriage Story
* Best Director - Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
* Best Actor - Adam Driver, Marriage Story
* Best Actress - Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
* Best Screenplay - Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
* Best Cinematography - Hoyte van Hoytema, Ad Astra
* Best Irish Film - Extra Ordinary
* Best Documentary - Apollo 11
* Breakthrough Performance 2019 - Aisling Franciosi, The Nightingale
* Breakthrough Director 2019 - Kantemir Balagov, Beanpole

### 2018 winners

* Best Film – Custody
* Best Director - Chloé Zhao, The Rider
* Best Irish Director - Rebecca Daly, Good Favour
* Best Screenplay - Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here
* Best Cinematography - Monika Lenczewska, Under the Tree
* Best Actor - Charlie Plummer, Lean on Pete
* Best Actress - Charlotte Rampling, Hannah
* Best Documentary - So Help Me God
* Best Irish Film - The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid
* Michael Dwyer Discovery Award - Coralie Fargeat, Revenge
* George Byrne Maverick Award - Stephen Rea – Black 47
* Extraordinary Achievement - Bill Morrison, Dawson City: Frozen Time
* Jury Prize - Warwick Thornton, Sweet Country
* Jury Prize - Kathleen Hepburn, Never Steady, Never Still
* Jury Prize - Jian Liu, Have a Nice Day
* Jury Prize - Ryan Killackey, Yasuni Man

### 2017 winners

* Best Film – Aquarius
* Best Irish Film - Sanctuary
* Best Actress – Florence Pugh – Lady Macbeth
* Best Actor – Sherwan Haji – The Other Side of Hope
* Best Director – Lav Diaz – The Woman Who Left
* Best Cinematography – M. David Mullen – The Love Witch
* Best Screenplay – Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov – Glory
* Best Irish Feature – Handsome Devil
* Best Irish Documentary – The Farthest
* Best Documentary – I Am Not Your Negro
* Jury Prize – Kristopher Avedisian – Donald Cried
* Jury Prize – Daouda Coulibaly – Wùlu
* Jury Prize – My Life as a Courgette
* Jury Prize – The Transfiguration
* George Byrne Maverick Award – Emer Reynolds
* Michael Dwyer Discovery Award – Blue Teapot cast – Sanctuary

### 2016 winners

* Best Film – I, Daniel Blake
* Best Director – Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
* Best Irish Film – A Date for Mad Mary
* Best Documentary – Weiner / Mattress Men (TIE)
* Best Actor – Dave Johns – I, Daniel Blake
* Best Actress – Amy Adams – Arrival
* Best Screenplay – Eric Heisserer – Arrival
* Best Cinematography – Seamus McGarvey – Nocturnal Animals
* Breakthrough Award (Irish) – Seana Kerslake
* Breakthrough Award (International) – Hayley Squires

### 2015 winners

* Best Film – Inside Out
* Best Irish Film – Brooklyn / The Queen of Ireland (TIE)
* Best Documentary – The Queen of Ireland
* Best Director – Alejandro G. Iñárritu – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
* Best Actor – Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs
* Best Actress – Julianne Moore – Still Alice
* Breakthrough International – Daisy Ridley – Star Wars: The Force Awakens / Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor – Tangerine (TIE)
* Breakthrough Irish – Jordanne Jones – I Used to Live Here

### 2014 winners

* Best Film – Boyhood
* Best Irish Film – Frank
* Best Documentary – Finding Vivian Maier
* Best Director – Richard Linklater – Boyhood
* Best Actor – Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
* Best Actress – Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
* Breakthrough Award – Jack O'Connell – '71, Starred Up, and Unbroken

### 2013 winners

* Best Film – Gravity
* Best Irish Film – Good Vibrations
* Best Screenplay – Before Midnight
* Best Documentary – The Act of Killing
* Best Cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki – Gravity, and To the Wonder
* Best Director – Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
* Best Actor – Bruce Dern – Nebraska
* Best Actress – Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
* Breakthrough Award – Lake Bell and Joshua Oppenheimer

### 2012 winners

* Best Film – The Artist
* Best Irish Film – What Richard Did
* Best Documentary – Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
* Best Director – Michael Haneke – Amour
* Best Actor – Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
* Best Actress – Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
* Breakthrough Award – Gareth Evans – The Raid: Redemption

### 2011 winners

* Best Film – Drive
* Best Irish Film – The Guard
* Best Foreign Language Film – A Separation
* Best Director – Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
* Best Actor – Ryan Gosling – Drive
* Best Actress – Jessica Chastain – The Tree of Life
* Best Documentary – Senna
* Best Irish Documentary – Knuckle
* International Breakthrough Award – Jessica Chastain – The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life
* Irish Breakthrough Award – John Michael McDonagh – The Guard

### 2010 winners

* Best Film – A Prophet
* Best Irish Film – His & Hers
* Best Documentary – His & Hers
* Best Director – Jacques Audiard – A Prophet
* Best Actor – Tahar Rahim – A Prophet
* Best Actress – Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
* Breakthrough Award – Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
* Irish Breakthrough Award – Ken Wardrop – His & Hers

### Decade awards

* Best Film of the Decade – There Will Be Blood
* Best Irish Film of the Decade – Adam & Paul, and Hunger (TIE)

### 2009 winners

* Best Film – Let the Right One In
* Best Irish Film – Waveriders
* Best Documentary – Anvil! The Story of Anvil
* Best Director – Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
* Best Actor – Sean Penn – Milk
* Best Actress – Yolande Moreau – Séraphine
* Breakthrough Award – Neill Blomkamp – District 9
* Outstanding Achievement – Duncan Jones

### 2008 winners

* Best Film – There Will Be Blood
* Best Irish Film – Hunger
* Best Director – Paul Thomas Anderson – There Will Be Blood
* Best Actor – Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
* Best Actress – Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long
* Breakthrough Award – Steve McQueen – Hunger

### 2007 winners

* Best International Film – The Lives of Others
* Best Irish Film – Garage
* Best Director – David Fincher – Zodiac
* Best Actor – Ulrich Mühe – The Lives of Others
* Best Actress – Julie Christie – Away from Her
* Breakthrough Award – Saoirse Ronan – Atonement

### 2006 winners

* Best Film – Brokeback Mountain
* Best Irish Film – The Wind That Shakes the Barley
* Best Director – Martin Scorsese – The Departed
* Best Actor – Leonardo DiCaprio – The Departed
* Best Actress – Penélope Cruz – Volver
* Best Supporting Actor – Jack Nicholson – The Departed
* Best Supporting Actress – Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine
* Breakthrough Award – Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale