Dublin Film Critics' Circle

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
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
References
External links
Dublin Film Critics' Circle
Awards established in 2006
Culture of Ireland
Irish film awards
Film critics associations
Film organisations in Ireland
Non-profit organisations based in Ireland