30/03/2015 - Cliff Curtis wins Best Actor, Nina Hoss Best Actress

The Dublin Film Critics’ Circle has announced the Jury Award winners from the Dublin International Film Festival, which concluded on 29 March. Miroslav Slaboshpitsky’s The Tribe [+see also:
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interview: Ruben Östlund
film profile]. Cliff Curtis won Best Actor for The Dark Horse and Nina Hoss Best Actress for Phoenix [+see also:
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making of
interview: Christian Petzold
film profile]. Glassland [+see also:
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The jury of the Dublin Film Critics’ Circle comprised Tara Brady, Donald Clarke, Daniel Anderson, Brogen Hayes, Nicola Timmins, David O’Mahony, Rory Cashin and Paul Whitington. 

The full list of winners is as follows:

Best Film
The Tribe, Miroslav Slaboshpitsky

Best Director
Ruben Östlund, Force Majeure

Best Screenplay
Yuri Bykov, The Fool [+see also:
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interview: Yury Bykov
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Best Cinematography
Lyle Vincent, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Best Documentary
Cobain: Montage of Heck, Brett Morgen

Best Actor
Cliff Curtis, The Dark Horse

Best Actress
Nina Hoss, Phoenix

Best Irish Film
Glassland, Gerard Barrett 

Best Irish Documentary
Fortune’s Wheel

Best Debut
Chaitanya Tamhane, Court

Michael Dwyer Discovery
Piers McGrail, cinematographer, Let Us Prey, Glassland, The Canal 

Special Jury Prize
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence [+see also:
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interview: Roy Andersson
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Special Jury Prize
Eden [+see also:
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interview: Charles Gillibert
interview: Mia Hansen-Løve
film profile], Mia Hansen-Løve 

Special Jury Prize
Tu Dors Nicole, Stéphane Lafleur 

Special Jury Prize
Long Distance [+see also:
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interview: Carlos Marques-Marcet
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