It’s a wrap for the 2023 edition of the Dublin International Film Festival, one of Ireland’s most prestigious film events. This year, the festival unspooled from 23 February-4 March.

The jury of the Dublin Film Critics’ Circle, presided over by Tara Brady, crowned Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s The Beasts [+lee también:
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The Awards for Best Irish Feature went to Klaus Härö’s My Sailor, My Love [+lee también:
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Meanwhile, the Irish doc 406 Days by Joe Lee snagged both the Award for Best Irish Documentary and the ICCL Human Rights Award. The feature, which zooms in on the heartbreak, courage and rage of the workers involved in the 2020 Debenhams picket, was billed by the ICCL jury as “an incredible testimony to the strength and resilience of a group of mostly female workers in the face of the might of an international company”.

Finally, the gongs for Best Director and Best Screenplay went to France’s Léa Mysius, the helmer of The Five Devils [+lee también:
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Here is the full list of this year’s award winners:

Best Film
The Beasts [+lee también:
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Best Director
Léa Mysius – The Five Devils [+lee también:
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Best Screenplay
R.M.N. [+lee también:
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entrevista: Cristian Mungiu
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Best Actress
Kristine Kujath Thorp – Sick of Myself [+lee también:
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entrevista: Kristine Kujath Thorp
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Best Actor
Eden Dambrine – Close [+lee también:
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entrevista: Eden Dambrine
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Best Debut Feature
Victim [+lee también:
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entrevista: Michal Blaško
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Best Editor
Nico Leunen – The Eight Mountains [+lee también:
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Best Cinematography
Marine Altan – Thunder [+lee también:
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entrevista: Carmen Jaquier
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Best Score
Nadah El Shazly – The Damned Don’t Cry [+lee también:
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Best Ensemble
How to Blow up a Pipeline - Daniel Goldhaber (USA)

Best Documentary
Kanaval: A People’s History of Haiti – Leah Gordon and Eddie Hutton-Mills (Haiti/UK)

Best Irish Film
My Sailor, My Love [+lee también:
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Best Irish Documentary
406 Days – Joe Lee (Ireland)

George Byrne Maverick Award
Mark Cousins

Michael Dwyer Discovery Award
Zara Devlin

DCU Documentary Award
Cara Holmes – Notes from Sheepland (Ireland)

5 Lamps Discovery Awards
Laura O’Shea
Greg Burrowes
Rory Kerr

Best Irish Short
Lamb – Sinead O’Loughlin (Ireland)
Special Mention
Shadow – Janna Kemperman (Ireland)

Best International Short
Will You Look at Me – Shuli Huang (China)
Special Mention
Blind Spot – Elias Neijens (USA/UK)

ICCL Human Rights Award
406 Days – Joe Lee
Special Mention
My Imaginary Country [+lee también:
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entrevista: Patricio Guzmán
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Volta Award
Emily Watson