It’s a wrap for this year’s Dublin International Film Festival, which unspooled in the Irish capital from 20 February-2 March.

As per tradition, the prizes were handed out by the Dublin Film Critics Circle. On this occasion, the prize for Best Film went to Laura Carreira’s On Falling [+lee también:
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Next, the award for Best Irish film was claimed by Ross Whitaker’s Beat the Lotto, a documentary revisiting a remarkable 1990s lottery syndicate. Meanwhile, the Michael Dwyer Discovery Award, named after the late film correspondent, was given to Ruby Conway Dunne, Molly Byrne, and Alicia Weafer, the three young stars of Ready or Not, Claire Frances Byrne’s social-realist drama which portrays the struggles of teenage girls navigating male-dominated spaces in Dublin in 1998. 

Éamon Little’s Born That Way, an insightful documentary on the life of Irish-American Patrick Lydon, took best Irish documentary. Moreover, Carrie Crowley, known for her work on The Quiet Girl [+lee también:
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Other prominent winners included Maura Delpero, awarded Best Director for Vermiglio [+lee también:
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This year’s festival, which was closed by Darren Thornton’s Four Mothers [+lee también:
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Here is the list of this year’s award winners:

Best Film
On Falling [+lee también:
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Best Director
Maura Delpero – Vermiglio [+lee también:
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Best Editing
Ramon Zürcher – The Sparrow in the Chimney [+lee también:
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Best Actress
Shahana Goswami – Santosh [+lee también:
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Best Actor
Albrecht Schuch – Peacock [+lee también:
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Best Ensemble
Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane – Backstage [+lee también:
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Best Documentary
Andres Veiel – Riefenstahl [+lee también:
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Best Cinematography
Sverre Sørdal – Sister Midnight [+lee también:
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Best Debut
Good One – India Donaldson (USA)

Best Screenplay
Tracie Laymon – Bob Trevino Likes It (USA)

Michael Dwyer Discovery Award
Ruby Conway Dunne, Molly Byrne, Alicia Weafer – Ready or Not (Ireland)

George Byrne Maverick Award
Carrie Crowley (Ireland)

Best Irish Film
Beat the Lotto – Ross Whitaker (Ireland)

Best Irish Documentary
Born That Way – Éamon Little (Ireland)

Special Jury Prize
Latina Latina – Adrian Duncan (Ireland)