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 [+lire aussi :
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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 [+lire aussi :
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Other prominent winners included Maura Delpero, awarded Best Director for Vermiglio [+lire aussi :
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fiche film]. Best Debut went to India Donaldson for her coming-of-age drama Good One, while best documentary was awarded to Andres Veiel for Riefenstahl [+lire aussi :
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This year’s festival, which was closed by Darren Thornton’s Four Mothers [+lire aussi :
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Here is the list of this year’s award winners:

Best Film
On Falling [+lire aussi :
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Best Director
Maura Delpero – Vermiglio [+lire aussi :
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interview : Maura Delpero
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Best Editing
Ramon Zürcher – The Sparrow in the Chimney [+lire aussi :
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interview : Ramon et Silvan Zürcher
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Best Actress
Shahana Goswami – Santosh [+lire aussi :
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interview : Sandhya Suri
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Best Actor
Albrecht Schuch – Peacock [+lire aussi :
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interview : Bernhard Wenger
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Best Ensemble
Afef Ben Mahmoud, Khalil Benkirane – Backstage [+lire aussi :
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Best Documentary
Andres Veiel – Riefenstahl [+lire aussi :
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interview : Andres Veiel
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Best Cinematography
Sverre Sørdal – Sister Midnight [+lire aussi :
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interview : Karan Kandhari
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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)