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

2023 winners

• Best Film – Past Lives^[1]
• Best Director – Celine Song, Past Lives
• Best Irish Film – Lakelands
• Best Documentary – The Deepest Breath
• Best Actor – Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
• Best Actress – Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
• Best Screenplay – Justine Triet & Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall
• Best Cinematography – Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
• International Breakthrough 2023 – Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane
• Breakthrough Artist (Irish) 2023 – Orén Kinlan, Flora and Son

2022 winners

• Best Film – The Quiet Girl^[2]
• 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^[3]
• 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^[4]
• Best Director - Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
• Best Irish Film - Wolfwalkers^[5]
• 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^[6]
• 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^[7]
• Best Director - Chloé Zhao, The Rider
• Best Irish Director - Rebecca Daly, Good Favour^[8]
• 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^[9][10]
• 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^[11]
• 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^[12]
• 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^[13]
• 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^[14]

2013 winners

• Best Film – Gravity^[15]
• 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^[16]
• 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^[17]
• 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^[18]
• 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^[19]
• 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^[20]
• 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^[21]
• 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^[22]
• 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