Awards Audi Dublin International Film Festival

1 awards

1.1 2007
1.2 2008
1.3 2009
1.4 2010
1.5 2011
1.6 2012
1.7 2013
1.8 2014
1.9 2015
1.10 2016
1.11 2017
1.12 2018

awards

the festival introduced volta awards in 2007. award named after dublin s first cinema, volta picture theatre, established author james joyce in 1905. awards given career achievement , audience favourite. critics awards first presented in 2009. michael dwyer discovery award created in 2010 after death honour irish people working in film.

2007

career achievement awards:

gabriel byrne, actor
brendan mccaul, film producer , distributor
jeremy thomas, producer
consolata boyle, costume designer


audience award: once

2008

the 2008 festival held 15 24 february 2008.

screen cinema decorated 2008 jdiff



career achievement awards:

brendan gleeson, actor
daniel day-lewis, actor
leo ward, cinema chain owner


audience award: waveriders

2009

career achievement awards:

paolo sorrentino, director
george morrison, documentary maker
thierry frémaux, artistic director of cannes film festival


audience award: anvil! story of anvil
critics awards:

best film: let right 1 in
best irish film: secret of kells (a joint irish-belgian-french production)
best documentary: anvil! story of anvil
best director: paolo sorrentino (il divo)
best actor: tom hardy (bronson)



2010

the 2010 festival held 18 28 february 2010.

career achievement awards:

ciarán hinds, actor
patricia clarkson, actress
kristin scott thomas, actress

audience award: & hers

dublin film critics circle awards:

best film: samson , delilah
best irish film: fading light
best male performance: patrick o donnell (the fading light)
best female performance: tilda swinton (i love)
best director: yorgos lanthimos (dogtooth)
best documentary: & hers
special jury prize: bad lieutenant: port of call new orleans
michael dwyer discovery award: kate mccullough, cinematographer (his , hers)

2011

the 2011 festival held 17 27 february 2011.

career achievement awards:

martin sheen, actor
kevin brownlow, film historian , preservationist
françois ozon, director

audience award: benda bilili!

dublin film critics circle awards:

best film: robber
best irish film: snap
best director: alexei popogrebski (how ended summer)
best irish director: carmel winters (snap)
best cinematography: tim fleming (as if not there)
best screenplay: tudor voican (medal of honor)
best short: small change
best international documentary: cave of forgotten dreams
best irish documentary: men of arlington
best début: philip koch (picco)
best actor: jakob cedergren (submarino)
best actress: martina gusman (carancho)
special jury prize: 4 times
michael dwyer discovery award: still films

2012

volta awards:

stellan skarsgård, actor
marin karmitz, director, producer, distributor , cinema chain owner
al pacino, actor

audience award: raid: redemption

dublin film critics circle awards:

best film: raid: redemption
best irish film: nuala: life , death
best actor: michael fuith (michael)
best actress: greta gerwig (damsels in distress)
best screenplay: joseph cedar (footnote)
best director: nuri bilge ceylan (once upon time in anatolia)
best documentary: samsara
michael dwyer discovery award: eoghan mac giolla bhríde silence

2013

the 2013 festival ran 14–24 february.

volta career achievement awards:

danny devito, actor , director
tim roth, actor
costa-gavras, director
joss whedon, screenwriter , director

the dublin film critics circle selected following winners:

best film: vanishing waves kristina buožytė
best director: mikhail segal short stories
best actor: aleksey vertkov white tiger
best actress: dilan aksüt, night of silence
best debut: maja miloš klip
best screenplay: oriol paulo , lara sendim body
best cinematography: oleg mutu beyond hills
best documentary: far out isn t far enough: tomi ungerer story
best irish feature: babygirl macdara vallelly
best irish documentary: picture cathy pearson
michael dwyer discovery award: broken song claire dix
audience award: broken song

jury prizes awarded to:

blancanieves
after lucia
the king of pigs

2014

the 2014 festival ran 13–23 february.

volta career achievement awards:

terry gilliam, actor , director
peter morgan, screenwriter
richard dreyfuss, actor
stanley tucci, actor

the dublin film critics circle selected following winners:

best film: reunion anna odell
best director: paweł pawlikowski ida
best actor: jack o connell starred up
best actress: mira barkhammar, mira grosin , liv lemoyne best!
best debut feature: rocket kim mordaunt
best screenplay: georg mass 2 lives
best cinematography: daniel landin under skin
best documentary: los wild ones elise salomon
best irish feature: love eternal brendan muldowney
best irish documentary: living in coded land pat collins
michael dwyer discovery award: out of here donal foreman
audience award: los wild ones

jury prizes awarded to:

blue ruin
the golden dream
the congress

2015

the 2015 festival ran 19–29 march.

volta career achievement awards:

kenneth branagh, actor , director
laurent cantet, director , screenwriter
julie andrews, actress

the dublin film critics circle selected following winners:

best film: tribe, dir. myroslav slaboshpytskiy
best director: ruben Östlund force majeure
best screenplay: yuri bykov fool
best cinematography: lyle vincent girl walks home alone @ night
best documentary: kurt cobain: montage of heck, dir. brett morgen
best actor: cliff curtis dark horse
best actress: nina hoss phoenix
best irish feature: glassland, dir. gerard barrett
best irish documentary: wheel of fortune: story , legacy of fairview lion tamer, dir. joe lee
best debut: chaitanya tamhane court
michael dwyer discovery award: piers mcgrail, cinematographer on glassland, let prey, canal

audience awards went to:

feature: salt of earth
short: boogaloo , graham

special jury prizes awarded to:

a pigeon sat on branch reflecting on existence
eden
you re sleeping, nicole
10,000 km

2016

the 2016 festival ran 18–28 february.

volta career achievement awards:

angela lansbury, actress , singer
claudia cardinale, actress
andrew stanton, director, screenwriter, producer , voice actor

the dublin film critics circle selected following winners:

best film: mustang, dir. deniz gamze ergüven
best director: lucile hadžihalilović evolution
best screenplay: jaco van dormael , thomas gunzig brand new testament
best cinematography: mátyás erdély son of saul
best documentary: heart of dog, dir. laurie anderson
best actor: alex lawther departure
best actress: monica bellucci ville-marie
best ensemble cast: green room, dir. jeremy saulnier
best irish feature: viva, dir. paddy breathnach
best irish documentary: atlantic, dir. risteard Ó domhnaill
best irish short film: geist, dir. eric daniel dunn
best international short film: bathtub, dir. tim ellrich
george byrne maverick award: mark o halloran viva
michael dwyer discovery award: ferdia walsh-peelo, actor on sing street

audi-ence awards went to:

feature: viva
short: little bear

special jury prizes awarded to:

black mountain poets
victoria
anomalisa

adiff discovery awards went to:

barry keoghan, actor on mammal, traders , break
jack o shea, director/animator on coat made dark , eat danger
kathryn kennedy, producer on name emily, s not yet dark , after

2017

the festival ran 16–26 february.

volta career achievement awards:

vanessa redgrave, actress

the dublin film critics circle selected following winners:

best film – aquarius, dir. kleber mendonça filho
best actress – florence pugh, lady macbeth
best actor – sherwan haji, other side of hope
best director – lav diaz, woman left
best cinematography – m. david mullen, love witch
best screenplay – kristina grozeva, petar valchanov, glory
best irish feature – handsome devil, dir. john butler
best irish documentary – farthest, dir. emer reynolds
best documentary – not negro, dir. raoul peck
george byrne maverick award: emer reynolds, editor

special jury prizes awarded to:

kristopher avedisian, donald cried
daouda coulibaly, wulu
my life courgette
the transfiguration

audi-ence award:

the farthest, dir. emer reynolds

adiff discovery awards went to:

john connors, actor on secret scripture , breathe
niamh algar, actor on without name, pebbles , gone
vincent gallagher, writer/director on second none , love sting

2018

the festival runs 22 february 4 march.