Dublin Film Critics' Circle

From 2006, every year, members of the association give out their annual awards.

2023 winners

• Best Film – Past Lives
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Best Director - Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
• Best Irish Film - Wolfwalkers
• 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
• 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
• Best Director - Chloé Zhao, The Rider
• Best Irish Director - Rebecca Daly, Good Favour
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

2013 winners

• Best Film – Gravity
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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