By Matt Neglia The Dublin Film Critics Circle have announced their winners with a mixture of films from this year and also some from last year (But were released overseas in the early part of 2016) with a lot of ties as well.
Full winners and rankings can be found below.
Best Film
1. I, Daniel Blake
2. Arrival
3. Hell or High Water
4. Spotlight
5. Anomalisa
6. Son of Saul/Paterson/Captain Fantastic/Train to Busan/Room/The Witch/The Revenant
Best Director
1. Denis Villeneuve – Arrival
2. Alejandro Inarritu – The Revenant
3. Ken Loach – I, Daniel Blake
4. Lenny Abrahamson – Room
5. Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals/ Lucile Hadzihalilovic – Evolution
Best Irish Film
1. A Date for Mad Mary
2. Sing Street
3. Room
4. Viva/The Young Offenders
5. The Survivalist/Mammal
Best Documentary
1. Weiner/ Mattress Men
2. 66 Days: Bobby Sands
3. Life, Animated
4. Magnus/Beatles Eight Days a Week/ Atlantic
5. Crash and Burn
Best Actor
1. Dave Johns – I, Daniel Blake
2. Leonardo di Caprio – The Revenant
3. Adam Driver – Paterson/ Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
4. Mark Ruffalo – Spotlight/ Geza Rohrig – Son of Saul
5. Vincent Lindon – The Measure of a Man/Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic
Best Actress
1. Amy Adams – Arrival
2. Hayley Squires – I, Daniel Blake
3. Brie Larson – Room
4. Seana Kerslake – A Date for Mad Mary/ Kate Beckinsale – Love & Friendship
5. Isabelle Huppert – Things to Come
Best Screenplay
1. Eric Heisserer – Arrival
2. Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
3. Taylor Sheridan – Hell or High Water
4. Whit Stillman – Love & Friendship
5. S. Craig Zahler – Bone Tomahawk/ Emma Donoghue – Room/ Matt Ross – Captain Fantastic
Best Cinematography
1. Seamus McGarvey – Nocturnal Animals
2. Emmanuel Lubeszki – The Revenant
3. Bradford Young – Arrival
4. Jarin Blaschke – The Witch
5. Natasha Brier – The Neon Demon/ Mátyás Erdély – Son of Saul
Breakthrough Award
Irish – Seana Kerslake
International – Hayley Squires You can follow Matt and hear more of his thoughts on the Oscars and Film on Twitter at @NextBestPicture