Anvil! The Story of Anvil won the Audience Award at the 2009 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, which ended yesterday. The accolade was a close run race to the top spot, the screening of Anvil! The Story of Anvil with a gig afterwards by the band just narrowly pipping The Secret of Kells and Gran Torino to win the overall Audience Award.
The Secret of Kells was also honored as the Best Irish Film by the Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC), with Tomas Alfredson's Let the Right One In being named as the Best Film of the festival at the critics panel that featured as one of the many side events of the festival. The discussion will be broadcast on the Dave Fanning Show RTÉ 2FM on this evening.
The 2009 festival wrapped yesterday with a gala screening of The Secret of Kells attended by Brendan Gleeson and Mick Lally who provided the voices, as well as animators Cartoon Saloon. The festival overall saw an increase in admissions by 15% across its range of events.
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards:
BEST PERFORMANCE
Tom Hardy - Bronson (Winner)
Toni Servillo - Il Divo
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
Meryl Streep - Doubt
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Winner)
Religilous
Chris & Don: A Love Story
American Teen
Encounters at the End of the World
BEST IRISH FILM
The Secret of Kells (Winner)
Five Minutes of Heaven
The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy
The Daisy Chain
BEST DIRECTOR
Paolo Sorrentino - Il Divo (Winner)
Laurent Cantet - The Class
Werner Herzog - Encounters at the End of the World
Tomas Alfredson - Let The Right One In
BEST FILM
Let the Right One In (Winner)
Il Divo
In the Loop
The Class