Adam & Paul Triumphs in Dublin Film Critics Circle Poll of the Decade
The Dublin Film Critics Circle has named ADAM & PAUL, Lenny Abrahamson's Beckettian comedy concerning wandering drug addicts and HUNGER, Steve McQueen's study of Bobby Sands's decline as tied best Irish films of the decade receiving equal number of votes. WAVERIDERS, Joel Conroy's surfing documentary, was named best Irish film of the year.It named Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood as the best film of the outgoing decade in the organisation's annual poll. Let the Right One In, the hugely acclaimed Swedish vampire film, was named best film of 2009.
The 2009 acting awards went to Sean Penn for Milk and, for her role as a troubled artist in Séraphine, the French actress Yolande Moreau. Anvil: The Story of Anvil, a hilarious, tragic film concerning a Canadian heavy metal band's attempted reinvention, ran away with best documentary of 2009. Kathryn Bigelow's work on Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker secured her best director of the year. A nod for best breakthrough went to Neill Blomkamp for the science fiction hit District 9. Duncan Jones - David Bowie's son - received an outstanding achievement gong for his work on making Moon, another science fiction gem, look splendid on a tiny budget.
Established in 2006, The Dublin Film Critics Circle offers the city's professional movie reviewers an opportunity to pool opinions on recent releases, consider movie heritage and whinge about each other's shortcomings.
The list of eligible voters is as follows: Tara Brady, Declan Burke, Gavin Burke, George Byrne, Paul Byrne, Ciaran Carty, Donald Clarke, Michael Dwyer, Joe Griffin, Gordon Hayden, Aoife Kelly, Taragh Loughrey Grant, Paul Lynch, John Maguire, Philip Molloy, Esther McCarthy, David O'Mahony, Mike Sheridan, Paul Whitington.
BEST IRISH FILMS OF THE DECADE -
1. Hunger + Adam And Paul
2. Garage
3. Once
4. Bloody Sunday
5. Intermission
6. In America
7. How Harry Became A Tree
8. Omagh
9. Kisses
10. Isolation
BEST IRISH FILM, 2009
1. Waveriders
2. The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy
3. The Secret of Kells
BEST FILM, 2009
1. Let the Right One In
2. The White Ribbon
3. Up
4. The Hurt Locker
5. The Wrestler
6. Il Divo
7. A Serious Man
8. Mesrine Parts 1 & 2
9. Slumdog Millionaire
10. District 9 = Moon
11. Anvil: The Story of Anvil
12. The Class
13. Star Trek
14. Inglourious Basterds
15. In the Loop
16. (500) Days of Summer
17. Synecdoche, New York
18. Where the Wild Things Are
19. Frost/Nixon = Milk
20. Katalyn Varga = Antichrist
BEST DIRECTOR, 2009
1. Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
2. Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon
3. Paolo Sorrentino, Il Divo
4. Jean-Francoise Richet, Mesrine Parts 1 & 2
5. Neil Blomkamp, District 9
BEST ACTOR, 2009
1. Sean Penn, Milk
2. Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
3. Tom Hardy, Bronson
4. Vincent Cassel, Mesrine Parts 1 & 2
5. Tom Servillo, Il Divo
BEST ACTRESS, 2009
1. Yolande Moreau, Séraphine
2. Lina Leanderson, Let the Right One In
3. Carey Mulligan, An Education
4. Isabelle Fuhrman, Orphan
5. Meryl Streep, Doubt
BEST DOCUMENTARY, 2009
1. Anvil: The Story of Anvil
2. The Cove
3. Encounters at the End of the World
4. The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy
5. Soul Power
BREAKTHROUGH AWARD, 2009 - Neil Blomkamp, District 9
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT, 2009 - Duncan Jones, Moon
BEST FILMS OF THE DECADE -
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Downfall
3. Brokeback Mountain
4. The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
5. The White Ribbon
6. Hidden
7. United 93
8. City Of God
9. Little Miss Sunshine = In The Mood For Love
10. Spirited Away = Let The Right One In
11. Far From Heaven
12. Pan's Labyrinth
13. Sideways = Lost In Translation
14. The Lives Of Others
15. Adaptation
16. Wall-E = Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind = Mulholland Drive
17. The Best Of Youth
18. The Dark Knight
19. Zodiac = Before Sunset = Letters From Iowa Jima = Waltz With Bashir = Irreversible
20. Together = Infernal Affairs