Awards Filmmaker Awards Award Winners at VMDIFF21 Virgin Media AUDIENCE AWARD Feature Minari, Lee Issac Chung AUDIENCE AWARD Shorts To All My Darlings, Lia Campbell Aer Lingus Discovery Award Burschi Wojnar, Director of Photography (HUM, Kathleen Was Here) Rachel Carey, Director (Deadly Cuts) Hazel Doupe, Actor (Kathleen Was Here) Saileóg O’Halloran, Costume Designer (Kathleen Was Here) Documentary Competition Winner of the Documentary Competition Acasa, My Home, Director: Radu Ciorniciuc Special mention The Reason I Jump, Director: Jerry Rothwell ICCL Human Rights Film Award Winner The Dissident, Director: Bryan Fogel Short Film Awards Sue Bruce-Smith Award for Best Irish Short Her Song, Director: Éabha Bortolozzo, Jack Kirwan Special mention Kathleen Was Here, Director: Eva Birthistle Best International Short Anita, Director: Sushma Khadepaun Special mention Omé, Director: Wassim Geagea I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face, Director: Sameh Alaa Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards Best Film: Apples Best Actress: Joanna Scanlan, After Love Best Actor: Goran Bogdan, Father Best Screenplay: Lee Issac Chung, Minari Best Director: Director: Lili Horvát, Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time Best Documentary: Acasa, My Home Best Irish: Tadhg O’Sullivan (To The Moon) Best Cinematography: Viktor Kosakovskiy & Egil Håskjold Larsen (Gunda) George Byrne Maverick Award: Ivan Kavanagh (Son) Michael Dwyer Discovery Award: Zofia Stafiej (I Never Cry) Jury Prize: Dinner in America, Kyle Gallner Jury Prize: Lapsis, Noah Hutton Jury Prize: Jumbo, Zoé Wittock Jury Prize: The Dissident, Bryan Fogel