Dublin Film Critics pick best films of 2016
That includes Best Film, Best Director, Best Irish Film, Best Doc and a whole lot more. I wasn't as mad about Arrival as most but it scores highly here. It's great to see Anomalisa in there, as well as some strong Irish films - with a lot of competition at the top. Vive and The Young Offenders would be my personal faves.
Here's how they chose:
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
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
1. A Date for Mad Mary
2. Sing Street
3. Room
4. Viva/The Young Offenders
5. The Survivalist/Mammal
1. Weiner/ Mattress Men
2. 66 Days: Bobby Sands
3. Life, Animated
4. Magnus/Beatles Eight Days a Week/ Atlantic
5. Crash and Burn
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
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
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
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
Irish - Seana Kerslake
International – Hayley Squires
You can also take this list as a handy reminder of some strong films you might have missed during 2016, and the Christmas break might be an ideal time to catch up!