Belfast-set The Shore wins Oscar

'The Shore' has won the Oscar for Live Action Short Film.

Director Terry George said the people of Northern Ireland had inspired the film and he dedicated the Oscar to them.

The film stars Ciarán Hinds, Conleth Hill and Maggie Cronin.

The six stars of Bridesmaids handed out the prizes for live action short film to Terry and Oorlagh George's The Shore.

Mr George dedicated his win to “the people of Northern Ireland, Protestant and Catholic, who after 30 years of war sat down, negotiated a peace and proved to the world that the Irish are great talkers”.

The award for documentary (short subject) went to 'Saving Face' – about a London-based plastic surgeon who treats Pakistani women maimed in acid attacks.

The Oscar for animated short film went to 'The Fantastic Flying Books Of Mr Morris Lessmore'.