Actor Liam Cunningham who received the Lifetime Contribution Award. Image: DIFF Actor Liam Cunningham who received the Lifetime Contribution Award. Image: DIFF AWARDS WERE ISSUED to Irish films last night at the end of the Dublin International Film Festival , with Irish actor Liam Cunningham recently scooping a Lifetime Contribution Award.
Actor Liam Cunningham, best known for playing Davos Seaworth on Game of Thrones, received the Lifetime Contribution Award on Friday. John Connors won the Audience Award for his debut feature documentary Endless Sunshine on a Cloudy Day. The documentary is about the late Jade McCann and her father Anthony who died a few months apart.The award for Best Irish Short Film was given to Welcome to a Bright White Limbo by Cara Holmes.
The Dublin Film Critics’ Circle gave the award for Best Film to Supernova. The Best Irish Film award was given to Arracht, a film set in Ireland just before the famine.