Irish cinematographer Robbie Ryan was among the winners at the British Independent Film Awards in London on Sunday night, but there was disappointment for Michael Fassbender and Jamie Dornan.
Dubliner Ryan won the Outstanding Achievement in Craft award for his work on director Andrea Arnold's road movie odyssey American Honey. It was his first win at the awards, having been nominated four times since 2009.
American Honey was the big winner on the night, also taking home the awards for Best British Independent Film, Best Director and Best Actress (Sasha Lane).
Kerry actor Fassbender had been nominated for Best Actor for his performance opposite Brendan Gleeson in crime drama Trespass Against Us but lost out to Dave Johns for his work in the Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake.
Fassbender has already won Best Actor at the awards on two previous occasions: for Shame in 2011 and Hunger in 2008. Trespass Against Us is due in cinemas next March.
Co Down-born Dornan had been nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance opposite Cillian Murphy in WWII true story Anthropoid, but the award went to Brett Goldstein for his performance in Adult Life Skills.
There was strong Irish representation across the various award categories this year. Cork director Billy O'Brien was nominated alongside his co-writer Christopher Hyde for the screenplay to O'Brien's supernatural thriller I Am Not a Serial Killer.
The film's stars, Back to the Future's Christopher Lloyd and Max Records (Where the Wild Things Are), were also nominated in the acting categories.
Belfast-based writers John Cairns and Michael McCartney were nominated in the Debut Screenwriter category for their work on Northern Irish psychological thriller A Patch of Fog.
Other winners included:
Best Supporting Actress: Avin Manshadi, Under the Shadow
Most Promising Newcomer: Hayley Squires, I, Daniel Blake
The Douglas Hickok Award for Debut Director: Babak Anvari, Under the Shadow
Best Documentary: Notes on Blindness
Best International Independent Film: Moonlight
Discovery Award: The Greasy Strangler
