Irish documentary Don't Forget to Remember has won he Audience Award at the 2024 Dublin International Film Festival.
The announcement was made as the curtain came down on the 22nd Dublin International Film Festival on Sunday.
Commenting on their triumph, the film's producer Louise Byrne said: "We are honoured and delighted to win the audience choice award at DIFF, it's a personal film so it was particularly special to have our cast, crew and families present at our World Premiere at home.
She added: "Although it's a very personal film, Don't Forget to Remember holds universal themes of love and loss, but most importantly, it’s about how we remember and shows how fragile those memories can be.
"After showing it at DIFF we want to continue this conversation around Alzheimer's, the brittleness of memory and what it means to care for someone whose memories are escaping them. We can't wait to engage with festivals around the world to share our film with a wider audience."
Runners-up for the Audience Award were Goodbye Julia and Birdsong.
Goodbye Julia is writer and director Mohamed Kordofani’s debut moral drama set in a fractured and politically tense Sudan.
Kathleen Harris’ Birdsong is an inspiring documentary following Irish ornithologist Seán Ronayne on his mission to record the call of every bird species in Ireland.
Baby Steps scooped the Shorts Audience Award. Hannah Mamalis the director and Festival Discovery Award nominee said: "It really is very cool and gratifying to get to make things for people and so much more so when they like it too.
"Baby Steps is about how connection is enmeshed in everything we do, even as we’re all perpetually stepping on the same rakes. I’m excited to be developing more films that people will hopefully find weird and funny and ultimately connective."
Other honours announced during the Festival included the Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards, which named Do Not Expect Much From The End Of The World as Best Film, That They May Face The Rising Sun as Best Irish Film, and Victor Erice as Best Director for Close Your Eyes.
Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) Awards
Best Film – Do Not Expect Much From the End of the World
Best Director – Victor Erice, Close Your Eyes
Best Screenplay – Ilker Çatak, The Teacher's Lounge
Best Actor – Ayoub Elaid & Abdelatif El Mansouri, Hounds
Best Actress – Eka Chavleishvili, Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry
Best Cinematography – Mami Wata
Best Score – Monster
Best Editing – Evil Does Not Exist
Best Debut Feature –Orlando, My Political Biography
Best Ensemble – Green Border
Best Irish Film – That They May Face The Rising Sun
Best Documentary – Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Special Jury Prize – Oink
George Byrne Maverick Award – Guy Maddin
Michael Dwyer Discovery Award – Pavia Sidhu and Yugam Sood, Dear Jassi
