A number of awards for the best in new documentary film-making have been awarded to a host of Irish and international film-makers, as the curtain draws to a close on the seventh annual Docs Ireland film festival.

Pull Focus Best Irish Documentary Competition

Winner: A Want in Her dir. Myrid Carten

The Jury said

 Selected for its painfully honest portrait of mother-daughter relationship, in the shadow of addiction, and a creative new voice in documentary filmmaking

Northern Ireland Screen Pitch

Winners – The Loneliest Boy in the World by Medb Johnstone and Ann Ni Chiobhain

The Jury said:

As a story that looks beyond the headlines to reckon with history The Loneliest Boy in the World has the potential to weave a personal account with a political address – we hope this prize allows the filmmakers to dive deeper into their narrative research and establish a strong visual treatment of this historical story.

Ross McDonnell Award for Best Cinematography in an Irish Feature 

Winner – David Keenan: Focla Ar Chanbhás/ Words on Canvas 

Maysles Award for International Observational Documentary 

Winner – Silent Trees dir Agnieszka Zwiefka

Short Competition

Winner – No Mean City dir Ross McClean

LUMI Jury

Winner – We Beg to Differ dir Ruairi Bradley