Baftas: An Irish Goodbye wins best short film award
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Tom Berkeley, Seamus O'Hara, James Martin and Ross White with their Baftas
Northern Ireland film An Irish Goodbye has won best British short at the Baftas in London.
It saw off The Ballad of Olive Morris and A Drifting Up to triumph at the ceremony at the Southbank Centre.
Meanwhile, the Banshees of Inisherin, which had 10 nominations, won outstanding British film, best original screenplay, as well as best supporting actor and actress.
Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan were among the early winners.
Dublin-born Keoghan beat co-star Brendan Gleeson to win the coveted prize.
He dedicated his award to "the kids from the area that I came from who are dreaming to be something".
'Something special'
Directed and written by Ross White and Tom Berkeley, An Irish Goodbye tells a story of two estranged brothers who come together after their mother's death.
A black comedy set on a rural farm in Northern Ireland, it was shot on location in Londonderry, Templepatrick and Saintfield.
Speaking in the Bafta winners' room, Ross White said: "It's a remarkable year for Irish film and the talent on display across all the awards.
"We are a very small part of that but we're so honoured to be a part of that.
"We're representing Northern Ireland as well, it just means means a lot for us.
"Our fellow nominees in Colm Bairéad for The Quiet Girl, beautiful film, the Banshees team, to see this Irish talent all being recognised in this way it's such an honour and fills us with pride."
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James Martin who plays Lorcan in the film also attended the ceremony, alongside co-star Seamus O'Hara.
James' mother Suzanne Martin said she was "delighted" for Berkeley and White following the win.
"They created something very special on screen - something that moved me as a mum," she told BBC News NI.
James Martin and co-star Seamus O'Hara alongside directors Ross White and Tom Berkeley accepting their Bafta
Kerry Condon accepting her Bafta
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An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) lost out in the not in the English language and adapted screenplay categories to All's Quiet on the Western Front.
Other Irish interests included Paul Mescal, Colin Farrell and Daryl McCormack in the leading actor category. That award went to Austin Bulter for Elvis.
The Baftas are one of the most prestigious ceremonies in the run up to the Oscars on 12 March.
An Irish Goodbye, An Cailín Ciúin, The Banshees of Inisherin and Paul Mescal are all nominated for Oscars as well.
Colm Bairéad's An Cailín Ciúin has surpassed box office records
An Cailín Ciúin is set in 1981 and follows nine-year-old Cáit, who is withdrawn and neglected, as she is sent to live with her distant relatives in County Waterford and finally finds herself in a loving home for the first time.
It has surpassed UK and Ireland box office records for an Irish-language film.
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