An Irish Goodbye has won best live action short film at the 95th Academy Awards. The win, coming after Kenneth Branagh's Belfast won the Best Original Screenplay'award in 2022, means Northern Ireland has won Oscars for two years in a row.
An Irish Goodbye tells a story of two estranged brothers – one with Down’s syndrome, played by James Martin – who come together after their mother’s death to try to fulfil their mother’s “bucket list” with her ashes before they sell off the family farm.
It was shot on location in Londonderry, Templepatrick and Saintfield and also stars Seamus O’Hara, Paddy Jenkins and Michelle Fairley.
