Irish Western The Dig took home the top Irish honour at this year's Galway Film Fleadh.

The film stars Moe Dunford as a man who after being released from prison for a murder he can't remember committing, winds up forced to help his victim's father find her body.

Dunford took to Twitter to congratulate The Dig production team and thank Galway Film Fleadh for the win.

Delighted , well done all at team @ooofilms , proud of the whole crew and to work with ye in Antrim . Thank you @GalwayFilm ! https://t.co/p6DIyQEqxy

— Moe Dunford (@MoeDunford) July 15, 2018

Receiving raves on the festival circuit, it's the first film from brothers Andy and Ryan Tohill.

Meanwhile, Steel Country won Best International Feature. The film stars Sherlock's Andrew Scott as an American truck driver who begins investigating a child's disappearance.

Gutland, a Luxembourgian neo-noir starring Phantom's Thread's Vicky Krieps, picked up Best International First Feature. Meanwhile, director Viko Nikci's Cellar Door, about a woman's quest to find her son whilst caught in the grip of the Church, won Best Irish First Feature.

Katie Taylor biopic Katie received a Best Irish Documentary award, while Soufra - a doc about a group of women in Lebanon who open a food truck - won the international equivalent of the prize.

For the full list of winners, see below.

BEST IRISH FEATURE - The Dig - Director: Ryan & Andrew Tohill

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE - Steel Country - Director: Simon Fellows

BEST IRISH FIRST FEATURE - Cellar Door - Director: Viko Nikci

BEST INTERNATIONAL FIRST FEATURE - Gutland - Director: Govinda Van Maele

BEST IRISH FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - Katie - Director: Ross Whitaker

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - Soufra - Director: Thomas Morgan

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT DOCUMENTARY - JUCK - Director(s): Olivia Kastebring, Julia Gumpert & Ulrika Bandeira

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION - What Happened to Evie - Director: Kate Cheeseman

BEST ANIMATED SHORT - Yunshi - Director: James W. Griffiths

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT ANIMATION - The Driver is Red Director: Randall Christopher

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY AWARD - Inhale - Director: Sean Mullan

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A SHORT FILM -Boy Saint -Cinematographer: Kevin Treacy

BEST ANIMATED SEQUENCE IN A SHORT FILM - The Overcoat - Director(s): Sean Mullen & Meelis Arulepp

BEST FIRST SHORT ANIMATION AWARD - The Usual - Director: Eabha (Eva) Bortolozzo & Jack Kirwan

BEST FIRST SHORT FICTION AWARD - Boy Saint - Director: Tom Speers

PITCHING AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH 101 FILMS INTERNATIONAL - Liam Beatty – Alice Productions with a documentary entitled ‘Don’t Forget Your Dress’

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN AN IRISH FEAUTRE - When All Is Ruin Once again - Cinematographer: Keith Walsh

BEST SHORT DRAMA IN ASSOCIATION WITH NETWORK IRELAND TELEVISION -Wren Boys - Director: Harry Lighton

BEST ANIMATION - The Wiremen - Director Jessica Patterson

THE BINGHAM RAY NEW TALENT AWARD - Jordanne Jones – Actor – Metal Heart

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FEATURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - Women of Venezuelan Chaos - Director: Margarita Cadenas