Voltas 2010

The Volta awards are named after Ireland’s first dedicated cinema, the Volta Picture Theatre on Mary Street in Dublin, which opened on December 20 1909.

The cinema was run by an enterprising young novelist named James Joyce. He was living in Trieste at the time and he persuaded a group of Italian entrepreneurs to establish a cinema in Dublin along the lines of their Volta Picture Palace in Bucharest.

Each year, the festival organisers identify key members of the international filmmaking fraternity whose work they admire and whose contribution to world cinema is celebrated within the event. The recipients are selected for their passion and commitment to cinema as an art form.

The festival will announce this year’s recipients during the festival.

The Volta award was designed by German-born Sligo resident, Bettina Seitz.

2007
Michael Dwyer
Consolata Boyle
Gabriel Byrne
Jeremy Thomas

2008
Brendan Gleeson
Daniel Day-Lewis
Leo Ward

2009
George Morrison
Paolo Sorrentino
Thierry Fremaux

Voltas 2010