Dheepan flourish in the most astonishing of ways is extremely moving". "The Independent" called it "a radical and astonishing film that turns conventional thinking about immigrants on its head". The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. After winning the award, Audiard said "To receive a prize from the Coen brothers is something pretty exceptional. I'm very touched". When the film award was announced, the international press corps responded a mixture of boos, shrugs and applause. After the announcement ceremony jury co-presidents Joel and Ethan Coen noted that <nowiki>"</nowiki>everyone [on the jury] had some high level of
Joel Conroy "Waveriders" won the 2008 Audience Choice Award from the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival, the 2009 Irish Film and Television Awards inaugural George Morrison Feature Documentary Award and the Best Documentary Award at the 2009 SURFER Poll & Video Awards. Margo Harkin (Producer) and Joel Conroy (Director) were awarded Outstanding Achievement in film making for "Waveriders" at the 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival. Joel Conroy Joel Conroy is an Irish filmmaker. Joel previously worked with MTV in America and Australia. He made his first surfing documentary "Eye of the Storm", which was first screened on RTÉ television in 2002 and