2024 IFTA Nominations Announced

The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced the 2024 IFTA Nominations for the Irish Academy Awards across 28 categories in Film & Drama.

Over the past few months, Irish Academy Members have been busy viewing, deliberating, and shortlisting the very best work from across great Irish films, dramas, performances, and craftsmanship. Nominations have been shortlisted by Irish Academy Members as well as specialist Jury panels of industry experts. Deloitte is the official vote scrutineer.

Award winners will be announced at the 21st Anniversary IFTA Awards Ceremony taking place on Saturday, April 20th at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre.  The Awards will be hosted for the first time by Emmy-winning broadcaster Baz Ashmawy, 

This year’s Awards Ceremony will welcome Irish and International Guests from all around the world for a great gathering of industry peers, to mark the incredible achievements of the Irish screen industry, at home and abroad. Actors, Filmmakers, and International Guest Presenters will join in the celebrations and help give due recognition for Irish talent and storytelling, and to reward excellence in Film and TV Drama. 

Last week, IFTA announced that legendary actor Stephen Rea will be presented with the Irish Academy Award for his Lifetime Achievement, and for his outstanding contribution to the Irish and international screen industry.

 

 Academy CEO, Áine Moriarty said: 

“What an incredible showcase of Nominees shortlisted for Irish Academy Awards this year.  Irish talents are proving themselves to be amongst the best in the world, both in front and behind the camera, delivering such high standards of acting, filmmaking, and storytelling.  We in the Irish Academy, are proud to showcase this industry’s great work and to reward their achievements. Congratulations to all the Nominees - so well deserved!”

 

IRISH ACADEMY AWARDS - NOMINATIONS 2024

BEST FILM NOMINEES 2024

This year’s six nominated films in the Best Film category represent the high quality, as well as the diverse breadth of styles and genres, of films being produced in Ireland today.

Test subjects experience terrifying side effects in Ian Hunt-Duffy’s pharmaceutical horror-thriller Double Blind; John Carney delivers a new stirring ode to the power of songwriting in Flora and Son; Lisa Mulcahy adapts a classic Irish gothic tale for a new generation in Lies We Tell; Andrew Legge builds a unique sci-fi fable set in WW2-era England in LOLA; Pat Collins brings John McGahern’s final rural masterpiece to screen with That They May Face The Rising Sun; and a woman seeks escape from her abusive marriage with a new life and unexpected friendship in Patricia Kelly’s Verdigris.

 

BEST DRAMA NOMINEES 2024

Television drama in Ireland continues to go from strength to strength, and this year’s six nominated Drama series are bursting with heart, suspense, and twists that keep audiences on the edge of their seats. Blue Lights delivers a fast-paced Belfast police thriller with a packed ensemble cast; the return of Hidden Assets takes the action to Belgium as the Criminal Assets Bureau investigate a series of bombings; the notorious Kinsellas are back in the second season of all-star crime drama Kin; two grieving strangers see their worlds collide on a rainy Dublin evening in Northern Lights; a small town reporter resorts to murder to boost her workload in the darkly comedic Obituary; and the legacy of the Magdalene laundries casts a shadow on a modern mystery in The Woman in the Wall.

ACTING CATEGORIES

The Lead Actor in Film category is a showcase of superb Irish acting talents with Andrew Scott in All Of Us Strangers; David Wilmot in Lies We Tell; Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer; Barry Keoghan in Saltburn; Barry Ward in That They May Face The Rising Sun; and Pierce Brosnan in The Last Rifleman. (see all Actor categories below)

The talent on display across the Lead Actress in Film category is incredibly impressive with a brilliant mix of leading ladies that include: Jessie Buckley in Fingernails; Eve Hewson in Flora and Son; Saoirse Ronan in Foe; Agnes O’Casey in Lies We Tell; Bríd Brennan in My Sailor, My Love; and Geraldine McAlinden in Verdigris. (see all Actress categories below)

 

The selection of talent continues across the Lead Actor in a Drama category, which features Martin McCann in Blue Lights; Francis Magee in Kin; Sam Keeley in Kin; Michael Smiley in Obituary; Éanna Hardwicke in The Sixth Commandment; and Daryl McCormack in The Woman in the Wall. (see all Actor categories below)

 

Some of Ireland’s most talented actresses feature in the Lead Actress in a Drama category, including: Sharon Horgan in Best Interests; Clare Dunne - Kin; Niamh Algar - Malpractice; Elva Trill in Northern Lights; Siobhán Cullen in Obituary and Caitriona Balfe in Outlander. (see all Actress categories below)

 

FULL LIST

FILM CATEGORIES

BEST FILM

Double Blind

Flora and Son

Lies We Tell

LOLA

That They May Face The Rising Sun

Verdigris

 

DIRECTOR - FILM

Double Blind  -  Ian Hunt-Duffy

Flora and Son - John Carney

Lies We Tell - Lisa Mulcahy

LOLA - Andrew Legge

That They May Face The Rising Sun - Pat Collins

Verdigris - Patricia Kelly

 

SCRIPT - FILM

Double Blind  -  Darach McGarrigle

Flora and Son - John Carney

Lies We Tell - Elisabeth Gooch

LOLA - Andrew Legge, Angeli Macfarlane

That They May Face The Rising Sun - Éamon Little, Pat Collins

Verdigris - Patricia Kelly

 

LEAD ACTOR - FILM

Andrew Scott - All Of Us Strangers

David Wilmot - Lies We Tell

Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer

Barry Keoghan - Saltburn

Barry Ward - That They May Face The Rising Sun

Pierce Brosnan - The Last Rifleman

LEAD ACTRESS - FILM

Jessie Buckley - Fingernails

Eve Hewson - Flora and Son

Saoirse Ronan - Foe

Agnes O’Casey - Lies We Tell

Bríd Brennan - My Sailor, My Love

Geraldine McAlinden – Verdigris

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR -  FILM

Paul Mescal - All Of Us Strangers

Diarmuid Noyes - Double Blind

Chris Walley - Lies We Tell

Kenneth Branagh - Oppenheimer

Liam Carney - Sunlight

Lalor Roddy - That They May Face The Rising Sun

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FILM

Bronagh Gallagher - Dance First

Catherine Walker - My Sailor, My Love

Alison Oliver - Saltburn

Ruth McCabe - That They May Face The Rising Sun

Agnes O’Casey - The Miracle Club

Maya O’Shea - Verdigris 

 

DRAMA CATEGORIES

BEST DRAMA

Blue Lights

Hidden Assets

Kin

Northern Lights

Obituary

The Woman in the Wall 

 

DIRECTOR - DRAMA

Happy Valley - Fergus O’Brien 

Kin - Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor

Kin - Kate Dolan

Northern Lights - Tom Hall

Obituary - John Hayes

The Gone - Hannah Quinn

 

SCRIPT - DRAMA

Blue Lights - Declan Lawn & Adam Patterson

Hidden Assets - Peter McKenna

Kin - Peter McKenna

Northern Lights - Stephen Jones

Obituary - Ray Lawlor

The Woman in the Wall - Joe Murtagh

 

LEAD ACTOR - DRAMA

Martin McCann - Blue Lights 

Francis Magee - Kin 

Sam Keeley - Kin 

Michael Smiley - Obituary

Éanna Hardwicke - The Sixth Commandment

Daryl McCormack - The Woman in the Wall

 

LEAD ACTRESS - DRAMA

Sharon Horgan - Best Interests

Clare Dunne - Kin 

Niamh Algar - Malpractice

Elva Trill - Northern Lights

Siobhán Cullen - Obituary

Caitriona Balfe - Outlander

 

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR - DRAMA

Richard Dormer - Blue Lights

Jared Harris - Foundation

Aaron Monaghan - Hidden Assets

Aidan Gillen - Kin

Emmett J. Scanlan - Kin

Simon Delaney - The Woman in the Wall

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS - DRAMA

Niamh Algar - Culprits

Cathy Belton -  Hidden Assets

Maria Doyle Kennedy - Kin

Danielle Galligan - Obituary

Fionnula Flanagan - Sisters

Hilda Fay - The Woman in the Wall

 

INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD CATEGORIES 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

All Of Us Strangers

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

Saltburn

The Holdovers 

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR

Ryan Gosling - Barbie

Leonardo DiCaprio - Killers of the Flower Moon

Bradley Cooper - Maestro

Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things

Willem Dafoe - Poor Things

Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers 

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS

Margot Robbie - Barbie

Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon

Carey Mulligan - Maestro

Annette Bening - Nyad

Greta Lee - Past Lives

Emma Stone - Poor Things

 

OTHER AWARD CATEGORIES

GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

In The Shadow of Beirut

Joan Baez: I Am A Noise

Notes from Sheepland

Stolen

The Days of Trees

The Deepest Breath

 

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM

Calf

Mud Queen

Sound & Colour

The Golden West

Two for the Road

Waiting Day

 

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Nana Dee

The Small Makings of a Storm

The Presenter

Wind & The Shadow

 

CRAFT CATEGORIES

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Double Blind - Narayan Van Maele

Kin - JJ Rolfe

Lies We Tell - Eleanor Bowman

Poor Things - Robbie Ryan

That They May Face The Rising Sun - Richard Kendrick

 

COSTUME DESIGN

Double Blind - Gwen Jeffares Hourie

Lies We Tell - Joanne O'Brien

LOLA - ​​Lara Campbell

That They May Face The Rising Sun - Louise Stanton

The Pope’s Exorcist - Lorna Marie Mugan

 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

A Haunting in Venice - John Paul Kelly

Double Blind - Steve Kingston

Lies We Tell - Caroline Hill

LOLA - Ferdia Murphy

That They May Face The Rising Sun - Padraig O’Neill

 

HAIR & MAKE-UP

Double Blind - Jennie Readman, Madonna Bambino

Flora and Son - Lyndsey Herron, Barbara Conway

Lies We Tell - Helen O'Connor, Aitana Silvana

That They May Face The Rising Sun - Sandra Dunne, Edwina Kelly

The Pope’s Exorcist - Orla Carroll, Lynn Johnston

 

SOUND

Barbie - Nina Rice

Double Blind - Brendan Rehill, Rob Moore, Peter Blayney

Evil Dead Rise - Garret Farrell, Peter Albrechtsen, Myk Farmer

Lies We Tell - Aza Hand, Damien Lynch, Peter Nicell

Saltburn - Nina Rice, Nina Hartstone, Adam Scrivener

 

ORIGINAL MUSIC

Double Blind - Die Hexen

Flora and Son - Gary Clark, John Carney

Lies We Tell - Aza Hand

LOLA - Neil Hannon

That They May Face The Rising Sun - Irene Buckley, Linda Buckley

 

EDITING

Double Blind - Colin Campbell

Lies We Tell - Weronika Kaminska

LOLA - Colin Campbell

Still: A Michael J Fox Movie - Michael Harte

The Last Rifleman - John Walters

 

VFX

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves - Kev Cahill, Ben Snow

Evil Dead Rise - Liam Neville, Declan Boyle

Paradise - Niall McEvoy, Liam Neville

The Nevers - Ed Bruce, Andrew Barry

 

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The 21st Anniversary IFTA Awards Ceremony takes place on Saturday, April 20th at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre.  Further details will be announced in the coming weeks including broadcast details, Rising Star, Guest Presenters, and special International Guests.