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
That They May Face The Rising Sun - Éamon Little
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 and 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 - Jennia 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, Diana Giorgiutti
Evil Dead Rise - Liam Neville, Declan Boyle
Paradise - Niall McEvoy, Liam Neville
The Nevers - Ed Bruce, Andrew Barry
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