14th Irish Film & Television Awards

The 14th IFTA Film & Drama Awards took place at the Mansion House on 8 April 2017 in Dublin, honouring Irish film and television drama released in 2016. Deirdre O'Kane hosted the film awards ceremony.^[1]

Film Awards[edit]

The nominations for the IFTA Film & Drama Awards were announced by the Irish Film and Television Academy.^[2] Winners are denoted by bold letters.^[3]

Film categories[edit]

Best Film

• A Date for Mad Mary
• Love & Friendship
• The Journey
• The Secret Scripture
• The Siege of Jadotville
• Tomato Red
• The Young Offenders

George Morrison Feature Documentary

• Mattress Men
• It's Not Yet Dark
• In Loco Parentis
• Bobby Sands: 66 Days
• Atlantic

Best Short Film

• Second to None
• Define Intervention
• Don't Forget the Bread
• The Lost Letter

Best Director

• Richie Smyth - The Siege of Jadotville
• Peter Foott - The Young Offenders
• Jim Sheridan - The Secret Scripture
• Darren Thornton - A Date for Mad Mary

Script Film

• Peter Foott - The Young Offenders
• Kevin Brodbin - The Siege of Jadotville
• Darren Thornton and Colin Thornton - A Date for Mad Mary
• Juanita Wilson - Tomato Red

Lead Actress

• Ruth Negga - Loving
• Caoilfhionn Dunne - In View
• Seana Kerslake - A Date for Mad Mary
• Aisling Loftus - Property of the State
• Catherine Walker - A Dark Song

Lead Actor

• Colm Meaney - The Journey
• Jamie Dornan -The Siege of Jadotville
• Michael Fassbender - The Light Between Oceans
• Alex Murphy - The Young Offenders
• Mark O'Halloran - History's Future

Best Supporting Actor

• Jason O'Mara - The Siege of Jadotville
• Colin Farrell - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Brendan Gleeson - Trespass Against Us
• Ciaran Hinds - Bleed for This
• Chris Walley - The Young Offenders

Best Supporting Actress

• Charleigh Bailey - A Date for Mad Mary
• Susan Lynch - Bad Day for the Cut
• Simone Kirby - Notes on Blindness
• Hilary Rose - The Young Offenders
• Fiona Shaw - Out of Innocence

Rising Star

• Paddy Gibson - Actor
• Peter Foott - Director
• Barry Keoghan - Actor
• Seana Kerslake - Actress

Craft[edit]

Best Original Score

• Brian Byrne - The Secret Scripture
• David Holmes - The Fall
• Steve Lynch - An Klondike
• Patrick Cassidy - Smalltown

Best Editing

• Nick Emerson - I Am Not a Serial Killer
• Colin Campbell - The Young Offenders
• Dermot Diskin - The Secret Scripture
• Úna Ní Dhonghaíle - The Crown

Best Production Design

• Derek Wallace - The Secret Scripture
• Mark Geraghty - Vikings
• Mark Kelly - An Klondike
• Anna Rackard - Love & Friendship

Best Cinematography

• Seamus McGarvey - Nocturnal Animals
• Piers McGrail - Tomato Red
• Robbie Ryan - American Honey
• Cathal Watters - An Klondike

Best Costume Design

• Consolata Boyle - Florence Foster Jenkins
• Joan Bergin - The Secret Scripture
• Triona Lillis - An Klondike
• Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh - Love & Friendship

Best Make Up/Hair

• Vikings
• An Klondike
• Love & Friendship
• Wrecking the Rising

Best Sound

• Tomato Red
• The Siege of Jadotville
• Game of Thrones
• Without Name

Best VFX

• The Siege of Jadotville
• Black Sails
• Ripper Street
• Game of Thrones

International categories[edit]

International Film

• Moonlight
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• Manchester by the Sea

International Actor

• Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
• Andrew Garfield - Hacksaw Ridge
• Ryan Gosling - La La Land
• Denzel Washington - Fences

International Actress

• Emma Stone - La La Land
• Amy Adams - Arrival
• Viola Davis - Fences
• Natalie Portman - Jackie

Television Drama categories[edit]

Drama

• Vikings
• An Klondike
• The Fall
• Game of Thrones
• Smalltown
• Striking Out

Director Drama

• Dathai Keane - An Klondike
• Anthony Byrne - Ripper Street
• Ciaran Donnelly - Vikings
• Neasa Hardiman - Z: The Beginning of Everything

Script Drama

• James Phelan - Wrecking the Rising
• Gerard Barrett - Smalltown
• Barry Devlin - My Mother and Other Strangers
• Marcus Fleming - An Klondike

Actor in a Lead Role in Drama

• Cillian Murphy - Peaky Blinders
• Dara Devaney - An Klondike
• James Nesbitt - The Secret
• Aidan Turner - Poldark
• Tom Vaughan-Lawlor - Trial of the Century

Actress in a Lead Role in Drama

• Amy Huberman - Striking Out
• Caitriona Balfe - Outlander
• Elaine Cassidy - No Offence
• Anne Marie Duff - Murder: The Lost Weekend
• Ruth Negga - Preacher

Supporting Actor in a Drama

• Ned Dennehy - An Klondike
• Liam Cunningham - Game of Thrones
• Moe Dunford - Vikings
• Andrew Scott - The Hollow Crown
• Robert Sheehan - Fortitude

Supporting Actress in a Drama

• Charlie Murphy - Happy Valley
• Ruth Bradley - HUM∀NS
• Sinead Cusack - Call the Midwife
• Dominique McElligott - House of Cards
• Charlene McKenna - Ripper Street

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• IFTA FILM & DRAMA NOMINEES 2017 at the Irish Film and Television Academy official website