IFTA Nominees Announced

 

The nominations for the 2016 IFTA awards have been announced with My Name is Emily leading the way with 8 nominations.

The feature films nominated for Best Film this year are Brooklyn, John Crowley’s depiction of a young Irish woman’s emigration to New York in the 1950’s;  Simon Fitzmaurice’s touching teenage road movie My Name is Emily;  the heart-wrenching story of a kidnapped young woman and her son in Room; the entertaining and musical coming of age Sing Street;  the tense and psychological post-apocalyptic thriller The Survivalist from first-time feature director Stephen Fingleton and the poetic raw and moving crowd-pleaser Viva.

The Awards Ceremony takes place at the Round Room of the Mansion House on Saturday 9^th April 2016.

 

 

THE 2016 NOMINATIONS

 

Best Film

Brooklyn

My Name is Emily

Room

Sing Street

The Survivalist

Viva

 

Director Film

Lenny Abrahamson – Room

Paddy Breathnach – Viva

John Carney – Sing Street

John Crowley – Brooklyn

Stephen Fingleton – The Survivalist

 

Script Film

John Carney – Sing Street

Emma Donoghue – Room

Simon Fitzmaurice – My Name is Emily

Mark O’Halloran – Viva

Johnny O’Reilly – Moscow Never Sleeps

 

Actor in a Lead Role in Film

Colin Farrell – The Lobster

Domhnall Gleeson – Ex Machina

Michael Fassbender – Steve Jobs

Barry Keoghan – Mammal

Martin McCann – The Survivalist

 

Actress in a Lead Role in Film

Eva Birthistle – Swansong

Ruth Bradley – Pursuit

Orla Brady – The Price of Desire

Evanna Lynch – My Name is Emily

Saoirse Ronan – Brooklyn

 

Actor in a Supporting Role in Film

Domhnall Gleeson – Brooklyn

Michael Smiley – My Name is Emily

Owen Roe – Pursuit

Jack Reynor – Sing Street

Sean T O Meallaigh – The Callback Queen

 

Actress in a Supporting Role in Film

Jane Brennan – Brooklyn

Gemma-Leah Devereux – Get Up and Go

Olwen Fouere – The Survivalist

Siobhan O’Kelly – An Klondike

Ger Ryan – The Callback Queen

 

George Morrison Feature Documentary

A Doctor’s Sword

The Land of the Enlightened

Mom & Me

Older than Ireland

The Queen of Ireland

 

Animation Short

A Coat Made Dark

Geist

Tea with the Dead

Unhinged

 

Short Film

Change in the Weather

Ernestine and Kit

The Great Wide Open

How Was Your Day?

Love is a Sting

Stutterer

 

Drama

An Klondike

Game Of Thrones

Penny Dreadful

Rebellion

Vikings

 

Director Drama

Anthony Byrne – Ripper Street

Neasa Hardiman – Happy Valley

Dathai Keane – An Klondike

Brian Kirk – Penny Dreadful

Aisling Walsh – An Inspector Calls

 

Script Drama

Marcus Fleming – An Klondike

Lisa McGee – Indian Summers

Billy Roche – Clean Break

Colin Teevan – Rebellion

 

Actor in a Lead Role in Drama

Colin Farrell – True Detective

Aidan Turner – Poldark

Dara Devaney – An Klondike

Stephen Rea – Dickensian

Barry Ward – Rebellion

 

Actress in a Lead Role Drama

Caitriona Balfe – Outlander

Ruth Bradley – Rebellion

Sarah Greene – Rebellion

Elaine Cassidy – No Offence

Catherine Walker – Critical

 

Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama

Liam Cunningham – Game of Thrones

Ned Dennehy – Dickensian

Moe Dunford – Vikings

Stephen Rea – War and Peace

Robert O’Mahoney – An Klondike

 

Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama

Michelle Fairley – Rebellion

Sarah Greene – Penny Dreadful

Paula Malcomson – Ray Donovan

Ruth Negga – Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Victoria Smurfit – Once Upon a Time

 

Director Of Photography

Seamus Deasy – My Name is Emily

PJ Dillon -Vikings

Robbie Ryan – Slow West

Cathal Watters – Viva

 

Costume Design

Alison Byrne – Rebellion

Joan Bergin – Vikings

Tiziana Corvisieri – Sing Street

Triona Lillis – An Klondike

 

Editing

Mick Mahon – The Queen of Ireland

Nathan Nugent – Room

Stephen O’Connell – Viva

Emer Reynolds – My Name is Emily

 

Make-Up & Hair Sponsored By M.A.C

An Klondike

Brooklyn

Sing Street

Vikings

 

Original Music

Gary Clark & John Carney – Sing Street

Stephen McKeon – My Name is Emily

Stephen Rennicks – Room

Stephen Rennicks – Viva

 

Production Design

Tom Conroy – Legend

Padraig O’Neill – An Klondike

Paki Smith – Viva

Derek Wallace – Rebellion

 

Sound

The Hallow

My Name is Emily

Room

Sing Street

 

VFX

Brooklyn (Windmill Lane)

The Frankenstein Chronicles (Screen Scene)

Ghosthunters – On Icy Trails (Egg)

Ripper Street (Screen Scene)

 

International Film

The Revenant

Spotlight

Mad Max Fury Road

Ex Machina

International Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant

Matt Damon – The Martian

Jacob Tremberly – Room

Bryan Cranston – Trumbo

 

International Actress

Cate Blanchett – Carol

Rachel Griffith – Mammal

Brie Larson – Room

Charlotte Rampling – 45 Years