The 16th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards took place on 18 October 2020. Because no ceremony was held in 2019, this ceremony honoured films and television drama released in both 2018 and 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no physical ceremony took place; instead, there was a "virtual ceremony" hosted by Deirdre O’Kane.[2]
| 16th Irish Film & Television Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 18 October 2020[1] |
| Site | Online "virtual ceremony" |
| Hosted by | Deirdre O'Kane |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Ordinary Love and Black ’47 |
| Best Direction | Paddy Breathnach Rosie |
| Best Actor | Tom Vaughan-Lawlor Rialto |
| Best Actress | Jessie Buckley Wild Rose |
| Most awards | Several works won 2 awards |
| Most nominations | Arracht (11) |
| Television coverage | |
| Channel | Virgin Media One |
The nominations for the IFTAs were announced by the Irish Film and Television Academy on 14 July 2020.[3][4] People presenting awards included President Michael D. Higgins, Martin Scorsese, Daisy Ridley and Liam Neeson. It aired on Virgin Media One.[5][6][7]
Below are the winners and nominees. Winners are at the top of each list, in bold type.
Film edit
Best film (2019) edit
Films released in 2018.
Best film (2020) edit
Films released in 2019. (Arracht went on general release in 2020, but it premiered at a festival in 2019.)
Director edit
- Paddy Breathnach – Rosie
- Nora Twomey – The Breadwinner
- Lance Daly – Black ’47
- Tomás Ó Súilleabháin – Arracht
- Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman – Extra Ordinary
- Lee Cronin – The Hole in the Ground
- Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn – Ordinary Love
Script edit
- Mark O'Halloran – Rialto
- Roddy Doyle – Rosie
- Owen McCafferty – Ordinary Love
- Joe Murtagh – Calm with Horses
- Tomás Ó Súilleabháin – Arracht
- Carmel Winters – Float Like a Butterfly
Actress in a leading role edit
- Jessie Buckley – Wild Rose
- Aisling Franciosi – The Nightingale
- Bronagh Gallagher – A Bump Along The Way
- Sarah Greene – Rosie
- Seána Kerslake – The Hole in the Ground
- Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
Actor in a leading role edit
- Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – Rialto
- Dara Devaney – Finky
- Moe Dunford – The Dig
- Liam Neeson – Ordinary Love
- Dónall Ó Héalaí – Arracht
- Barry Ward – Extra Ordinary
Actress in a supporting role edit
- Niamh Algar – Calm With Horses
- Caitriona Balfe – Le Mans '66 (Ford v Ferrari)
- Seána Kerslake – Dublin Oldschool
- Charlie Murphy – Dark Lies the Island
- Emily Taaffe – The Dig
- Catherine Walker – We Ourselves
Actor in a supporting role edit
- David Wilmot – Ordinary Love
- Lorcan Cranitch – The Dig
- Dara Devaney – Arracht
- Barry Keoghan – Calm With Horses
- Ian Lloyd Anderson – Dublin Oldschool
- Stephen Rea – Black ’47
George Morrison Feature Documentary edit
- The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid
- Gaza
- I, Dolours
- Katie
- The Image You Missed
- When All is Ruin Once Again
Short film – Live action edit
- Welcome To A Bright White Limbo
- Bainne
- Ciúnas (Silence)
- Detainment
- El Hor
- Here’s Looking at you Kid!
- Inhale
- Sister This
- The Grass Ceiling
- The Vasectomy Doctor
Animated short edit
- The Dream Report
- Outside the Box
- Streets of Fury
- The Bird & the Whale
- The Overcoat
Irish Film Board Rising Star Award edit
- Aisling Franciosi
- Niamh Algar
- Andy & Ryan Tohill (The Dig)
- Lee Cronin[8]
Television drama edit
Drama edit
- Blood (Channel 5 / Virgin Media One)
- Death and Nightingales (RTÉ / BBC)
- Dublin Murders (RTÉ / BBC)
- Vikings (History [Canada])
Director edit
- Dearbhla Walsh – The Handmaid’s Tale
- Anthony Byrne – Peaky Blinders
- John Hayes – Dublin Murders
- Lisa Mulcahy – Blood
- Hannah Quinn – Blood
- Aisling Walsh – Elizabeth Is Missing
Script edit
- Mark O'Rowe – Temple
- Ronan Bennett – Top Boy
- Daragh Carville – The Bay
- Mark O'Connor – Darklands
Actress in a leading role edit
- Niamh Algar – The Virtues
- Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
- Jessie Buckley – The Woman in White
- Sarah Greene – Dublin Murders
- Ruth Negga – Preacher
- Ann Skelly – Death and Nightingales
Actor in a leading role edit
- Andrew Scott – Black Mirror ("Smithereens")
- Richard Dormer – Fortitude
- Adrian Dunbar – Line Of Duty
- Brendan Gleeson – Mr. Mercedes
- Cillian Murphy – Peaky Blinders
- Chris O'Dowd – Get Shorty
Actress in a supporting role edit
- Jessie Buckley – Chernobyl
- Niamh Algar – Pure
- Helen Behan – The Virtues
- Ruth Bradley – Guilt
- Ingrid Craigie – Blood
- Fiona Shaw – Killing Eve
Actor in a supporting role edit
- Mark O'Halloran – The Virtues
- Liam Cunningham – Game of Thrones
- Barry Keoghan – Chernobyl
- Owen McDonnell – Killing Eve
- Cillian O’Gairbhi – Blood
- Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – Dublin Murders
Craft edit
Original music edit
- KÍLA – Arracht
- Stephen McKeon – The Hole in the Ground
- Stephen Rennicks – The Little Stranger
- Brian Byrne – Black ’47
- Ray Harman – Blood
- Stephen Rennicks – Rosie
Editing edit
- Mick Mahon – Gaza
- Colin Campbell – The Hole in the Ground
- Dermot Diskin – Never Grow Old
- Michael Harte – Three Identical Strangers
- Tony Kearns – Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
- Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Rosie
Production Design edit
- John Leslie – Never Grow Old
- Tom Conroy – The Rhythm Section
- Damien Creagh – Calm With Horses
- Conor Dennison – The Hole in the Ground
- Padraig O’Neil – Arracht
- Anna Rackard – The Trial of Christine Keeler
Cinematography edit
- Piers McGrail – Never Grow Old
- Tom Comerford – The Hole in the Ground
- Andrew McConnel – Gaza
- Kate McCullough – Arracht
- Robbie Ryan – Marriage Story
- Cathal Watters – Rosie
Costume Design edit
- Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – The Rhythm Section
- Joan Bergin – The Catcher was a Spy
- Clodagh Deegan – Arracht
- Triona Lillis – Float Like A Butterfly
- Susan O’Connor Cave – Vikings
- Louise Stanton – Rosie
Makeup & Hair edit
- Linda Gannon & Liz Byrne – Black ’47
- Niamh O’Loan – Arracht
- Louise Myler – Finky
- Polly McKay – Ordinary Love
- Dee Corcoran & Tom McInerney – Vikings
- Eileen Buggy & Jennifer Hegarty – Vita & Virginia
Sound edit
- Brendan Rehill, Alan Scully and Peter Blayney – Arracht
- Fionáin Higgins & Robert Flanagan – Black ’47
- Ronan Hill, Danny Crowley & Simon Kerr – Game of Thrones
- Aza Hand, Karen O’Mahony and Patrick Drummond – Never Grow Old
- Hugh Fox & Niall Brady – Rosie
- Steve Fanagan & Niall Brady – The Little Stranger
VFX edit
- Ed Bruce and Nicholas Murphy – We Have Always Lived in the Castle
- Jim O’Hagan and Ronan Gantly – Game of Thrones
- Ed Bruce – The Favourite
- Ed Bruce and Jim O’Hagan – The Irishman
References edit
- ^ "IFTA | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". www.ifta.ie.
- ^ Clarke, Donald. "Iftas: Normal People arrives too late for 'virtual' awards". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Famine drama Arracht leads IFTA Awards shortlist". 14 July 2020 – via www.rte.ie.
- ^ Duffy, Rónán. "Here is the full list of nominees for this year's (virtual) IFTAs". TheJournal.ie.
- ^ "IFTA Awards Film and Drama 2020". ifta.ie. Archived from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Clarke, Sophie (18 October 2020). "All the winners at the virtual IFTA Awards". Goss.ie.
- ^ Clarke, Donald. "Iftas 2020: Wins for Aisling Franciosi, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, and unstoppable Jessie Buckley". The Irish Times.
- ^ "IFTA Announces Screen Ireland Rising Star Award Nominees". www.screenireland.ie.
External links edit
- Awards at the Irish Film and Television Academy official website