The 17th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards took place in July 2021. The ceremony honoured Irish films and television drama released between 1 February 2020 and 31 May 2021.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
| 17th Irish Film & Television Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 July 2021 |
| Site | Virtual ceremony |
| Hosted by | Gráinne Seoige |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Wolfwalkers |
| Best Direction | Cathy Brady Wildfire |
| Best Actor | Gabriel Byrne Death of a Ladies' Man |
| Best Actress | Nika McGuigan Wildfire |
| Most awards | Normal People (9) |
| Most nominations | Normal People (15) |
| Television coverage | |
| Channel | Virgin Media One |
The nominees were announced on 15 June 2021. Normal People received an unprecedented fifteen nominations.[9] At the ceremony in July 2021, Normal People won nine prizes.[10][11][12]
Film edit
Best film edit
- Broken Law
- Dating Amber
- Herself
- Vivarium
- Wildfire
- Wolfwalkers (winner)
Director edit
- Cathy Brady – Wildfire (winner)
- David Freyne – Dating Amber
- Lorcan Finnegan – Vivarium
- Paddy Slattery – Broken Law
- Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart – Wolfwalkers
Script edit
- Cathy Brady – Wildfire
- Clare Dunne and Malcolm Campbell – Herself (winner)
- David Freyne – Dating Amber
- Paddy Slattery – Broken Law
- Will Collins – Wolfwalkers
Actress in a leading role edit
- Jessie Buckley – I'm Thinking of Ending Things
- Clare Dunne – Herself
- Lola Petticrew – Dating Amber
- Nika McGuigan – Wildfire (posthumous) (winner)
- Nora-Jane Noone – Wildfire
Actor in a leading role edit
- Ciarán Hinds – The Man In The Hat
- Fionn O'Shea – Dating Amber
- Gabriel Byrne – Death of a Ladies' Man (winner)
- Moe Dunford – Knuckledust
- Tristan Heanue – Broken Law
Actress in a supporting role edit
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- Ally Ní Charáin – Broken Law
- Kathy Kiera Clarke – A Bend in the River
- Molly McCann – Herself
- Saoirse Ronan – Ammonite
- Sharon Horgan – Dating Amber (winner)
Actor in a supporting role edit
- Barry Ward – Dating Amber (winner)
- Brian Gleeson – Death of a Ladies' Man
- Colm Meaney – Pixie
- Conleth Hill – Herself
- Ned Dennehy – Undergods
George Morrison Feature Documentary edit
- Breaking Out (winner)
- Finding Jack Charlton
- Henry Glassie: Field Work
- Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
- The 8th
- Tomorrow is Saturday[13]
Short film – Live action edit
- Five Letters to the Stranger Who Will Dissect My Brain
- Flicker
- Kathleen Was Here
- My Other Suit Is Human
- Rough (winner)
- The Invisible Boy
Animated short edit
- Gunter Falls in Love
- Her Song (winner)
- The Dead Hands of Dublin
- The Voyage
- Zog and the Flying Doctors
Rising Star Award edit
- Nicola Coughlan (winner)[14]
- Eve Hewson – Behind Her Eyes[15]
Television drama edit
Drama edit
- Blood, series 2 (Channel 5 / Virgin Media One)
- Line of Duty, series 6 (BBC One)
- Normal People (RTÉ One / BBC Three) (winner)
- Dead Still (Acorn TV)
- Smother (RTÉ One)
- Vikings, series 6 (History [Canada])
Director edit
- Dearbhla Walsh – Fargo
- Dathaí Keane – Smother
- Imogen Murphy – Dead Still
- Lenny Abrahamson – Normal People (winner)
- Steve St. Leger – Vikings
Script edit
- Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn – The Salisbury Poisonings
- Kate O'Riordan – Smother
- Lisa McGee – The Deceived
- John Morton – Dead Still
- Sally Rooney – Normal People (winner)
Actress in a leading role edit
- Niamh Algar – Raised by Wolves
- Aisling Franciosi – Black Narcissus
- Dervla Kirwan – Smother (winner)
- Eve Hewson – Behind Her Eyes[15]
- Catherine Walker – The Deceived
Actor in a leading role edit
- Adrian Dunbar – Line of Duty
- James Nesbitt – Bloodlands
- Brendan Gleeson – The Comey Rule
- Michael Smiley – Dead Still
- Paul Mescal – Normal People (winner)
Actress in a supporting role edit
- Fiona Shaw – Killing Eve
- Gemma-Leah Devereux – Smother
- Nicola Coughlan – Bridgerton
- Sarah Greene – Normal People (winner)
- Seána Kerslake – Smother
Actor in a supporting role edit
- Andrew Scott – His Dark Materials
- Colm Meaney – Gangs of London
- Desmond Eastwood – Normal People
- Éanna Hardwicke – Smother
- Fionn O'Shea – Normal People (winner)
Craft edit
Score edit
- Aza Hand – Son (winner)
- Colm Mac Con Iomaire – A Bend in the River
- John McPhillips – Smother
- Stephen Rennicks – Normal People
- Ray Harman – Blood
Editing edit
- Colin Campbell – Here are the Young Men
- Gráinne Gavigan – Dead Still
- Nathan Nugent – Normal People
- Tony Cranstoun – Vivarium
- Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Misbehaviour (winner)
Production Design edit
- John Leslie – Son
- Lucy van Lonkhuyzen – Normal People (winner)
- Philip Murphy – Vivarium
- Ray Ball – Sea Fever
- Tamara Conboy – Herself
Cinematography edit
- Cathal Watters – Smother
- Ciaran Tanham – Dead Still
- James Mather – Here are the Young Men
- Kate McCullough – Normal People (winner)
- Suzie Lavelle – Normal People
Costume edit
- Aisling Wallace Byrne – Here are the Young Men
- Joan O'Clery – Dating Amber
- Leonie Prendergast – Gretel & Hansel (winner)
- Lorna Marie Mugan – Normal People
- Triona Lillis – Smother
Makeup & Hair edit
- Jennie Readman and Niamh O'Loan – Vivarium
- Linda Gannon Foster and Jennifer Hegarty – Dead Still
- Linda Gannon Foster and Liz Byrne – Gretel & Hansel (winner)
- Sandra Kelly and Sharon Doyle – Normal People
- Siobhan Harper-Ryan – I Hate Suzie
Sound Design edit
- Aza Hand and Patrick Drummond – Son
- Hugh Fox, Fionán Higgins & Mark Henry – Smother
- Kieran Horgan & Brendan Rehill – Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
- Patrick Drummond, Aza Hand, Katie O'Mahony & Adrian Conway – Here are the Young Men
- Steve Fanagan, Niall Brady & Niall O Sullivan – Normal People (winner)
VFX edit
- Jim O’Hagan and Ed Bruce – WandaVision
- Ed Bruce – Shadow and Bone
- Ed Bruce – Kidding (winner)[16]
References edit
- ^ "IFTA - Irish Film & Television Academy - Irish Film & Television Awards - Archived 2021-09-30". www.archivebay.com.
- ^ "IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2021, Rules and Guidelines for Submissions" (PDF). Irish Film & Television Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ Clarke, Donald. "Iftas: Normal People arrives too late for 'virtual' awards". The Irish Times.
- ^ "IFTAs see record number of female nominations". www.irishexaminer.com. 14 July 2020.
- ^ "IFTA nominations announced for the IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2020 | The Irish Film & Television Network". www.iftn.ie.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Nominations for the 2019/2020 IFTAs have been announced". 14 July 2020.
- ^ Clarke, Donald. "Iftas 2021: Normal People, Smother and Dating Amber top nominations". The Irish Times.
- ^ McCarthy, Esther (5 July 2021). "'Wolfwalkers', 'Normal People' win top prizes at Irish Film and Television Awards". Screen.
- ^ Grater, Tom (4 July 2021). "'Normal People' & 'Wolfwalkers' Triumph At Irish Film & TV Awards".
- ^ "Normal People the big winner at virtual IFTA Awards". RTE News. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ McCarthy, Esther (15 June 2021). "'Dating Amber', 'Normal People' head Irish Film and Television Awards nominations". Screen.
- ^ Malone, Michael (5 July 2021). "Nicola Coughlan wins Rising Star Award at IFTAs".
- ^ a b "Eve Hewson and Nicola Coughlan go head to head as nominees for the IFTA Rising Star Award". Irishmirror.ie. 29 June 2021.
- ^ "IFTAs 2021: Normal People leads IFTAs nominations with 15". independent.
External links edit
- Awards at the Irish Film and Television Academy official website