20th Irish Film & Television Awards

The 20th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards, also called the IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2024 or the 21st Anniversary IFTA Awards,[a] took place on 20 April 2024.[2][3][4] The ceremony was hosted by Baz Ashmawy at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre.[1] It honoured Irish films and television drama released between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2023.[5] The nominations were announced on 14 March 2024.[1][6][7][8] The Rising Star nominees were announced on 9 April 2024.[9]

20th Irish Film & Television Awards
Date20 April 2024
SiteDublin Royal Convention Centre
Hosted byBaz Ashmawy
Highlights
Best FilmThat They May Face the Rising Sun
Best DirectionLisa Mulcahy
Lies We Tell
Best ActorCillian Murphy
Oppenheimer
Best ActressAgnes O'Casey
Lies We Tell
Most awards
  • Film: Lies We Tell (3)
  • Television: Kin (5)
Most nominations
  • Film: Lies We Tell (13)
  • Television: Kin (11)
Television coverage
ChannelRTÉ

After the nominations were announced, 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."[1]

The ceremony was broadcast on RTÉ.[9] Highlights were broadcast on RTÉ2 on 22 April 2024.[10]

Film

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Cillian Murphy, Best Actor in a Lead Role winner
 
Paul Mescal, Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner

Best Film

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Best Director

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  • Lisa Mulcahy – Lies We Tell
    • John CarneyFlora and Son
    • Pat Collins – That They May Face the Rising Sun
    • Ian Hunt-Duffy – Double Blind
    • Patricia Kelly – Verdigris
    • Andrew Legge – LOLA

Best Script

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  • Elisabeth Gooch – Lies We Tell
    • John Carney – Flora and Son
    • Patricia Kelly – Verdigris
    • Andrew Legge – LOLA
    • Éamon Little – That They May Face the Rising Sun
    • Darach McGarrigle – Double Blind

Best Actress in a Lead Role

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Best Actor in a Lead Role

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Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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Best George Morrison Feature Documentary

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Best Live Action Short

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  • Calf
    • Mud Queen
    • Sound & Colour
    • The Golden West
    • Two for the Road
    • Waiting Day

Best Animated Short

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  • Wind & The Shadow
    • Nana Dee
    • The Presenter
    • The Small Makings of a Storm

Television

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Clare Dunne, Best Actress in a Lead Role winner
 
Maria Doyle Kennedy, Best Actress in a Supporting Role winner
 
Richard Dormer, Best Actor in a Supporting Role winner

Best Drama

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Best Director

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  • Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor – Kin
    • Kate Dolan – Kin
    • Tom Hall – Northern Lights
    • John Hayes – Obituary
    • Fergus O'Brien – Happy Valley
    • Hannah Quinn – The Gone

Best Script

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  • Peter McKenna – Kin
    • Stephen Jones – Northern Lights
    • Ray Lawlor – Obituary
    • Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson – Blue Lights
    • Peter McKenna – Hidden Assets
    • Joe Murtagh – The Woman in the Wall

Best Actress in a Lead Role

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Best Actor in a Lead Role

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Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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Best Actor in a Supporting Role

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Craft

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Best Cinematography

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  • Robbie RyanPoor Things
    • Eleanor Bowman – Lies We Tell
    • Richard Kendrick – That They May Face the Rising Sun
    • JJ Rolfe – Kin
    • Narayan Van Maele – Double Blind

Best Costume Design

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  • Lara Campbell – LOLA
    • Gwen Jeffares-Hourie – Double Blind
    • Lorna Marie Mugan – The Pope's Exorcist
    • Joanne O'Brien – Lies We Tell
    • Louise Stanton – That They May Face the Rising Sun

Best Editing

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  • Michael Harte – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
    • Colin Campbell – Double Blind
    • Colin Campbell – LOLA
    • Weronika Kaminska – Lies We Tell
    • John Walters – The Last Rifleman

Best Hair & Make-Up

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  • Orla Carroll and Lynn JohnstonThe Pope's Exorcist
    • Sandra Dunne and Edwina Kelly – That They May Face the Rising Sun
    • Lyndsey Herron and Barbara Conway – Flora and Son
    • Helen O'Connor and Aitana Silvana – Lies We Tell
    • Jennia Readman and Madonna Bambino – Double Blind

Best Original Music

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  • Neil HannonLOLA
    • Irene Buckley and Linda BuckleyThat They May Face the Rising Sun
    • Gary Clark and John Carney – Flora and Son
    • Die Hexen – Double Blind
    • Aza Hand – Lies We Tell

Best Production Design

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  • John Paul Kelly – A Haunting in Venice
    • Caroline Hill – Lies We Tell
    • Steve Kingston – Double Blind
    • Ferdia Murphy – LOLA
    • Padraig O'Neill – That They May Face the Rising Sun

Best Sound

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  • Nina Rice – Barbie
    • Garret Farrell, Peter Albrechtsen, and Myk Farmer – Evil Dead Rise
    • Aza Hand, Damien Lynch, and Peter Nicell – Lies We Tell
    • Brendan Rehill, Rob Moore, and Peter Blayney – Double Blind
    • Nina Rice, Nina Hartstone, and Adam Scrivener – Saltburn

Best VFX

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International

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Emma Stone, Best International Actress winner
 
Paul Giamatti, Best International Actor winner

Best International Film

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Best International Actress

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Best International Actor

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Special

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Rising Star

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Irish Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement

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  • Stephen Rea (for his outstanding contribution to the Irish and international screen industry)[11]

Notes

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  1. ^ It was the 20th ceremony, but the 21st anniversary of the awards[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "2024 IFTA Nominations Announced". IFTA. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. ^ Clarke, Donald (20 April 2024). "IFTA Awards: Cillian Murphy and 'That They May Face the Rising Sun' take home top prizes". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ^ "2024 IFTA Winners Announced". IFTA. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  4. ^ Szalai, Georg (20 April 2024). "2024 Irish Film & Television Awards Winners: Cillian Murphy, 'Kin'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  5. ^ "IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2024: Rules & Guidelines for Submissions" (PDF). IFTA. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  6. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (14 March 2024). "Cillian Murphy, Andrew Scott Among Irish Film & TV Awards Nominees; 'Lies We Tell' Leads Feature Categories – Full List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  7. ^ Szalai, Georg (14 March 2024). "Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Saoirse Ronan Among Irish Film & Television Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  8. ^ Ritman, Alex (14 March 2024). "Cillian Murphy, Barry Keoghan, and Jessie Buckley Among Irish Academy Awards Nominees". Variety. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Nominees Announced for 2024 Screen Ireland – IFTA Rising Star Award Ahead of April 20th Ceremony". IFTA. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Irish stars out for the IFTAs in Dublin tonight". RTÉ. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  11. ^ Szalai, Georg (6 March 2024). "Stephen Rea to Receive Irish Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
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