Cillian Murphy, Andrew Scott Among Irish Film & TV Awards Nominees; ‘Lies We Tell’ Leads Feature Categories – Full List

Nominations are out for the 21st Irish Film & Television Awards with Lisa Mulcahy’s thriller Lies We Tell leading the pack on the feature side at 13, and crime drama Kin heading up the TV fields with 11 (scroll down for the ful list of nominees). The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) will hand out its prizes on April 20 in Dublin.

Alongside Lies We Tell in the Best Film category are Double Blind, Flora and Son, LOLA, That They May Face the Rising Sun and Verdigris. Each of those films also scored a mention for their directors. 

In what was a banner year for Irish talent, there are several awards season notables vying for Best Actor as well, including Oppenheimer Oscar winner Cillian Murphy, Saltburn’s Barry Keoghan and All of Us Strangers’ Andrew Scott.

The Best International Film race includes All of Us Strangers, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, Saltburn and The Holdovers. While Barbie missed out on a nomination in that category, both Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling factor in their respective international acting fields — as does Poor Things Oscar winner Emma Stone. 

As previously announced, Stephen Rea has been set to receive the Irish Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

IFTA CEO, Áine Moriarty commented, “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.” 

See below for the full list of nominees unveiled today:

FILM CATEGORIES

BEST FILM 
Double Blind
Flora and Son
Lies We Tell
LOLA
That They May Face The Rising Sun
Verdigris 

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

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

LEAD ACTOR
Andrew Scott – All Of Us Strangers
David Wilmot – Lies We Tell
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
Barry Ward – That They May Face The Rising Sun
Pierce Brosnan – The Last Rifleman

LEAD ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Fingernails
Eve Hewson – Flora and Son
Saoirse Ronan – Foe
Agnes O’Casey – Lies We Tell
Bríd Brennan – My Sailor, My Love
Geraldine McAlinden – Verdigris 

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Mescal – All Of Us Strangers
Diarmuid Noyes – Double Blind
Chris Walley – Lies We Tell
Kenneth Branagh – Oppenheimer
Liam Carney – Sunlight
Lalor Roddy – That They May Face The Rising Sun 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS 
Bronagh Gallagher – Dance First
Catherine Walker – My Sailor, My Love
Alison Oliver – Saltburn
Ruth McCabe – That They May Face The Rising Sun
Agnes O’Casey – The Miracle Club
Maya O’Shea – Verdigris 

GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY 
In The Shadow of Beirut
Joan Baez: I Am A Noise N
Notes from Sheepland
Stolen
The Days of Trees
The Deepest Breath 

LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Calf
Mud Queen
Sound & Colour
The Golden West
Two for the Road
Waiting Day 

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

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

BEST DRAMA 
Blue Lights
Hidden Assets
Kin
Northern Lights
Obituary
The Woman in the Wall 

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

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

LEAD ACTOR
Martin McCann – Blue Lights
Francis Magee – Kin
Sam Keeley – Kin
Michael Smiley – Obituary
Éanna Hardwicke – The Sixth Commandment
Daryl McCormack – The Woman in the Wall 

LEAD ACTRESS
Sharon Horgan – Best Interests Clare Dunne – Kin
Niamh Algar – Malpractice
Elva Trill – Northern Lights
Siobhán Cullen – Obituary
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander 

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Richard Dormer – Blue Lights
Jared Harris – Foundation
Aaron Monaghan – Hidden Assets
Aidan Gillen – Kin Emmett J. Scanlan – Kin
Simon Delaney – The Woman in the Wall 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Niamh Algar – Culprits
Cathy Belton – Hidden Assets
Maria Doyle Kennedy – Kin
Danielle Galligan – Obituary
Fionnula Flanagan – Sisters
Hilda Fay – The Woman in the Wall 

INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARDS 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM 
All Of Us Strangers
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Saltburn
The Holdovers 

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Willem Dafoe – Poor Things
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Annette Bening – Nyad
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Emma Stone – Poor Things 

CRAFTS

CINEMATOGRAPHY 
Double Blind – Narayan Van Maele
Kin – JJ Rolfe
Lies We Tell – Eleanor Bowman
Poor Things – Robbie Ryan
That They May Face The Rising Sun – Richard Kendrick 

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

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

HAIR & MAKE-UP 
Double Blind – Jennia Readman, Madonna Bambino
Flora and Son – Lyndsey Herron, Barbara Conway
Lies We Tell – Helen O’Connor, Aitana Silvana
That They May Face The Rising Sun – Sandra Dunne, Edwina Kelly
The Pope’s Exorcist – Orla Carroll, Lynn Johnston 

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

ORIGINAL MUSIC 
Double Blind – Die Hexen
Flora and Son – Gary Clark, John Carney
Lies We Tell – Aza Hand
LOLA – Neil Hannon
That They May Face The Rising Sun – Irene Buckley, Linda Buckley 

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

VFX 
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves – Kev Cahill, Diana Giogiutti Evil Dead Rise – Liam Neville, Declan Boyle
Paradise – Niall McEvoy, Liam Neville
The Nevers – Ed Bruce, Andrew Barry