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 

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