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Kin and Belfast receive most nominations in the 2022 IFTA Awards
Kin received 13 nominations while Belfast received 10 nominations.
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KIN AND BELFAST have received the most award nominations for the 2022 Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) Awards.
The hit TV drama Kin, which tells the story of a Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war, and the top film, Belfast, directed by Kenneth Brannagh, which goes into details of one boy’s childhood life during the Troubles.
Kin received 13 nominations while Belfast received 10 nominations.
Among the other nominees for Best Film are Colm Bairéad’s debut An Cailín Ciúin, Rachel Carey’s debut Deadly Cuts, Swan Song by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ben Cleary, Graham Cantwell’s Who We Love and You Are Not My Mother from Kate Donlan.
Speaking on the announcement of nominations today, Chief Executive of IFTA Áine Moriarty said that 2022 has a “spectacular” line up of nominees.
“What a spectacular line-up of Nominees that have been shortlisted for Irish Academy Awards this year, after a record-breaking production year for the Irish industry,” said Moriarty.
“The work being recognised this year showcases to the world what our talented industry has to offer.
“It’s an incredible reflection of the high calibre of Irish talent, filmmaking and storytelling that we have in this country, at world-class standards. The Irish Academy is proud to acknowledge and reward their great achievements”.
Here is the full list of nominees:
BEST FILM
An Cailín Ciúin
Belfast
Deadly Cuts
Swan Song
Who We Love
You Are Not My Mother
BEST DIRECTOR – FILM
Benjamin Cleary – Swan Song
Colm Bairéad – An Cailín Ciúin
Graham Cantwell – Who We Love
Kate Dolan – You Are Not My Mother
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
BEST SCRIPT – FILM
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Philip Doherty – Redemption of a Rogue
Benjamin Cleary – Swan Song
Graham Cantwell & Katie McNeice – Who We Love
Kate Dolan – You Are Not My Mother
LEAD ACTOR – FILM
Aaron Monaghan – Redemption of a Rogue
Dónall Ó Héalai – Foscadh
Jude Hill – Belfast
Moe Dunford – Nightride
Peter Coonan – Doineann
LEAD ACTRESS – FILM
Angeline Ball – Deadly Cuts
Catherine Clinch – An Cailín Ciúin
Gemma-Leah Devereux – The Bright Side
Hazel Doupe – You Are Not My Mother
Niamh Algar – Censor
SUPPORTING ACTOR – FILM
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Cillian O Gairbhí – Foscadh
Dean Quinn – Who We Love
Jamie Dornan – Belfast
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – The Bright Side
SUPPORTING ACTRESS – FILM
Amy-Joyce Hastings – Who We Love
Caitríona Balfe – Belfast
Carrie Crowley – An Cailín Ciúin
Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
Ruth Negga – Passing
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BEST SHORT FILM
A White Horse
Best Foot Forward
Debutante
Harvest
Nothing to Declare
Scrap
Ship of Souls
Silence
The Colour Between
The Passion
BEST SHORT ANIMATION
Bardo
Da Humbug
Fall of the Ibis King
Memento Mori
BEST DRAMA
Hidden Assets
Kin
Smother
Vikings Valhalla
BEST DIRECTOR – DRAMA
Ciaran Donnelly – The Wheel of Time
Dathaí Keane – Smother
Diarmuid Goggins – Kin
Hannah Quinn – Vikings: Valhalla
Lisa Mulcahy – Ridley Road
BEST SCRIPT – DRAMA
Declan Croghan – Vikings: Valhalla
Kate O’Riordan – Smother
Morna Regan – Hidden Assets
Peter McKenna – Hidden Assets
Peter McKenna – Kin
BEST LEAD ACTOR – DRAMA
Aidan Gillen – Kin
Jimmy Nesbitt – Stay Close
Liam Cunningham – Domina
Sam Keeley - Kin
BEST LEAD ACTRESS – DRAMA
Angeline Ball – Hidden Assets
Clare Dunne – Kin
Dervla Kirwan – Smother
Niamh Algar - Deceit
Sinead Keenan – Three Families
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA
Andrew Scott – The Pursuit of Love
Ciaran Hinds – Kin
Emmett J. Scanlan - Kin
Owen McDonnell – Three Families
Peter Coonan – Hidden Assets
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA
Cathy Belton – Hidden Assets
Justine Mitchell - Smother
Lola Petticrew – Three Families
Maria Doyle-Kennedy – Kin
Simone Kirby – Hidden Assets
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Burschi Wojnar – Redemption of a Rogue
James Mather – Kin
Kate McCullough – An Cailín Ciúin
Narayan Van Maele – You Are Not My Mother
Peter Robertson – Vikings: Valhalla
BEST EDITING
Dermot Diskin – Kin
John Murphy – An Cailín Ciúin
Nathan Nugent – Swan Song
Tony Cranstoun – Zone 414
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Derek Wallace – Kin
Emma Lowney – An Cailín Ciúin
Joe Fallover – Wolf
Tamara Conboy – Deadly Cuts
Tom Conroy – Vikings: Valhalla
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Eimear Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Foundation
Kathy Strachan – Deadly Cuts
Louise Stanton – An Cailín Ciúin
Susan O’Connor Cave – Vikings: Valhalla
Susan Scott – Zone 414
MAKEUP & HAIR
Sian Wilson – Belfast
Lyndsey Herron & Edwina Kelly – Deadly Cuts
Linda Gannon & Clare Lambe – Foundation
Eileen Buggy, Audrey Doyle, & Barrie Gower – The Green Knight
Dee Corcoran, Joe Whelan, & Thomas McInerney – Vikings: Valhalla
SOUND
Aza Hand & Alan Scully - Boys From County Hell
John ‘Bob’ Brennan, Fionan Higgins, Mark Henry, & Andrew Kirwan – Smother
Karl Merren & Johnny Marshall – The Green Knight
Steve Fanagan – Swan Song
Steve Fanagan, John ‘Bob’ Brennan, & Brendan Rehill – An Cailín Ciúin
ORIGINAL MUSIC
David Holmes – Kin
Die Hexen – You Are Not My Mother
Joseph Conlan – Who We Love
Stephen Rennicks – An Cailín Ciúin
Van Morrison – Belfast
VFX
Ed Bruce & Andrew Barry – Spider-Man: No Way Home
Ed Bruce & Andrew Barry – The Nevers
Ed Bruce & Manuel Martinez – Swan Song
Ed Bruce & Sam Johnston – The Book of Boba Fett
Kevin Cahill & Eric Saindon – The Green Knight
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