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IT WAS TOUCH and go whether they were going to take place this year – but the nominees for this year’s IFTAs awards have been announced.
Frank and Patrick’s Day have topped the list for film nominations with nine apiece, while unsurprisingly, Love/Hate has the highest number of nominations for a television programme with seven.
Vikings had the next highest number of television nominations with seven, followed by Charlie, The Fall and Game of Thrones, which all received three nominations.
Glassland, I Used to Live Here, Noble and Song of the Sea all received multiple nominations in the film categories.
There are a total of 27 categories across film and television categories.
The awards are slightly different from previous years: they’ve been split into two, with the film and drama awards taking place in Dublin’s Mansion House on 24 May and the television awards taking place in October.
The programme will be broadcast on TV3, but in a one-hour special rather than in last year’s much-criticised format.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Film
Frank
Glassland
I Used to live here
Noble
Patrick’s Day
Song of the Sea
Director - Film
Lenny Abrahamson – Frank
Gerard Barrett – Glassland
John Carney – Begin Again
Terry McMahon – Patrick’s Day
Script – Film
Gerard Barrett – Glassland
Frank Berry – I Used to Live Here
Will Collins – Song of the Sea
Terry McMahon -Patrick’s Day
Actor in a Lead Role in Film
Moe Dunford – Patrick’s Day
Colin Farrell – Miss Julie
Michael Fassbender – Frank
Jack Reynor – Glassland
Actress in a Lead Role in Film
Tara Breathnach – A Nightingale Falling
Jordanne Jones – I Used to Live Here
Simone Kirby – Jimmy’s Hall
Deirdre O’Kane – Noble
Actor in a Supporting Role in Film
Domhnall Gleeson – Frank
Allen Leech – The Imitation Game
James Nesbitt – Gold
Andrew Scott – Pride
Actress in a Supporting Role in Film
Kerry Condon -Gold
Sinéad Cusack – Queen and Country
Sarah Greene – Noble
Catherine Walker – Patrick’s Day
George Morrison Feature Documentary
Blood Fruit – Ferndale Films
In A House That Ceased To Be – Atlantic Film Alliance
One Million Dubliners – Underground Films
Road – DoubleBand Films
Unbreakable- Ross Whitaker
Drama
Charlie
The Fall Season 2
Game Of Thrones
Love/Hate 5
Vikings
Director – Drama
David Caffrey – Love/Hate 5
Ciaran Donnelly – Vikings
Colm McCarthy – Peaky Blinders Series 2
Dearbhla Walsh – Penny Dreadful
Script – Drama
Stuart Carolan – Love/Hate 5
Tom Collins/Eoin McNamee/Paul Walker -An Bronntanas
Colin Murphy – The Guarantee
Colin Teevan – Charlie
Actor in a Lead Role in Drama
Jamie Dornan – The Fall Series 2
Aidan Gillen – Charlie
Cillian Murphy – Peaky Blinders Series 2
Tom Vaughan Lawlor – Love/Hate 5
Actress in a Lead Role Drama
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
Michelle Beamish – An Bronntanas (The Gift)
Maria Doyle Kennedy – Corp + Anam
Charlie Murphy – Love/Hate
Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama
John Connors – Love/Hate
Liam Cunningham – Game of Thrones
Stephen Rea – The Honourable Woman
Andrew Scott – Sherlock: His Last Vow
Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama
Charlotte Bradley – An Bronntanas (The Gift)
Aisling Franciosi – The Fall Series 2
Charlie Murphy – The Village (Series 2)
Mary Murray -Love/Hate 5
Director Of Photography
PJ Dillon -Vikings
Michael Lavelle – Patrick’s Day
James Mather – Frank
Piers McGrail -Glassland
Costume Design
Joan Bergin – Vikings
Consolata Boyle – Miss Julie
Lorna Marie Mugan – Peaky Blinders
Eimear Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh -Jimmy’s Hall
Editing
Uná Ní Dhonghaíle -The Missing
Nathan Nugent – Frank
Emer Reynolds – One Million Dubliners
Emer Reynolds – Patrick’s Day
Make-Up & Hair
All is by My Side
Frank
Ripper Street
Vikings
Original Score
Ray Harman – Patrick’s Day
David Holmes – ‘71
Stephen McKeon – Queen and Country
Stephen Rennicks – Frank
Production Design
Tom Conroy – Vikings
Mark Geraghty – Vikings
John Paul Kelly – The Theory of Everything
Donal Woods – Downton Abbey
Sound
The Canal
Frank
Game of Thrones
Patrick’s Day
International Film
‘71
Boyhood
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
International Actor
Steve Carrell – Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhall – Nightcrawler
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything
International Actress
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Toni Collette – Glassland
Jessica Chastain – Miss Julie
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Animation Short
An Ode to Love – Matthew Darragh
Fresh Cut Grass- Boulder Media
Somewhere Down the Line – Julien Regnard
The Ledge End of Phil (from accounting) – Paul Morris
Short Film
Boogaloo and Graham – Michael Lennox / Ronan Blaney / Brian Falconer
I Am Here -David Holmes
Rockmount – David Tynan
Skunky Dog – James Fitzgerald
Any predictions? Let us know in the comments…
Another new hotel in Dublin, fantastic, tourists can enjoy the city filled with tourists and other hotels, I hope they design comfortable doorways so maybe some Irish people can get a night’s rest too
@Fenster: Abbey Street is set to become a big area for hotels / tourists, there’s a further 3 hotels and one hostel with planning on Abbey street, 3 near Jervis and 1 near the Four Courts.
@Fenster: Yea the tax intake from more tourists visiting the city will add to the public coffers so when the next crash comes it wont hit as bad. Ita great to see one of our industries is growing and is not dependant on Irish people getting credit to finance it.
There’s more than a few ungainly sights around the Ha’penny Bridge.
Good to see a complaint from An Taisce be rejected for a change. If they were around in the 17 & 1800s they likely would have objected to the very buildings that they now claim to be part of our heritage! Blockers to progress.
@Dave Cunningham:
Google Wide Street Commission instead of wasting time posting here.
Good lad.
@Dave Cunningham: The Pinkos in an Taisce will appeal to Bord Pleanala and it will definitely be refused as usual.
@Michael Fehily:
Most likely because you are a gargantuan tool.
Great place for a cheap hotel. The options around D1 all run at €200+ for a Saturday night so this sounds great! Also, that corner of Abbey street is scaldy and really takes away from the impressive entrance to Arnotts a few doors up.
Used this hotel a few times in Germany. Good value hotel with a nice design and its comfortable with good service. I wonder will it be more expensive here? Ive used it in Munich and Berlin for about 80 eur a night. Few years back.
@Anne: Yes you can bet it will be a lot more expensive here
Maybe they could bring a major German street cleaning crew with them ….state of Dublin City centre at the moment is cringe worthy …. if I was a tourist coming here I’d think the Irish are filthy,not a good message to be sending them home with :-(
@Bob Beal: I totally agree Bob man. I was passing through early one morning last year walking down O Connell Street and the stink of urine, alcohol and cheap perfume was absolutely retched. I thought crikey what do tourists think.
Just look at the state of abbey street site how can you object?
Great news. Hurry up Noel.That area needs tidying up quickly.
This will be appealed to an bord planeala I’d say so won’t be built anytime soon
@madabot:
I hope so. It’s absolutely hideous. I definitely agree that something should be built there but not nine stories high and not with complete disregard for the buildings around it and the streets that it’s on.
@Anton Dec:
You are right there, nine stories is way too low! They should knock all the buildings and bring them up to line.
IMO Dublin could do with another 20 -30 hotels…. demand is definitely there..
It would be a great addition to what is currently a very run down area of Tge North Central Dublin district .
Unfortunately the pinkos in An Taisce and Bord Pleanala will refuse it because of height and bulk …
Imagine waking up after a night out in town going out after your breakfast on to Abbey St and O Connell st – zombie land with drug dealers on every corner.
@Cranky: Blah blah…. Waffle
@Michael Fehily: He is right and anybody who walks around the area on a regular basis could tell you ,
Old Dublin is slowly going, Moore Street has being ruined….
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