Frank and Patrick’s Day Lead the Way in the 2015 IFTA Nominations
The Irish Film and Television Academy have announced the nominations for the 2015 edition of the Irish Film and Television Awards, with the categories dominated by a wide range of projects funded by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board.
Frank, directed by Lenny Abrahamson and written by Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan, and Patrick’s Day written and directed by Terry McMahon lead the pack with nine nominations each. Glassland directed by Gerard Barrett has been nominated in six categories.
The six films nominated in the category of Best Film are Patrick’s Day, Frank, Glassland, I Used to Live Here directed by Frank Berry, Noble directed by Stephen Bradley and Song of the Sea directed by Tomm Moore, which was nominated for an Academy Award® earlier this year.
Abrahamson, Barrett and McMahon are nominated for Best Director, alongside John Carney for his film Begin Again. Barrett and McMahon are also nominated for Best Script alongside Frank Berry for I Used to Live Here and Will Collins for Song of the Sea.
Up for the prize of Actor in a Lead Role Film are Moe Dunford for Patrick’s Day, Colin Farrell for Miss Julie, Michael Fassbender for Frank and Jack Reynor for Glassland. Nominated for Actress in a Lead Role Film are: Tara Breathnach for A Nightingale Falling, Jordanne Jones for I Used to Live Here, Simone Kirby for Jimmy’s Hall and Deirdre O’Kane for Noble.
In the category of Actor in a Supporting Role Film are Domhnall Gleeson for Frank, Allen Leech for The Imitation Game, James Nesbitt for Gold and Andrew Scott for Pride. The nominees for Actress in a Supporting Role Film are Kerry Condon for Gold, Sinéad Cusack for Queen and Country, Sarah Greene for Noble and Catherine Walker for Patrick’s Day.
Nominees for Best documentary are Blood Fruit, Christina Noble: In a House that Ceased to Be, One Million Dubliners, Unbreakable: The Mark Pollock Story, all of which were IFB-funded, alongside Road from DoubleBand Films.
For Animation, An Ode to Love, Fresh Cut Grass, Somewhere Down the Line and The Ledge End of Phil (From Accounting) were nominated.
Other nominations for IFB-funded films include Rockmount (Short Film), Toni Collette for International Actress in Glassland and Jessica Chastain for International Actress in Miss Julie. Tom Collins, Eoin McNamee and Paul Walker were nominated (Script Drama) for An Bronntanas while Colin Murphy was nominated in the same category for The Guarantee.
The 2015 IFTA awards will take place on Sunday, May 24th. See the full list of IFTA nominations below or on the IFTA website here.
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 FILM
Moe Dunford - Patrick's Day
Colin Farrell - Miss Julie
Michael Fassbender - Frank
Jack Reynor - Glassland
ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE 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 FILM
Domhnall Gleeson - Frank
Allen Leech - The Imitation Game
James Nesbitt - Gold
Andrew Scott - Pride
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE 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
INTERNATIONAL FILM SPONSORED BY AA
′71
Boyhood
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything
ANIMATION
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
INTERNATIONAL ACTOR
Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
Eddie Redmayne -The Theory of Everything
INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
Toni Collette - Glassland
Jessica Chastain - Miss Julie
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
SHORT FILM
Boogaloo and Graham - Michael Lennix / Ronan Blaney / Brian Falconer
I Am Here - David Holmes
Rockmount - David Tynan
Skunky Dog - James Fitzgerald
DRAMA IN ASSOCIATION WITH BAI
Charlie
The Fall Season 2
Game Of Thrones
Love/Hate 5
Vikings
SCRIPT DRAMA
Stuart Carolan - Love/Hate 5
Tom Collins/Eoin McNamee/Paul Walker -An Bronntanas
Colin Murphy - The Guarantee
Colin Teevan - Charlie
ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE DRAMA
Caitriona Balfe - Outlander
Michelle Beamish - An Bronntanas (The Gift)
Maria Doyle Kennedy - Corp + Anam
Charlie Murphy - Love/Hate
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
CINEMATOGRAPHY
PJ Dillon - Vikings
Michael Lavelle - Patrick's Day
James Mather - Frank
Piers McGrail -Glassland
MAKE-UP & HAIR SPONSORED BY M.A.C
All is by My Side
Frank
Ripper Street
Vikings
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Tom Conroy - Vikings
Mark Geraghty - Vikings
John Paul Kelly - The Theory of Everything
Donal Woods - Downton Abbey
DIRECTOR DRAMA
David Caffrey - Love/Hate 5
Ciaran Donnelly - Vikings
Colm McCarthy - Peaky Blinders Series 2
Dearbhla Walsh - Penny Dreadful
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
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
EDITING
Uná Ní Dhonghaíle -The Missing
Nathan Nugent - Frank
Emer Reynolds - One Million Dubliners
Emer Reynolds - Patrick's Day
COSTUME DESIGN
Joan Bergin - Vikings
Consolata Boyle - Miss Julie
Lorna Marie Mugan - Peaky Blinders
Eimear Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh - Jimmy's Hall
ORIGINAL SCORE
Ray Harman - Patrick's Day
David Holmes - '71
Stephen McKeon - Queen and Country
Stephen Rennicks - Frank
SOUND
The Canal
Frank
Game of Thrones
Patrick's Day