12th Irish Film & Television Awards

The IFTA Film & Drama Awards took place at the Mansion House on 24 May 2015 in Dublin, honouring Irish film and television released in 2014.

12th IFTA Film & Drama Awards
Date	24 May 2015 (2015-05-24)
Site	Mansion House, Dublin (Film Awards)
Hosted by	Caroline Morahan (Film Awards)
Highlights
Best Film	Song of the Sea
Best Direction	Lenny Abrahamson Frank
Best Actor	Moe Dunford Patrick's Day
Best Actress	Deirdre O'Kane Noble
Most awards	Frank (3), Patrick's Day (3), Love/Hate (3)
Most nominations	Frank (9), Patrick's Day (9)
Television coverage
Channel	TV3 (highlights of the film awards 1 June)
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Jim Sheridan received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Awards Ceremony which was presented by Sean Bean.^[1][2][3][4] Caroline Morahan hosted the film awards ceremony on 24 May.^[5][6][7][8]

Film Awards

The nominations for the IFTA Film & Drama Awards were announced on 29 April 2015.

Awards were presented in 27 categories.^[9][10]

Film categories

Film

• Frank
• Glassland
• I Used to Live Here
• Noble
• Patrick's Day
• Song of the Sea

Director in Film

• Frank - Lenny Abrahamson
• Glassland - Gerard Barrett
• Begin Again - John Carney
• Patrick's Day - Terry McMahon

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 a Feature Film

• Moe Dunford - Patrick's Day
• Colin Farrell - Miss Julie
• Michael Fassbender - Frank
• Jack Reynor - Glassland

Actress in a Lead Role in a Feature 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 a Feature Film

• Domhnall Gleeson - Frank
• Allen Leech - The Imitation Game
• James Nesbitt - Gold
• Andrew Scott - Pride

Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature 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

Short Film

• Boogaloo and Graham - Michael Lennox / Ronan Blaney / Brian Falconer
• I Am Here - David Holmes
• Rockmount - David Tynan
• Skunky Dog - James Fitzgerald

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 categories

International Film sponsored by American Airlines

• '71
• Boyhood
• The Imitation Game
• The Theory of Everything

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

Television Drama categories

Best Drama – In Association with the BAI

• Charlie
• The Fall
• Game of Thrones
• Love/Hate
• Vikings

Director Drama

• David Caffrey - Love/Hate
• Ciaran Donnelly - Vikings
• Colm McCarthy - Peaky Blinders
• Dearbhla Walsh - Penny Dreadful

Script Drama

• Stuart Carolan - Love/Hate
• Tommy 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
• Aidan Gillen - Charlie
• Cillian Murphy - Peaky Blinders
• Tom Vaughan-Lawlor - Love/Hate

Actress in a Lead Role Drama

• Caitriona Balfe - Outlander
• Michelle Beamish - An Bronntanas
• 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
• Aisling Franciosi - The Fall
• Charlie Murphy - The Village
• Mary Murray - Love/Hate

Craft/Technical categories (Film/TV Drama)

Costume Design

• Joan Bergin - Vikings
• Consolata Boyle - Miss Julie
• Lorna Marie Mugan - Peaky Blinders
• Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh - Jimmy's Hall

Production Design

• Tom Conroy - Vikings
• Mark Geraghty - Vikings
• John Paul Kelly - The Theory of Everything
• Donal Woods - Downton Abbey

Editing

• Úna Ní Dhonghaíle - The Missing
• Nathan Nugent - Frank
• Emer Reynolds - One Million Dubliners
• Emer Reynolds - Patrick's Day

Cinematography

• PJ Dillon - Vikings
• Michael Lavelle - Patrick's Day
• James Mather - Frank
• Piers McGrail - Glassland

Make-up & Hair Sponsored by M·A·C

• Jimi: 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

Sound

• The Canal
• Frank
• Game of Thrones
• Patrick's Day

Special Awards

Irish Film Board Rising Star Award

• Sarah Greene (Actor — Burnt, Noble, Penny Dreadful)
  • Caitríona Balfe (Actor — Now You See Me, Outlander)
  • Moe Dunford (Actor — Crisis Eile, Patrick's Day, Vikings)
  • Dónal Foreman (Director/Editor/Writer — The Ghost Said, Out of Here)

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Jim Sheridan

Television Awards

The nominations for the Television Awards were announced on 2 October 2015.^[11][12]