15th Irish Film & Television Awards

The 15th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards took place at the Mansion House on 15 February 2018 in Dublin, and honoured Irish film and television drama released in 2017. Deirdre O'Kane hosted the film awards ceremony.^[1] Rising Star Award nominees were announced the day prior to the ceremony, on 14 February.^[2]

15th IFTA Film & Drama Awards
Date	15 February 2018 (2018-02-15)
Site	Mansion House, Dublin
Hosted by	Deirdre O'Kane
Highlights
Best Film	Michael Inside
Best Direction	Aisling Walsh Maudie
Best Actor	John Connors Cardboard Gangsters
Best Actress	Saoirse Ronan Lady Bird
Most awards	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and Maudie (3 each)
Most nominations	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Maudie; and Vikings (6 each)
Television coverage
Channel	RTÉ
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The nominations for the IFTA Film & Drama Awards were announced by the Irish Film and Television Academy.^[1] Winners are denoted by bold letters.^[3]

Film

Feature film

Michael Inside

• Cardboard Gangsters
• Handsome Devil
• The Killing of a Sacred Deer
• Maudie
• Song of Granite

Director

Aisling Walsh – Maudie

• Frank Berry – Michael Inside
• John Butler – Handsome Devil
• Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Mark O Connor – Cardboard Gangsters

Scriptwriter

Martin McDonagh – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

• Frank Berry – Michael Inside
• Stephen Burke – Maze
• John Butler – Handsome Devil
• Nick Kelly – The Drummer and The Keeper

Actor in a leading role

John Connors – Cardboard Gangsters

• Colin Farrell – The Killing of a Sacred Deer
• Dafhyd Flynn – Michael Inside
• Fionn O'Shea – Handsome Devil
• Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – Maze

Actress in a leading role

Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird

• Sarah Bolger – Halal Daddy
• Ann Skelly – Kissing Candice

Actor in a supporting role

Barry Keoghan – The Killing of a Sacred Deer

• Jacob McCarthy – The Drummer and The Keeper
• Andrew Scott – Handsome Devil
• Fionn Walton – Cardboard Gangsters
• Barry Ward – Maze

Actress in a supporting role

Victoria Smurfit – The Lears

• Niamh Algar – The Drummer and The Keeper
• Sarah Carroll – The Limit Of
• Deirdre O Kane – Halal Daddy
• Fionna Hewitt Twamley – Cardboard Gangsters

George Morrison Feature Documentary

The Farthest

• The 34th
• A Cambodian Spring
• No Stone Unturned
• The Silver Branch

Short film – Live action

Wave

• Cry Rosa
• For You
• Lily
• The Secret Market
• The Tattoo
• Time Traveller

Animated short film

Late Afternoon

• An Beal Bocht
• Angela's Christmas
• Departure

Craft

Original music

Stephen McKeon – Pilgrimage

• Ray Harman – The Farthest
• Stephen Rennicks – Maze
• John Gerard Walsh – The Drummer and The Keeper

Editing

Una Ni DhonghaIle – Three Girls

• Tony Cranstoun – The Farthest
• Dermot Diskin – Peaky Blinders
• Tadhg O Sullivan – Song of Granite

Production Design

John Hand – Maudie

• Stephen Daly – Into the Badlands
• Joe Fallover – The Lodgers
• Mark Geraghty – Vikings

Cinematography

Seamus McGarvey – The Greatest Showman

• Tom Comerford – Pilgrimage
• Richard Kendrick – Song of Granite
• Cathal Watters – Peaky Blinders

Costume Design

Consolata Boyle – Victoria and Abdul

• Sarajane Ffrench O Carroll – The Lodgers
• Susan O Connor Cave – Vikings
• Leonie Prendergast – Pilgrimage

Make Up/Hair

Clare Lambe & Sevlene Roddy – Into the Badlands

• Julie-Ann Ryan & Niamh Glynn – The Cured
• Lorraine Glynn & Sonya Dolan – The Man Who Invented Christmas
• Dee Corcoran & Tom McInerney – Vikings

Sound

Steve Fanagan, Kieran Horgan – The Farthest

• Ronan Hill, Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters – Game of Thrones
• Karl Merren, Brendan Deasy – Into the Badlands
• Marco Dolle, Steve Munro, Garret Farrel – Maudie

VFX

Tailored Films & Bowsie Workshop – The Lodgers

• Tim Chauncey – The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King
• Ian Benjamin Kenny, Enda O Connor – The Farthest
• Ed Bruce & Nicholas Murphy, Screenscene – Game of Thrones

International categories

International film

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

• Dunkirk
• Lady Bird
• The Shape of Water

International actor

Ethan Hawke – Maudie

• Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name
• Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
• Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

International actress

Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

• Sally Hawkins – Maudie
• Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
• Nicole Kidman – The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Television drama

Drama

Game of Thrones

• Acceptable Risk
• Line of Duty
• Paula
• Striking Out
• Vikings

Director

Dearbhla Walsh – Fargo

• David Caffrey – Peaky Blinders
• Rob Quinn – Ackley Bridge
• Steve Saint Leger – Vikings

Scriptwriter

Conor McPherson – Paula

• Ronan Bennett – Gunpowder
• Malcolm Campbell – Ackley Bridge
• Antoine O Flatharta – Grace Harte

Actor in a leading role

Cillian Murphy – Peaky Blinders

• Richard Dormer – Rellik
• Adrian Dunbar – Line Of Duty
• Brendan Gleeson – Mr. Mercedes
• Chris O'Dowd – Get Shorty

Actress in a leading role

Caitriona Balfe – Outlander

• Elaine Cassidy – Acceptable Risk
• Denise Gough – Paula
• Amy Huberman – Striking Out
• Ruth Negga – Preacher

Actor in a supporting role

Liam Cunningham – Game of Thrones

• Moe Dunford – Vikings
• Aidan Gillen – Game of Thrones
• Owen McDonnell – Paula
• Jason O'Mara – Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Actress in a supporting role

Charlie Murphy – Peaky Blinders

• Angeline Ball – Acceptable Risk
• Eva Birthistle – The Last Kingdom
• Jessie Buckley – Taboo
• Genevieve O’Reilly – Tin Star

Special

Rising Star

• Jacob McCarthy (Actor — A.P. Bio, The Drummer & the Keeper, Pria)
  • Jessie Buckley (Actor — Beast, The Last Post, Taboo)
  • Dafhyd Flynn (Actor — Day Out, I Used to Live Here, Michael Inside)
  • Fionn O'Shea (Actor — The Aftermath, Handsome Devil, Hang Ups, The Siege of Jadotville)
  • Ann Skelly (Actor — Kissing Candice, Playground, Rebellion, Red Rock)