The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced the 2022 IFTA Nominations for the Irish Academy Awards across 25 categories in Film and Drama.

Both film and television writing categories boast a strong list of nominees reflecting the current strength and talent at work in the Irish screen industry.

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

SCRIPT DRAMA
Declan Croghan – Vikings: Valhalla
Kate O’Riordan – Smother
Morna Regan – Hidden Assets
Peter McKenna – Hidden Assets
Peter McKenna – Kin

The Virtual IFTA Awards show will be hosted by Deirdre O’Kane and will be broadcast on Virgin Media One on Saturday, March 12th 2022.

The list of nominations in full

BEST FILM
An Cailín Ciúin
Belfast
Deadly Cuts
Swan Song
Who We Love
You Are Not My Mother

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

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

THE GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Castro’s Spies
Love Yourself Today
Lyra
Pure Grit
The Dance
Young Plato

SHORT FILM
A White Horse
Best Foot Forward
Debutante
Harvest
Nothing to Declare
Scrap
Ship of Souls
Silence
The Colour Between
The Passion

SHORT ANIMATION
Bardo
Da Humbug
Fall of the Ibis King
Memento Mori

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

EDITING
Dermot Diskin – Kin
John Murphy – An Cailín Ciúin
Nathan Nugent – Swan Song
Tony Cranstoun – Zone 414
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Derek Wallace – Kin
Emma Lowney – An Cailín Ciúin
Joe Fallover – Wolf
Tamara Conboy – Deadly Cuts
Tom Conroy – Vikings: Valhalla

BEST DRAMA
Hidden Assets
Kin
Smother
Vikings Valhalla

DIRECTOR DRAMA
Ciaran Donnelly – The Wheel of Time
Dathaí Keane – Smother
Diarmuid Goggins – Kin
Hannah Quinn – Vikings: Valhalla
Lisa Mulcahy – Ridley Road

SCRIPT DRAMA
Declan Croghan – Vikings: Valhalla
Kate O’Riordan – Smother
Morna Regan – Hidden Assets
Peter McKenna – Hidden Assets
Peter McKenna – Kin

LEAD ACTOR DRAMA
Aidan Gillen – Kin
Jimmy Nesbitt – Stay Close
Liam Cunningham – Domina
Sam Keeley – Kin

LEAD ACTRESS DRAMA
Angeline Ball – Hidden Assets
Clare Dunne – Kin
Dervla Kirwan – Smother
Niamh Algar – Deceit
Sinead Keenan – Three Families

SUPPORTING ACTOR DRAMA
Andrew Scott – The Pursuit of Love
Ciaran Hinds – Kin
Emmett J Scanlan – Kin
Owen McDonnell – Three Families
Peter Coonan – Hidden Assets

SUPPORTING ACTRESS DRAMA
Cathy Belton – Hidden Assets
Justine Mitchell – Smother
Lola Petticrew – Three Families
Maria Doyle Kennedy – Kin
Simone Kirby – Hidden Assets

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, Nikki Moss, Mark Henry, &
Andrew Kirwan – Smother
Karl Merren & Johnny Marshell – 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