Congratulations to all the winners and nominees at this year’s IFTA Awards 2026, which took place on 21st February.

WGI would like to especially congratulate all the brilliant writers involved across the nominated and winning projects that featured on the night – and a big shout out to Maggie O’Farrell and Chloé Zhao for winning Best Script – Film for Hamnet, and Ailbhe Keogan for Best Script – Drama for Trespasses.

Full List of Winners:

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Ciarán Hinds

SCREEN IRELAND – IFTA RISING STAR

Louisa Harland

FILM CATEGORIES
 

BEST FILM

Christy

DIRECTOR – FILM

Brendan Canty – Christy

SCRIPT – FILM

Maggie O’Farrell, Chloé Zhao – Hamnet

LEAD ACTOR – FILM

Éanna Hardwicke – Saipan

LEAD ACTRESS – FILM

Jessie Buckley – Hamnet

SUPPORTING ACTOR –  FILM

Paul Mescal – Hamnet

SUPPORTING ACTRESS – FILM

Kerry Condon – F1

DRAMA CATEGORIES

COIMISIÚN NA MEÁN BEST DRAMA

Blue Lights

DIRECTOR – DRAMA

Rachel Carey – Obituary

SCRIPT – DRAMA

Ailbhe Keogan – Trespasses

LEAD ACTOR – DRAMA

Anthony Boyle – House of Guinness

LEAD ACTRESS – DRAMA

Lola Petticrew – Trespasses

SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA

Chris Walley – The Young Offenders

SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA

Alison Oliver – Task

INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD CATEGORIES 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Hamnet

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR

Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS

Emma Stone – Bugonia

OTHER AWARD CATEGORIES

GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

A Want in Her

Redbreast Unhidden SHORT FILM

Nostalgie

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Retirement Plan

CRAFT CATEGORIES

CASTING

Christy – Amy Rowan

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Die My Love – Seamus McGarvey

COSTUME DESIGN

Blue Moon – Consolata Boyle 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Wednesday – Philip Murphy, Neville Gaynor

Sculpted by Aimee MAKEUP & HAIR

Trespasses – Natalie Reid

SOUND

Anemone – Steve Fanagan, Stevie Haywood

ORIGINAL MUSIC

Báite – Eimear Noone, Craig Stuart Garfinkle

EDITING

Christy – Allyn Quigley

VFX

House of Guinness – Eoin O’Sullivan, David Sewell