12th Irish Film & Television Awards

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12th IFTA Film & Drama Awards
Date24 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)

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.

Contents

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
Director in Film
Script Film
Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film
Actress in a Lead Role in a Feature Film
Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film
Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film
Irish Film Board Rising Star
George Morrison Feature Documentary
Short Film
Animation

International categories

International Film sponsored by American Airlines
International Actor
International Actress

Television Drama categories

Best Drama – In Association with the BAI
Director Drama
Script Drama
Actor in a Lead Role in Drama
Actress in a Lead Role Drama
Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama
Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama

Craft/Technical categories (Film/TV Drama)

Costume Design
Production Design
Editing
Cinematography
Make-up & Hair Sponsored by M·A·C
Original Score
Sound

Television Awards

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

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