13th Irish Film & Television Awards

13th IFTA Film & Drama Awards
Date	9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)
Site	Mansion House, Dublin (Film Awards)
Hosted by	Deirdre O'Kane (Film Awards)
Highlights
Best Film	Room
Best Direction	Lenny Abrahamson Room
Best Actor	Michael Fassbender Steve Jobs
Best Actress	Saoirse Ronan Brooklyn
Most awards	Room (7)
Most nominations	An Klondike (9)
Television coverage
Channel	TV3 (highlights 10 April)
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The 13th IFTA Film & Drama Awards took place at the Mansion House on 9 April 2016 in Dublin, honouring Irish film and television released in 2015. ^[1] Deirdre O'Kane hosted the film awards ceremony. ^[2] Irish Film Board Rising Star nominees were announced a week prior to the ceremony, on 31 March. ^[3]

Film Awards

The nominations for the IFTA Film & Drama Awards were announced on 14 March 2016. ^[4]

Film categories

Best Film

• Brooklyn
• My Name Is Emily
• Room
• Sing Street
• The Survivalist
• Viva

Director in Film

• Lenny Abrahamson - Room
• Paddy Breathnach - Viva
• John Carney - Sing Street
• John Crowley - Brooklyn
• Stephen Fingleton - The Survivalist

Script Film

• John Carney - Sing Street
• Emma Donoghue - Room
• Simon Fitzmaurice - My Name Is Emily
• Mark O'Halloran - Viva
• Johnny O'Reilly - Moscow Never Sleeps

Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film

• Colin Farrell - The Lobster
• Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
• Domhnall Gleeson - Ex Machina
• Barry Keoghan - Mammal
• Martin McCann - The Survivalist

Actress in a Lead Role in a Feature Film

• Eva Birthistle - Swansong
• Ruth Bradley - Pursuit
• Orla Brady - The Price of Desire
• Evanna Lynch - My Name Is Emily
• Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn

Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film

• Sean T. Ó Meallaigh - The Callback Queen
• Jack Reynor - Sing Street
• Domhnall Gleeson - Brooklyn
• Owen Roe - Pursuit
• Michael Smiley - My Name Is Emily

Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film

• Jane Brennan - Brooklyn
• Gemma-Leah Devereux - Get Up and Go
• Olwen Fouéré - The Survivalist
• Siobhan O'Kelly - An Klondike
• Ger Ryan - The Callback Queen

George Morrison Feature Documentary

• A Doctor's Sword - Bob Jackson and Gary Lennon
• The Land of the Enlightened - Morgan Bushe and Bart Van Langendonck
• Mom and Me - Ken Wardrop
• Older Than Ireland - Alex Fegan, Garry Walsh and Colm Nicell
• The Queen of Ireland - Ailish Bracken, Katie Holly and Conor Horgan

Short Film

• Change in the Weather
• Ernestine and Kit
• The Great Wide Open
• How Was Your Day?
• Love is a Sting
• Stutterer

Animation

• A Coat Made Dark - Jack O'Shea
• Geist - Daniel Spencer
• Tea with the Dead - Susan Broe
• Unhinged - Tom Caulfield

International categories

International Film sponsored by American Airlines

• The Revenant
• Spotlight
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Ex Machina

International Actor

• Matt Damon - The Martian
• Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
• Jacob Tremblay - Room
• Bryan Cranston - Trumbo

International Actress

• Brie Larson - Room
• Cate Blanchett - Carol
• Rachel Griffiths - Mammal
• Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years

Television Drama categories

Best Drama

• An Klondike
• Game of Thrones
• Penny Dreadful
• Rebellion
• Vikings

Director Drama

• Anthony Byrne - Ripper Street
• Neasa Hardiman - Happy Valley
• Daithí Keane - An Klondike
• Brian Kirk - Penny Dreadful
• Aisling Walsh - An Inspector Calls

Script Drama

• Marcus Fleming - An Klondike
• Lisa McGee - Indian Summers
• Billy Roche - Clean Break
• Colin Teevan - Rebellion

Actor in a Lead Role in Drama

• Barry Ward - Rebellion
• Dara Devaney - An Klondike
• Colin Farrell - True Detective
• Aidan Turner - Poldark
• Stephen Rea - Dickensian

Actress in a Lead Role Drama

• Caitriona Balfe - Outlander
• Ruth Bradley - Rebellion
• Elaine Cassidy - No Offence
• Sarah Greene - Rebellion
• Catherine Walker - Critical

Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama

• Ned Dennehy - Dickensian
• Liam Cunningham - Game of Thrones
• Moe Dunford - Vikings
• Robert O'Mahoney - An Klondike
• Stephen Rea - War and Peace

Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama

• Michelle Fairley - Rebellion
• Sarah Greene - Penny Dreadful
• Paula Malcomson - Ray Donovan
• Ruth Negga - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
• Victoria Smurfit - Once Upon a Time

Special Awards

Rising Star Award

• Stephen Fingleton (Director/Writer — Magpie, The Survivalist )
  • Rebecca Daly (Director/Writer — Mammal , The Other Side of Sleep)
  • Alex Fegan (Documentarian ^[3] — The Irish Pub, Man Made Men, Older Than Ireland)
  • Barry Ward (Actor — The Fall , Jimmy's Hall , Pursuit , Rebellion , The Truth Commissioner)

Lifetime Achievement

IFTA Outstanding Contribution to Cinema Award ^[5]

• Liam Neeson

Irish Diaspora Award ^[5]

• Roma Downey

References

1. "IFTA 2016 Nominees and Winners". Archived from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
2. "Who will host this year's IFTAs? All you need to know about the 2016 ceremony". Irish Independent. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
3. "IFTA ANNOUNCES 2016 RISING STAR NOMINEES WITH THE IRISH FILM BOARD". Irish Film & Television Academy . 31 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
4. "IFTA Film and Drama Awards 2016 nominations: TG4 series An Klondike leads with 9". Irish Independent. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
5. "Stars Gather for Irish Celebration at IFTA Celebration". Irish Film & Television Academy . 31 March 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2025.

External links

• 2016 Nominations
• Official Site