16th Irish Film & Television Awards

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16th Irish Film & Television Awards
Date18 October 2020 [1]
SiteOnline "virtual ceremony"
Hosted by Deirdre O'Kane
Highlights
Best Film Ordinary Love and Black ’47
Best Direction Paddy Breathnach
Rosie
Best Actor Tom Vaughan-Lawlor
Rialto
Best Actress Jessie Buckley
Wild Rose
Most awardsSeveral works won 2 awards
Most nominations Arracht (11)
Television coverage
Channel Virgin Media One

The 16th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards took place on 18 October 2020. Because no ceremony was held in 2019, this ceremony honoured films and television drama released in both 2018 and 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no physical ceremony took place; instead, there was a "virtual ceremony" hosted by Deirdre O’Kane. [2]

Contents

The nominations for the IFTAs were announced by the Irish Film and Television Academy on 14 July 2020. [3] [4] People presenting awards included President Michael D. Higgins, Martin Scorsese, Daisy Ridley and Liam Neeson. It aired on Virgin Media One. [5] [6] [7]

Below are the winners and nominees. Winners are at the top of each list, in bold type.

Film

Best film (2019)

Films released in 2018.

Best film (2020)

Films released in 2019. (Arracht went on general release in 2020, but it premiered at a festival in 2019.)

Director

Script

Actress in a leading role

Actor in a leading role

Actress in a supporting role

Actor in a supporting role

George Morrison Feature Documentary

Short film – Live action

Animated short

Irish Film Board Rising Star Award

Television drama

Drama

Director

Script

Actress in a leading role

Actor in a leading role

Actress in a supporting role

Actor in a supporting role

Craft

Original music

Editing

Production Design

Cinematography

Costume Design

Makeup & Hair

Sound

VFX

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