18th Irish Film & Television Awards

18th Irish Film & Television Awards
Date	12 March 2022 (2022-03-12)
Site	Virtual ceremony
Hosted by	Deirdre O'Kane
Highlights
Best Film	An Cailín Ciúin
Best Direction	Colm Bairéad An Cailín Ciúin
Best Actor	Moe Dunford Nightride
Best Actress	Catherine Clinch An Cailín Ciúin
Most awards	An Cailín Ciúin (7)
Most nominations	KIN (13)
Television coverage
Channel	Virgin Media One
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The 18th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards , also called the IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2022, took place in March 2022. The ceremony honours Irish films and television drama released between 1 January 2021 and 11 March 2022. ^{[1] [2]} Nominations were announced on 22 February 2022. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} The ceremony aired on Virgin Media One on 12 March 2022, hosted by Deirdre O'Kane. ^{[7] [8] [9]} Rising Star nominees were announced on 4 March 2022, ahead of the ceremony. ^[10]

Niamh Algar was nominated for two acting awards, for Deceit and Censor.

Film

Best film

• An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• Belfast
• Deadly Cuts
• Swan Song
• Who We Love
• You Are Not My Mother

Director

• Colm Bairéad – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
• Graham Cantwell – Who We Love
• Benjamin Cleary – Swan Song
• Kate Dolan – You Are Not My Mother
• Paddy Slattery – Broken Law

Script

• Kenneth Branagh – Belfast (winner)
• Graham Cantwell and Katie McNeice – Who We Love
• Benjamin Cleary – Swan Song
• Philip Doherty – Redemption of a Rogue
• Kate Dolan – You Are Not My Mother

Actress in a leading role

• Niamh Algar – Censor
• Angeline Ball – Deadly Cuts
• Catherine Clinch – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• Gemma-Leah Devereux – The Bright Side
• Hazel Doupe – You Are Not My Mother

Actor in a leading role

• Peter Coonan – Doineann
• Moe Dunford – Nightride (winner)
• Jude Hill – Belfast
• Aaron Monaghan – Redemption of a Rogue
• Dónall Ó Héalai – Foscadh

Actress in a supporting role

• Caitríona Balfe – Belfast
• Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter (winner)
• Carrie Crowley – An Cailín Ciúin
• Amy-Joyce Hastings – Who We Love
• Ruth Negga – Passing

Actor in a supporting role

• Jamie Dornan – Belfast
• Ciarán Hinds – Belfast (winner)
• Cillian Ó Gairbhí – Foscadh
• Dean Quinn – Who We Love
• Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – The Bright Side

George Morrison Feature Documentary

• Castro's Spies
• Love Yourself Today
• Lyra
• Pure Grit
• The Dance
• Young Plato (winner)

Short film – Live action

A White Horse Best Foot Forward Debutante Harvest Nothing to Declare (winner)

Scrap Ship of Souls Silence The Colour Between The Passion

Animated short

• Bardo
• Da Humbug
• Fall of the Ibis King (winner)
• Memento Mori

Television drama

Drama

• Hidden Assets (RTÉ One / BBC Four)
• KIN (RTÉ One) (winner)
• Smother , series 2 (RTÉ One)
• Vikings: Valhalla (Netflix)

Director

• Ciaran Donnelly – The Wheel of Time
• Dathaí Keane – Smother
• Diarmuid Goggins – KIN
• Hannah Quinn – Vikings: Valhalla (winner)
• Lisa Mulcahy – Ridley Road

Script

• Declan Croghan – Vikings: Valhalla
• Kate O'Riordan – Smother
• Morna Regan – Hidden Assets
• John Morton – Hidden Assets
• Peter McKenna – Hidden Assets
• Peter McKenna – KIN (winner)

Actress in a leading role

• Angeline Ball – Hidden Assets
• Clare Dunne – KIN (winner)
• Dervla Kirwan – Smother
• Niamh Algar – Deceit
• Sinéad Keenan – Three Families

Actor in a leading role

• Aidan Gillen – KIN
• James Nesbitt – Stay Close
• Liam Cunningham – Domina
• Sam Keeley – KIN (winner)

Actress in a supporting role

• Cathy Belton – Hidden Assets
• Justine Mitchell – Smother
• Lola Petticrew – Three Families
• Maria Doyle Kennedy – KIN (winner)
• Simone Kirby – Hidden Assets

Actor in a supporting role

• Andrew Scott – The Pursuit of Love
• Ciarán Hinds – KIN (winner)
• Emmett J. Scanlan – KIN
• Owen McDonnell – Three Families
• Peter Coonan – Hidden Assets

Craft

Original Music

• David Holmes – KIN
• Die Hexen – You Are Not My Mother
• Joseph Conlan – Who We Love
• Stephen Rennicks – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• Van Morrison – Belfast

Editing

• Dermot Diskin – KIN
• John Murphy – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• Nathan Nugent – Swan Song
• Tony Cranstoun – Zone 414
• Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast

Production Design

• Derek Wallace – KIN
• Emma Lowney – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• Joe Fallover – Wolf
• Tom Conroy – Vikings: Valhalla
• Tamara Conboy – Deadly Cuts

Cinematography

• Burschi Wojnar – Redemption of a Rogue
• Kate McCullough – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• James Mather – KIN
• Narayan Van Maele – You Are Not My Mother
• Peter Robertson – Vikings: Valhalla

Costume Design

• Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Foundation
• Kathy Strachan – Deadly Cuts (winner)
• 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 (winner)
• Dee Corcoran, Joe Whelan, Thomas McInerney – Vikings: Valhalla

Sound

• Aza Hand & Alan Scully – Boys from County Hell
• John "Bob" Brennan, Fionán Higgins, Mark Henry, & Andrew Kirwan – Smother
• Karl Merren & Johnny Marshell – The Green Knight
• Steve Fanagan – Swan Song (winner)
• Steve Fanagan, John "Bob" Brennan, Brendan Rehill – An Cailín Ciúin

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 (winner) ^{[11] [12]}

Special

Rising Star

• Colm Bairéad (Director/Writer — An Cailín Ciúin )
  • Benjamin Cleary (Director/Writer — Swan Song )
  • Kate Dolan (Director/Writer — You Are Not My Mother )
  • Hazel Doupe (Actor — You Are Not My Mother)
  • Sam Keeley (Actor — Kin )

See also

• 2021 in Irish television
• 2022 in Irish television
• 75th British Academy Film Awards
• 2022 British Academy Television Awards

References

1. "IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2022 - RULES & GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSIONS" (PDF).
2. "Awards Submissions | IFTA | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Drama Awards". ifta.ie.
3. "KIN leads the IFTA nominations". 22 February 2022 – via www.rte.ie.
4. "RTE's Kin Set To Win Big As The 2022 IFTA Nominations Are Revealed". 22 February 2022.
5. Clarke, Donald. "Belfast and An Cailín Ciúin lead nominations for Irish film and television awards". The Irish Times.
6. Broin, Cian Ó. "Limerick-based drama receives several nominations at prestigious film and television awards". www.limerickleader.ie.
7. "Midlands Nominations Aplenty At This Year's IFTAs". Midlands 103.
8. Gallagher, Katie (22 February 2022). "RTE drama Kin leads IFTA nominations as Belfast stars get nod after Oscar disappointment". Irish Mirror.
9. Pox, Fintan (22 February 2022). "RTE drama Kin leads IFTA nominees alongide[sic] films Belfast and Deadly Cuts". Head Topics.
10. "IFTA announces the Screen Ireland IFTA Rising Star Nominees 2022". Screen Ireland . 4 March 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
11. Bryan, Mike McGrath (22 February 2022). "And the IFTA nominees are..." Irish Examiner.
12. "The Quiet Girl wins big at this year's Irish Film & Television Awards". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.

External links

• Awards at the Irish Film and Television Academy official website