18th Irish Film & Television Awards

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18th Irish Film & Television Awards
Date12 March 2022 (2022-03-12)
SiteVirtual 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 awardsAn Cailín Ciúin (7)
Most nominations KIN (13)
Television coverage
Channel Virgin Media One

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]

Contents

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Niamh Algar (Deceit, Censor)
Actors nominated for two awards. (Peter Coonan was also nominated twice, for Doineann and Hidden Assets, but no picture is available.)

Film

Best film

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

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

See also

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