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Nominations for this year's IFTA Awards announced

A Date for Mad Mary, The Siege of Jadotville and The Young Offenders have all been nominated for ...
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A Date for Mad Mary, The Siege of Jadotville and The Young Offenders have all been nominated for multiple awards at this year's IFTA Awards.

The Siege of Jadotville - which was released on Netflix last year - is in the running for best film, director (Richie Smyth) and screenwriter (Kevin Brodbin), while Jamie Dornan and Jason O'Mara are in the running for acting prizes. It has also received the nod in VFX and Sound categories.

The Limerick-set The Young Offenders - written and directed by Peter Foott - is up for seven awards across the film categories.

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Darren Thornton’s A Date for Mad Mary is nominated in the best feature film, director and screenwriter (alongside his brother Colin Thornton) categories. Lead actress Sean Kerslake is also up for an award, along with Charleigh Bailey for best supporting actress.

The Oscar-nominated Ruth Negga is up for awards in both the film & TV categories for her roles in Loving and Preacher.

In the TV categories, international hits such as Game of Thrones, The Fall and Vikings feature prominently, while the Irish-language An Klondike also scores multiple nominations.

IFTA CEO Aine Moriarty said: “These great Irish Nominees are a testament to the hard work and achievements by Irish creative talent within the film and television industry, delivering world-class standards of work and we look forward to showcasing and celebrating their achievements at the Awards Ceremony”.

The winners will be announced in Dublin's Mansion House on April 8th, and Michael Gambon is set to receive a Lifetime Achieve Award at the ceremony.

You can see more of the nominations below, while the full list of nominees is available on the IFTA website.

FEATURE FILM

A Date for Mad Mary

Love & Friendship

The Siege of Jadotville

The Secret Scripture

Tomato Red

The Young Offenders

DIRECTOR FILM

Peter Foott, The Young Offenders

Jim Sheridan, The Secret Scripture

Richie Smyth, The Siege of Jadotville

Darren Thornton, A Date for Mad Mary

SCRIPTWRITER FILM

Kevin Brodbin, The Siege of Jadotville

Peter Foott, The Young Offenders

Darren Thornton & Colin Thornton, A Date for Mad Mary

Juanita Wilson, Tomato Red

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - FILM

Jamie Dornan, The Siege of Jadotville

Michael Fassbender, The Light Between Oceans

Colm Meaney, The Journey

Alex Murphy, The Young Offenders

Mark O’Halloran, History’s Future

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - FILM

Caoilfhionn Dunne, In View

Seana Kerslake, A Date For Mad Mary

Aisling Loftus, Property of the State

Ruth Negga, Loving

Catherine Walker, A Dark Song

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - FILM

Colin Farrell, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Brendan Gleeson, Trespass Against Us

Ciaran Hinds, Bleed for This

Jason O’Mara, The Siege of Jadotville

Chris Walley, The Young Offenders

ACTRESS SUPPORTING ROLE - FILM

Charleigh Bailey, A Date for Mad Mary

Susan Lynch, Bad Day for the Cut

Simone Kirby, Notes on Blindness

Hilary Rose, The Young Offenders

Fiona Shaw, Out of Innocence

DRAMA

An Klondike

The Fall 3

Game of Thrones

Smalltown

Striking Out

Vikings

DIRECTOR - DRAMA

Anthony Byrne, Ripper Street

Ciaran Donnelly, Vikings 4

Neasa Hardiman, Z: The Beginning of Everything

Dathaí Keane, An Klondike 2

SCRIPTWRITER - DRAMA

Gerard Barrett, Smalltown

Barry Devlin, My Mother and Other Strangers

Marcus Fleming, An Klondike

James Phelan, Wrecking the Rising

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - DRAMA

Dara Devaney, An Klondike 2

Cillian Murphy, Peaky Blinders

James Nesbit, The Secret

Aidan Turner, Poldark

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Trial of the Century

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - DRAMA

Liam Cunningham, Game of Thrones

Ned Dennehy, An Klondike 2

Moe Dunford, Vikings 4

Andrew Scott, The Hollow Crown

Robert Sheehan - Fortitude

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - DRAMA

Caitriona Balfe, Outlander

Elaine Cassidy, No Offence

Anne Marie Duff, Murder: The Lost Weekend

Amy Huberman, Striking Out

Ruth Negga, Preacher

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - DRAMA

Ruth Bradley, Humans

Sinead Cusack, Call the Midwife

Dominique McElligott, House of Cards

Charlene McKenna, Ripper Street

Charlie Murphy, Happy Valley


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