IFTA and the Irish Film Board have announced the nominees for this year's Rising Star Award.

Catriona Balfe is up for her turn in Outlander. Moe Dunford has been nominated for his role in Patrick's Day - a film up for nine other IFTA awards - and Sarah Greene gets the nod for her part in Noble.

Donal Foreman rounds off the nominations - he is being nominated as the writer/director of Out of Here.

The Fall and Fifty Shades of Grey actor Jamie Dornan was last year's Rising Star. Other previous winners include writer/directors Gerard Barrett and John Michael McDonagh, actors Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Fassbender and Saoirse Ronan, and animator Tomm Moore.

This year's winner will be announced at the IFTA Film & Drama Awards ceremony on Sunday 24th May.

You can find out more about this year's IFTA nominees here.