21st Irish Film & Television Awards

21st Irish Film & Television Awards
21st Irish Film & Television Awards
Date	14 February 2025
Site	Dublin Royal Convention Centre
Highlights
Most nominations	Film: Kneecap (17); Television: Say Nothing (10);
Television coverage
Channel	RTÉ
	← 20th; Irish Film & Television Awards; 22nd →;

The 21th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards, also called the IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2025 is scheduled to take place on 14 February 2025. The ceremony will be held at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre for the second consecutive time.^[1]^[2] The host for the ceremony was not been announced yet. It will honour Irish films and television drama released between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024.^[3]

The nominations were announced on 14 January 2025.^[4] In the film categories, musical comedy-drama Kneecap led the nominations with seventeen, followed by Small Things Like These with nine. In the television side, Disney+'s miniseries Say Nothing received the most nominations with ten, followed by Apple TV+ drama series Bad Sisters with eight.^[5]^[6]

Nominees for the Rising Star Award have not been announced yet. Irish actor Colm Meaney will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of his "extraordinary contributions to cinema and television".^[7]

In regards of the nominations, Academy CEO Áine Moriarty said "The 2025 nominees shortlisted for Irish Academy Awards this year is an incredible showcase of skill and talent in front and behind the camera". She also commented that "There is absolutely no doubt that Irish talent is amongst the best in the world, delivering such high standards of acting, filmmaking, and storytelling. The Irish Academy is proud to showcase this industry’s great work and to reward their achievements."^[8]

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Film	Best Director
Kathleen Is Here King Frankie Kneecap Small Things Like These Spilt Milk The Apprentice	Eva Birthistle – Kathleen Is Here John Crowley – We Live in Time Brian Durnin – Spilt Milk Damian McCarthy – Oddity Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor – Baltimore Rich Peppiatt – Kneecap
Best Lead Actor	Best Lead Actress
Peter Coonan – King Frankie as Frankie Paul Mescal – Gladiator II as Lucius Verus Aurelius / "Hanno" Cillian Murphy – Small Things Like These as Bill Furlong Naoise Ó Caireallain – Kneecap as himself J.J. Ó Dochartaigh – Kneecap as himself Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh – Kneecap as himself	Carolyn Bracken – Oddity as Dani Odello-Timmis / Darcy Odello Jessie Buckley – Wicked Little Letters as Rose Gooding Hazel Doupe – Kathleen Is Here as Kathleen Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun as Rona Eileen Walsh – Small Things Like These as Eileen Furlong Alisha Weir – Abigail as Abigail
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Peter Coonan – Kathleen Is Here as Rory Michael Fassbender – Kneecap as Arlo Ó Cairealláin Barry Keoghan – Bird as Bug Brían F. O'Byrne – Conclave as Monsignor Raymond O'Malley Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – Baltimore as Dominic Steve Wall – Oddity as Ivan	Zara Devlin – Small Things Like These as Sarah Clare Dunne – Kathleen Is Here as Dee Fionnuala Flaherty – Kneecap as Caitlin Simone Kirby – Kneecap as Dolores Ó Cairealláin Saoirse Ronan – Blitz as Rita Jessica Reynolds – Kneecap as Georgia
Best Script	George Morrison Award for Best Feature Documentary
Kathleen Is Here – Eva Birthistle Spilt Milk – Cara Loftus Baltimore – Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor Kneecap – Rich Peppiatt Abigail – Stephen Shields Small Things Like These – Enda Walsh	Face Down: The Disappearance of Thomas Niedermayer – Gerry Gregg Don't Forget to Remember – Ross Killeen Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story – Sinéad O'Shea The Flats – Alessandra Celesia Mrs Robinson – Aoife Kelleher Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's – Ciarán Ó Maonaigh
Best Live Action Short Film	Best Animated Short Film
Clodagh – Portia A. Buckley Farmers!? – Freddie Leyden Room Taken – TJ O'Grady Peyton Turnaround – Aisling Byrne Two Mothers – Anna Rodgers We Beg to Differ – Ruairi Bradley Wife of the Future – Rory Hanrahan Wrecker – Martina McGlynn	Dembaya – Borja Espana Guillot Every Other Weekend – Margaret Rose Homebird – Ewa Smyk Nightpay – Rachel Fitzgerald

Television

Best Drama	Best Director
Bad Sisters (Apple TV+) Say Nothing (Disney+) The Dry (RTÉ One / ITVX) Bodkin (Netflix) Blue Lights (BBC One) Crá (TG4)	Paddy Breathnach – The Dry (RTÉ One / ITVX) Brian Kirk – The Day of the Jackal (Sky Atlantic / Peacock) Michael Lennox – Say Nothing (Disney+) Lisa Mulcahy – Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale (Sundance Now) Hannah Quinn – The Boy That Never Was (RTÉ) Dearbhla Walsh – Bad Sisters (Apple TV+)
Best Lead Actor	Best Lead Actress
Anthony Boyle – Say Nothing as Brendan Hughes (Disney+) Colin Farrell – The Penguin as Oswald "Oz" Cobb / The Penguin (HBO) Michael Fassbender – The Agency as Brandon Cunningham (Paramount+ with Showtime) Ciarán Hinds – The Dry as Tom Sheridan (RTÉ One / ITVX) Andrew Scott – Ripley as Tom Ripley (Netflix) Aidan Turner – Rivals as Declan O'Hara (Disney+)	Elaine Cassidy – Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale as Sarah Fenn (Sundance Now) Nicola Coughlan – Bridgerton as Penelope Bridgerton (Netflix) Siobhán Cullen – Bodkin as Dubheasa "Dove" Maloney (Netflix) Roisin Gallagher – The Dry as Shiv Sheridan (RTÉ One / ITVX) Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters as Eva Garvey (Apple TV+) Lola Petticrew – Say Nothing as Dolours Price (Disney+)
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Anthony Boyle – Masters of the Air as Lieutenant Harry Crosby (Apple TV+) Liam Cunningham – 3 Body Problem as Thomas Wade (Netflix) Michael Smiley – Bad Sisters as Roger Muldoon (Apple TV+) Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – Say Nothing as older Brendan Hughes (Disney+) Chris Walley – Bodkin as Sean O'Shea (Netflix) David Wilmot – Bodkin as Seamus Gallagher (Netflix)	Siobhán Cullen – The Dry as Caroline Sheridan (RTÉ One / ITVX) Hazel Doupe – Say Nothing as Marian Price (Disney+) Eve Hewson – Bad Sisters as Becka Garvey (Apple TV+) Ruth Negga – Presumed Innocent as Barbara Sabich (Apple TV+) Fiona Shaw – Bad Sisters as Angelica Muldoon (Apple TV+) Victoria Smurfit – Rivals as Maud O'Hara (Disney+)
Best Script
Faithless – Baz Ashmawy (Virgin Media Television) The Day of the Jackal – Ronan Bennett (Sky Atlantic / Peacock) The Dry – Nancy Harris (RTÉ One / ITVX) Bad Sisters – Sharon Horgan (Apple TV+) Blue Lights – Adam Patterson, Declan Lawn (BBC One) Say Nothing – Kirsten Sheridan, Joshua Zetumer (Disney+)

International Film

Best International Film
Anora Conclave Dune: Part Two The Brutalist The Outrun The Substance
Best International Actor	Best International Actress
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Timothee Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benjamin "Benji" Kaplan Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice as Donald Trump Denzel Washington – Gladiator II as Macrinus	Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Angelina Jolie – Maria as Maria Callas Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Demi Moore – The Substance as Elizabeth Sparkle Florence Pugh – We Live in Time as Almut Brühl Emily Watson – Small Things Like These as Sister Mary

Craft & Technical (Film and Television)

Best Casting	Best Cinematography
Baltimore – Emma Gunnery Bodkin – Louise Kiely (Netflix) Kneecap – Carla Stronge Say Nothing – Lucy Amos, Nina Gold (Disney+) Small Things Like These – Maureen Hughes	Bird – Robbie Ryan Fréwaka – Narayan Van Maele Kneecap – Ryan Kernaghan Say Nothing – Stephen Murphy (Disney+) The Penguin – Darran Tiernan (HBO)
Best Costume Design	Best Production Design
Abigail – Gwen Jeffares Hourie House of the Dragon – Caroline McCall (HBO) Kneecap – Zjena Glamocanin Spilt Milk – Gwen Jeffares Hourie Vikings: Valhalla – Susan O’Connor-Cave (Netflix)	Abigail – Susie Cullen Bodkin – Paki Smith (Netflix) Kneecap – Nicola Moroney The Tourist – Philip Murphy (Netflix) Vikings: Valhalla – Tom Conroy (Netflix)
Best Hair & Makeup	Best Editing
Abigail – Linda Gannon, Liz Byrne Kneecap – Liz Boston Small Things Like These – Lorraine Glynn, Lynn Johnston The Apprentice – Sandra Kelly, Tom McInerney Vikings: Valhalla – Joe Whelan, Tom McInerney (Netflix)	Bad Sisters – Derek Holland (Apple TV+) Kathleen Is Here – Colin Campbell Kneecap – Julian Ulrichs & Chris Gill Paddington in Peru – Úna Ní Dhonghaíle Say Nothing – Edel McDonnell (Disney+)
Best Sound	Best Original Music
Abigail – Hugh Fox Blackshore – John "Bob" Brennan, Mark Henry, Fionan Higgins (RTÉ One) Kneecap – Aza Hand, Brendan Rehill, Chris Woodcock Oddity – Aza Hand, Hugo Parvery Small Things Like These – Hugh Fox, Senjan Jansen	Fréwaka – Die Hexen The Apprentice – David Holmes The Dry – Sarah Lynch (RTÉ One / ITVX) The Magic Reindeer: Saving Santa's Sleigh – Eimear Noone, Craig Stuart Garfinkle The Song Cycle – Ray Harman
Best VFX
3 Body Problem – Ed Bruce, Liam Neville (Netflix) Bodkin – John Kennedy, Lisa Maher (Netflix) Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale – Dan Cullen (Sundance Now) Shōgun – Ed Bruce, Andrew Barry (FX)

Special

Rising Star

To be announced

Irish Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement

Colm Meaney (for his extraordinary contributions to cinema and television)^[8]

References

^ Ntim, Zac (14 January 2025). "Irish Film & TV Award Nominations: Cillian Murphy Drama 'Small Things Like These' And 'Kneecap' Among Leaders". Deadline. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ Tabbara, Mona (14 January 2025). "'Kneecap' leads Irish Film and Television Academy awards nominations". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ "IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2024: Rules & Guidelines for Submissions" (PDF). IFTA. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ Ritman, Alex (14 January 2025). "'Kneecap' Dominates Irish Academy Awards Nominations With 17 Nods". Variety. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ Szalai, Georg (14 January 2025). "'Kneecap' Tops Irish Film & TV Awards Noms; Cillian Murphy, Paul Mescal, Colin Farrell Up for Nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ Ainsworth, Paul (14 January 2025). "Kneecap and Say Nothing lead nominations for the Irish Film and Television Awards". The Irish News. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ Ritman, Alex (10 January 2025). "Colm Meaney to Receive Irish Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award". Variety. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ ^a ^b "IFTA Awards 2025: Nominations announced in 29 categories, celebrating Irish talent across Film and Drama". Screen Ireland. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

External links

Awards at the Irish Film & Television Academy official website

[1] Ntim, Zac (14 January 2025). "Irish Film & TV Award Nominations: Cillian Murphy Drama 'Small Things Like These' And 'Kneecap' Among Leaders". Deadline. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[2] Tabbara, Mona (14 January 2025). "'Kneecap' leads Irish Film and Television Academy awards nominations". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[3] "IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2024: Rules & Guidelines for Submissions" (PDF). IFTA. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[4] Ritman, Alex (14 January 2025). "'Kneecap' Dominates Irish Academy Awards Nominations With 17 Nods". Variety. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[5] Szalai, Georg (14 January 2025). "'Kneecap' Tops Irish Film & TV Awards Noms; Cillian Murphy, Paul Mescal, Colin Farrell Up for Nods". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[6] Ainsworth, Paul (14 January 2025). "Kneecap and Say Nothing lead nominations for the Irish Film and Television Awards". The Irish News. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[7] Ritman, Alex (10 January 2025). "Colm Meaney to Receive Irish Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award". Variety. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[0:-8] "IFTA Awards 2025: Nominations announced in 29 categories, celebrating Irish talent across Film and Drama". Screen Ireland. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

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