17th Irish Film & Television Awards
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The 17th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards took place in July 2021. The ceremony honoured Irish films and television drama released between 1 February 2020 and 31 May 2021.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
| 17th Irish Film & Television Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 4 July 2021 |
| Site | Virtual ceremony |
| Hosted by | Gráinne Seoige |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Wolfwalkers |
| Best Direction | Cathy Brady Wildfire |
| Best Actor | Gabriel Byrne Death of a Ladies' Man |
| Best Actress | Nika McGuigan Wildfire |
| Most awards | Normal People (9) |
| Most nominations | Normal People (15) |
| Television coverage | |
| Channel | Virgin Media One |
The nominees were announced on 15 June 2021. Normal People received an unprecedented fifteen nominations.[9] At the ceremony in July 2021, Normal People won nine prizes.[10][11][12]
Film
Best film
- Broken Law
- Dating Amber
- Herself
- Vivarium
- Wildfire
- Wolfwalkers (winner)
Director
- Cathy Brady â Wildfire (winner)
- David Freyne â Dating Amber
- Lorcan Finnegan â Vivarium
- Paddy Slattery â Broken Law
- Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart â Wolfwalkers
Script
- Cathy Brady â Wildfire
- Clare Dunne and Malcolm Campbell â Herself (winner)
- David Freyne â Dating Amber
- Paddy Slattery â Broken Law
- Will Collins â Wolfwalkers
Actress in a leading role
- Jessie Buckley â I'm Thinking of Ending Things
- Clare Dunne â Herself
- Lola Petticrew â Dating Amber
- Nika McGuigan â Wildfire (posthumous) (winner)
- Nora-Jane Noone â Wildfire
Actor in a leading role
- Ciarán Hinds â The Man In The Hat
- Fionn O'Shea â Dating Amber
- Gabriel Byrne â Death of a Ladies' Man (winner)
- Moe Dunford â Knuckledust
- Tristan Heanue â Broken Law
Actress in a supporting role
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- Ally Nà Charáin â Broken Law
- Kathy Kiera Clarke â A Bend in the River
- Molly McCann â Herself
- Saoirse Ronan â Ammonite
- Sharon Horgan â Dating Amber (winner)
Actor in a supporting role
- Barry Ward â Dating Amber (winner)
- Brian Gleeson â Death of a Ladies' Man
- Colm Meaney â Pixie
- Conleth Hill â Herself
- Ned Dennehy â Undergods
George Morrison Feature Documentary
- Breaking Out (winner)
- Finding Jack Charlton
- Henry Glassie: Field Work
- Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
- The 8th
- Tomorrow is Saturday[13]
Short film â Live action
- Five Letters to the Stranger Who Will Dissect My Brain
- Flicker
- Kathleen Was Here
- My Other Suit Is Human
- Rough (winner)
- The Invisible Boy
Animated short
- Gunter Falls in Love
- Her Song (winner)
- The Dead Hands of Dublin
- The Voyage
- Zog and the Flying Doctors
Rising Star Award
- Nicola Coughlan (Actor â Bridgerton)[14]
- Cathy Brady (Director/Writer â Wildfire)
- Clare Dunne (Actor/Writer â Herself)
- Eve Hewson (Actor â Behind Her Eyes)[15]
- Paddy Slattery (Director/Producer/Writer â Broken Law)
Television drama
Drama
- Blood, series 2 (Channel 5 / Virgin Media One)
- Line of Duty, series 6 (BBC One)
- Normal People (RTÃ One / BBC Three) (winner)
- Dead Still (Acorn TV)
- Smother (RTÃ One)
- Vikings, series 6 (History [Canada])
Director
- Dearbhla Walsh â Fargo
- Dathaà Keane â Smother
- Imogen Murphy â Dead Still
- Lenny Abrahamson â Normal People (winner)
- Steve St. Leger â Vikings
Script
- Adam Patterson and Declan Lawn â The Salisbury Poisonings
- Kate O'Riordan â Smother
- Lisa McGee â The Deceived
- John Morton â Dead Still
- Sally Rooney â Normal People (winner)
Actress in a leading role
- Niamh Algar â Raised by Wolves
- Aisling Franciosi â Black Narcissus
- Dervla Kirwan â Smother (winner)
- Eve Hewson â Behind Her Eyes[15]
- Catherine Walker â The Deceived
Actor in a leading role
- Adrian Dunbar â Line of Duty
- James Nesbitt â Bloodlands
- Brendan Gleeson â The Comey Rule
- Michael Smiley â Dead Still
- Paul Mescal â Normal People (winner)
Actress in a supporting role
- Fiona Shaw â Killing Eve
- Gemma-Leah Devereux â Smother
- Nicola Coughlan â Bridgerton
- Sarah Greene â Normal People (winner)
- Seána Kerslake â Smother
Actor in a supporting role
- Andrew Scott â His Dark Materials
- Colm Meaney â Gangs of London
- Desmond Eastwood â Normal People
- Ãanna Hardwicke â Smother
- Fionn O'Shea â Normal People (winner)
Craft
Score
- Aza Hand â Son (winner)
- Colm Mac Con Iomaire â A Bend in the River
- John McPhillips â Smother
- Stephen Rennicks â Normal People
- Ray Harman â Blood
Editing
- Colin Campbell â Here are the Young Men
- Gráinne Gavigan â Dead Still
- Nathan Nugent â Normal People
- Tony Cranstoun â Vivarium
- Ãna NÃ DhonghaÃle â Misbehaviour (winner)
Production Design
- John Leslie â Son
- Lucy van Lonkhuyzen â Normal People (winner)
- Philip Murphy â Vivarium
- Ray Ball â Sea Fever
- Tamara Conboy â Herself
Cinematography
- Cathal Watters â Smother
- Ciaran Tanham â Dead Still
- James Mather â Here are the Young Men
- Kate McCullough â Normal People (winner)
- Suzie Lavelle â Normal People
Costume
- Aisling Wallace Byrne â Here are the Young Men
- Joan O'Clery â Dating Amber
- Leonie Prendergast â Gretel & Hansel (winner)
- Lorna Marie Mugan â Normal People
- Triona Lillis â Smother
Makeup & Hair
- Jennie Readman and Niamh O'Loan â Vivarium
- Linda Gannon Foster and Jennifer Hegarty â Dead Still
- Linda Gannon Foster and Liz Byrne â Gretel & Hansel (winner)
- Sandra Kelly and Sharon Doyle â Normal People
- Siobhan Harper-Ryan â I Hate Suzie
Sound Design
- Aza Hand and Patrick Drummond â Son
- Hugh Fox, Fionán Higgins & Mark Henry â Smother
- Kieran Horgan & Brendan Rehill â Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
- Patrick Drummond, Aza Hand, Katie O'Mahony & Adrian Conway â Here are the Young Men
- Steve Fanagan, Niall Brady & Niall O Sullivan â Normal People (winner)
VFX
- Jim OâHagan and Ed Bruce â WandaVision
- Ed Bruce â Shadow and Bone
- Ed Bruce â Kidding (winner)[16]