23/04/2024 - Other notable victors include Irish actors Cillian Murphy, Alison Oliver and Paul Mescal, the series Kin and Lisa Mulcahy’s drama film Lies We Tell

Director Pat Collins (left) and actor Barry Ward during the awards ceremony (© Brian McEvoy)

The winners of this year’s Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA) were revealed at a gala event in Dublin on Saturday 20 April. The 2024 edition of the gathering that celebrates Irish and Northern Irish creativity in film and drama series saw the triumph of Pat Collins’ That They May Face the Rising Sun [+see also:
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Next, the director, lead actress and screenwriter of Lies We Tell (Ireland) – respectively, Lisa Mulcahy, Agnes O’Casey and Elisabeth Gooch – scooped the Awards for Best Film Director, Best Leading Actress in a Film and Best Film Script. The drama follows an orphaned heiress who is forced to embrace her family’s dark legacy.

Meanwhile, the Irish-Canadian-UK series Kin scooped five prizes – Best Drama, Best Drama Director, Best Drama Script, Best Leading Actress in a Drama and Best Supporting Actress in a Drama. The show revolves around a fictional Dublin family embroiled in a gangland war, and stars Aidan Gillen and Ciarán Hinds as rival gang leaders.

Finally, Irish thesps Cillian Murphy, Alison Oliver and Paul Mescal snagged the Awards for Best Lead Actor in a Film, Best Supporting Actress in a Film and Best Supporting Actor in a Film for starring in the box-office hits Oppenheimer [+see also:
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Here is the full list of this year’s award winners:

Best Film
That They May Face the Rising Sun [+see also:
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Best Film Director
Lisa Mulcahy – Lies We Tell (Ireland)

Best Film Script
Elisabeth Gooch - Lies We Tell

Best Lead Actor in a Film
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer [+see also:
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Best Leading Actress in a Film
Agnes O’Casey – Lies We Tell

Best Supporting Actor in a Film
Paul Mescal – All of Us Strangers [+see also:
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Best Supporting Actress in a Film
Alison Oliver – Saltburn [+see also:
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Best Drama
Kin - Peter McKenna, Ciaran Donnelly (Ireland/Canada/UK)

Best Drama Director
Kate Dolan – Kin

Best Drama Script
Peter McKenna – Kin

Best Lead Actor in a Drama
Éanna Hardwicke – The Sixth Commandment (UK)

Best Leading Actress in a Drama
Clare Dunne – Kin

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama
Richard Dormer – Blue Lights (UK)

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama
Maria Doyle Kennedy – Kin

Best International Film
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan

Best International Actor
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers (USA)

Best International Actress
Emma Stone – Poor Things [+see also:
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George Morrison Award for Best Documentary
Alan Gilsenan - The Days of Trees (Ireland)

Best Live-action Short
Calf – Jamie O’Rourke (Ireland)

Best Animated Short
Wind & the Shadow – Kris Kelly (Ireland)

Best Cinematography
Robbie Ryan - Poor Things

Best Costume Design
Lara Campbell – LOLA [+see also:
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Best Production Design
John Paul Kelly - A Haunting in Venice (USA)

Best Hair and Make-up
Orla Carroll, Lynn Johnston - The Pope’s Exorcist (USA/UK/Spain)

Best Sound
Nina Rice – Barbie (USA)

Best Original Music
Neil Hannon – LOLA

Best Editing
Michael Harte - Still: A Michael J Fox Movie (USA)

Best VFX
Kev Cahill, Diana Giogiutti - Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (USA)

Lifetime Achievement Award
Stephen Rea