30/04/2015 - Lenny Abrahamson, John Carney amongst Director nominees

Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank [+see also:
trailer
film profile] and Terry McMahon’s Patrick’s Day [+see also:
trailer
film profile] have secured nine nominations each in various categories, including Director and Film, at the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs). The awards will take place in Dublin on 24 May. As is customary at the IFTAs, film and television are nominated together in the craft and technical categories.

Film nominees:

Best Film
Frank
Glassland [+see also:
trailer
film profile]
I Used to Live Here [+see also:
trailer
film profile]
Noble
Patrick’s Day
Song of the Sea [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Tomm Moore
film profile]

Director Film
Lenny Abrahamson – Frank
Gerard Barrett — Glassland
John Carney — Begin Again
Terry McMahon — Patrick’s Day 

Script Film
Gerard Barrett — Glassland
Frank Berry — I Used to Live Here
Will Collins — Song of the Sea
Terry McMahon – Patrick’s Day

Actor in a Lead Role in Film
Moe Dunford — Patrick’s Day
Colin Farrell — Miss Julie [+see also:
trailer
interview: Liv Ullmann
film profile]
Michael Fassbender — Frank
Jack Reynor — Glassland

Actress in a Lead Role in Film
Tara Breathnach — A Nightingale Falling
Jordanne Jones — I Used to Live Here
Simone Kirby — Jimmy’s Hall [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Ken Loach
film profile]
Deirdre O’Kane — Noble

Actor in a Supporting Role in Film
Domhnall Gleeson — Frank
Allen Leech — The Imitation Game [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
film profile]
James Nesbitt — Gold
Andrew Scott — Pride [+see also:
film review
trailer
making of
film profile]

Actress in a Supporting Role in Film
Kerry Condon – Gold
Sinéad Cusack — Queen and Country [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: John Boorman
film profile]
Sarah Greene – Noble
Catherine Walker — Patrick’s Day 

George Morrison Feature Documentary
Blood Fruit - Noel Pearson
In A House That Ceased To Be - Atlantic Film Alliance
One Million Dubliners - Rachel Lysaght
Road - Dermot Lavery & Michael Hewitt
Unbreakable – Ross Whitaker 

Animation Short
An Ode to Love — Matthew Darragh
Fresh Cut Grass – Boulder Media
Somewhere Down the Line — Julien Regnard
The Ledge End of Phil (from accounting) — Paul Morris

Short Film
Boogaloo and Graham – Michael Lennox/Ronan Blaney/Brian Falconer
I Am Here – David Holmes
Rockmount — David Tynan
Skunky Dog — James Fitzgerald

Director Of Photography
PJ Dillon –Vikings
Michael Lavelle — Patrick’s Day
James Mather — Frank
Piers McGrail – Glassland 

Costume Design
Joan Bergin — Vikings
Consolata Boyle — Miss Julie
Lorna Marie Mugan — Peaky Blinders
Eimear Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh – Jimmy’s Hall 

Editing
Uná Ní Dhonghaíle – The Missing
Nathan Nugent — Frank
Emer Reynolds — One Million Dubliners / Patrick’s Day 

Make-Up & Hair
All is by My Side [+see also:
trailer
film profile]
Frank
Ripper Street
Vikings

Original Score
Ray Harman — Patrick’s Day
David Holmes – ‘71 [+see also:
film review
trailer
Q&A: Yann Demange
film profile]
Stephen McKeon — Queen and Country
Stephen Rennicks – Frank 

Production Design
Tony Conroy — Vikings
Mark Geraghty — Vikings
John Paul Kelly — The Theory of Everything [+see also:
trailer
film profile]
Donal Woods — Downton Abbey

Sound
The Canal
Frank
Game of Thrones
Patrick’s Day

International Film
‘71
Boyhood
The Imitation Game
The Theory of Everything 

International Actor
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything

International Actress
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Toni Collette – Glassland
Jessica Chastain – Miss Julie
Julianne Moore – Still Alice