The 18th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards, also called the IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2022, took place in March 2022. The ceremony honours Irish films and television drama released between 1 January 2021 and 11 March 2022. ^{[1] [2]} Nominations were announced on 22 February 2022. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} The ceremony aired on Virgin Media One on 12 March 2022, hosted by Deirdre O'Kane. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Niamh Algar (Deceit, Censor)

Actors nominated for two awards. ( Peter Coonan was also nominated twice, for Doineann and Hidden Assets, but no picture is available.)

Film

Best film

• An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• Belfast
• Deadly Cuts
• Swan Song
• Who We Love
• You Are Not My Mother

Director

• Colm Bairéad – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
• Graham Cantwell – Who We Love
• Benjamin Cleary – Swan Song
• Kate Dolan – You Are Not My Mother
• Paddy Slattery – Broken Law

Script

• Kenneth Branagh – Belfast (winner)
• Graham Cantwell and Katie McNeice – Who We Love
• Benjamin Cleary – Swan Song
• Philip Doherty – Redemption of a Rogue
• Kate Dolan – You Are Not My Mother

Actress in a leading role

• Niamh Algar – Censor
• Angeline Ball – Deadly Cuts
• Catherine Clinch – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• Gemma-Leah Devereux – The Bright Side
• Hazel Doupe – You Are Not My Mother

Actor in a leading role

• Peter Coonan – Doineann
• Moe Dunford – Nightride (winner)
• Jude Hill – Belfast
• Aaron Monaghan – Redemption of a Rogue
• Dónall Ó Héalai – Foscadh

Actress in a supporting role

• Caitríona Balfe – Belfast
• Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter (winner)
• Carrie Crowley – An Cailín Ciúin
• Amy-Joyce Hastings – Who We Love
• Ruth Negga – Passing

Actor in a supporting role

• Jamie Dornan – Belfast
• Ciarán Hinds – Belfast (winner)
• Cillian Ó Gairbhí – Foscadh
• Dean Quinn – Who We Love
• Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – The Bright Side

George Morrison Feature Documentary

• Castro's Spies
• Love Yourself Today
• Lyra
• Pure Grit
• The Dance
• Young Plato (winner)

Short film – Live action

Animated short

• Bardo
• Da Humbug
• Fall of the Ibis King (winner)
• Memento Mori

Television drama

Drama

• Hidden Assets (RTÉ One / BBC Four)
• KIN (RTÉ One) (winner)
• Smother, series 2 (RTÉ One)
• Vikings: Valhalla (Netflix)

Director

• Ciaran Donnelly – The Wheel of Time
• Dathaí Keane – Smother
• Diarmuid Goggins – KIN
• Hannah Quinn – Vikings: Valhalla (winner)
• Lisa Mulcahy – Ridley Road

Script

• Declan Croghan – Vikings: Valhalla
• Kate O'Riordan – Smother
• Morna Regan – Hidden Assets
• John Morton – Hidden Assets
• Peter McKenna – Hidden Assets
• Peter McKenna – KIN (winner)

Actress in a leading role

• Angeline Ball – Hidden Assets
• Clare Dunne – KIN (winner)
• Dervla Kirwan – Smother
• Niamh Algar – Deceit
• Sinéad Keenan – Three Families

Actor in a leading role

• Aidan Gillen – KIN
• James Nesbitt – Stay Close
• Liam Cunningham – Domina
• Sam Keeley – KIN (winner)

Actress in a supporting role

• Cathy Belton – Hidden Assets
• Justine Mitchell – Smother
• Lola Petticrew – Three Families
• Maria Doyle Kennedy – KIN (winner)
• Simone Kirby – Hidden Assets

Actor in a supporting role

• Andrew Scott – The Pursuit of Love
• Ciarán Hinds – KIN (winner)
• Emmett J. Scanlan – KIN
• Owen McDonnell – Three Families
• Peter Coonan – Hidden Assets

Craft

Original Music

• David Holmes – KIN
• Die Hexen – You Are Not My Mother
• Joseph Conlan – Who We Love
• Stephen Rennicks – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• Van Morrison – Belfast

Editing

• Dermot Diskin – KIN
• John Murphy – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• Nathan Nugent – Swan Song
• Tony Cranstoun – Zone 414
• Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast

Production Design

• Derek Wallace – KIN
• Emma Lowney – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• Joe Fallover – Wolf
• Tom Conroy – Vikings: Valhalla
• Tamara Conboy – Deadly Cuts

Cinematography

• Burschi Wojnar – Redemption of a Rogue
• Kate McCullough – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
• James Mather – KIN
• Narayan Van Maele – You Are Not My Mother
• Peter Robertson – Vikings: Valhalla

Costume Design

• Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Foundation
• Kathy Strachan – Deadly Cuts (winner)
• Louise Stanton – An Cailín Ciúin
• Susan O'Connor Cave – Vikings: Valhalla
• Susan Scott – Zone 414

Makeup & Hair

• Sian Wilson – Belfast
• Lyndsey Herron & Edwina Kelly – Deadly Cuts
• Linda Gannon & Clare Lambe – Foundation
• Eileen Buggy, Audrey Doyle, Barrie Gower – The Green Knight (winner)
• Dee Corcoran, Joe Whelan, Thomas McInerney – Vikings: Valhalla

Sound

• Aza Hand & Alan Scully – Boys from County Hell
• John "Bob" Brennan, Fionán Higgins, Mark Henry, & Andrew Kirwan – Smother
• Karl Merren & Johnny Marshell – The Green Knight
• Steve Fanagan – Swan Song (winner)
• Steve Fanagan, John "Bob" Brennan, Brendan Rehill – An Cailín Ciúin

VFX

• Ed Bruce & Andrew Barry – Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Ed Bruce & Andrew Barry – The Nevers
• Ed Bruce & Manuel Martinez – Swan Song
• Ed Bruce & Sam Johnston – The Book of Boba Fett
• Kevin Cahill & Eric Saindon – The Green Knight (winner) ^{[10] [11]}

See also

• 2021 in Irish television
• 2022 in Irish television
• 75th British Academy Film Awards
• 2022 British Academy Television Awards

References

External links

• Awards at the Irish Film and Television Academy official website