Another year, another awards ceremony – and now for something a bit more local.

The Irish Film and Television Academy, which acknowledges, celebrates and awards the very best the industry has to offer, have announced their nominees for this year’s Film & Drama awards ceremony, which will take place at the Round Room of the Mansion House on Saturday 8th April 2017.

Academy CEO Aine Moriarty stated that: “These great Irish Nominees are a testament to the hard work and achievements by Irish creative talent within the film and television industry, delivering world-class standards of work and we look forward to showcasing and celebrating their achievements at the Awards Ceremony”.

This year’s IFTA Lifetime Achievement award will be presented to Michael Gambon, best-known for playing Dumbledore in the Harry Potter franchise.

Here are the nominees:

 

FEATURE FILM

A Date for Mad Mary

Love & Friendship

The Siege of Jadotville

The Secret Scripture

Tomato Red

The Young Offenders

 

 

DIRECTOR FILM

Peter Foott, The Young Offenders

Jim Sheridan, The Secret Scripture

Richie Smyth, The Siege of Jadotville

Darren Thornton, A Date for Mad Mary

 

 

SCRIPTWRITER FILM

Kevin Brodbin, The Siege of Jadotville

Peter Foott, The Young Offenders

Darren Thornton & Colin Thornton, A Date for Mad Mary

Juanita Wilson, Tomato Red

 

 

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - FILM

Jamie Dornan, The Siege of Jadotville

Michael Fassbender, The Light Between Oceans

Colm Meaney, The Journey

Alex Murphy, The Young Offenders

Mark O’Halloran, History’s Future

 

 

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - FILM

Caoilfhionn Dunne, In View

Seana Kerslake, A Date For Mad Mary

Aisling Loftus, Property of the State

Ruth Negga, Loving

Catherine Walker, A Dark Song

 

 

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - FILM

Colin Farrell, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Brendan Gleeson, Trespass Against Us

Ciaran Hinds, Bleed for This

Jason O’Mara, The Siege of Jadotville

Chris Walley, The Young Offenders

 

 

ACTRESS SUPPORTING ROLE - FILM

Charleigh Bailey, A Date for Mad Mary

Susan Lynch, Bad Day for the Cut

Simone Kirby, Notes on Blindness

Hilary Rose, The Young Offenders

Fiona Shaw, Out of Innocence

 

 

DRAMA

An Klondike

The Fall 3

Game of Thrones

Smalltown

Striking Out

Vikings

 

 

DIRECTOR - DRAMA

Anthony Byrne, Ripper Street

Ciaran Donnelly, Vikings 4

Neasa Hardiman, Z: The Beginning of Everything

Dathaí Keane, An Klondike 2

 

 

SCRIPTWRITER - DRAMA

Gerard Barrett, Smalltown

Barry Devlin, My Mother and Other Strangers

Marcus Fleming, An Klondike

James Phelan, Wrecking the Rising

 

 

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - DRAMA

Dara Devaney, An Klondike 2

Cillian Murphy, Peaky Blinders

James Nesbit, The Secret

Aidan Turner, Poldark

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Trial of the Century

 

 

 

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - DRAMA

Liam Cunningham, Game of Thrones

Ned Dennehy, An Klondike 2

Moe Dunford, Vikings 4

Andrew Scott, The Hollow Crown

Robert Sheehan - Fortitude

 

 

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - DRAMA

Caitriona Balfe, Outlander

Elaine Cassidy, No Offence

Anne Marie Duff, Murder: The Lost Weekend

Amy Huberman, Striking Out

Ruth Negga, Preacher

 

 

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - DRAMA

Ruth Bradley, Humans

Sinead Cusack, Call the Midwife

Dominique McElligott, House of Cards

Charlene McKenna, Ripper Street

Charlie Murphy, Happy Valley

 

 

GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

Atlantic

Bobby Sands 66 Days

In Loco Parentis

It’s Not Yet Dark

Mattress Men

 

 

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Define Intervention

Don’t Forget the Bread

The Lost Letter

Second to None

 

 

SHORT FILM – LIVE ACTION

Animal

Baring Arms

Gridlock

Heartbreak

Lily

Terminal

 

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Seamus McGarvey, Nocturnal Animals

Piers McGrail, Tomato Red

Robbie Ryan, American Honey

Cathal Watters, An Klondike 2

 

 

COSTUME DESIGN

Joan Bergin, The Secret Scripture

Consolata Boyle, Florence Foster Jenkins

Triona Lillis, An Klondike 2

Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh, Love & Friendship

 

 

EDITING

Colin Campbell, The Young Offenders

Dermot Diskin, The Secret Scripture

Nick Emerson, I Am Not A Serial Killer

Una Ni Dhonghaile, The Crown

 

 

 

MAKEUP & HAIR

Ailbhe Fitzpatrick & Bernie McBride, An Klondike 2

Eileen Buggy & Lynn Johnson, Love & Friendship

Dee Corcoran & Tom McInerney, Vikings

Patsy Giles, Wrecking the Rising

 

 

ORIGINAL SCORE

David Holmes, The Fall

Steve Lynch, An Klondike 2

Patrick Cassidy, Smalltown

Brian Byrne, The Secret Scripture

 

 

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Mark Geraghty, Vikings S4

Mark Kelly, An Klondike 2

Anna Rackard, Love and Friendship

Derek Wallace, The Secret Scripture

 

 

SOUND

Game of Thrones

The Siege of Jadotville

Tomato Red

Without Name

 

 

VFX

Black Sails

Game of Thrones

Ripper Street

The Siege of Jadotville

 

 

INTERNATIONAL FILM

Hacksaw Ridge

La La Land

Manchester By The Sea

Moonlight

 

 

INTERNATIONAL ACTOR

Casey Affleck, Manchester By The Sea

Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge

Ryan Gosling, La La Land

Denzel Washington, Fences

 

 

INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS

Amy Adams, Arrival

Viola Davis, Fences

Natalie Portman, Jackie

Emma Stone, La La Land