The nominations for the Irish Film and Television Academy’s (IFTA) Film and Drama Awards 2018 have been announced.

MC for this year's show, Deirdre O'Kane, and Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham revealed the nominations, which included Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress, among others, this morning.

This year marks the 15th Anniversary year for the Irish Academy and the awards ceremony, which takes place in the Round Room at the Mansion House on Thursday, 15th February.

One of the bigger surprises of this year’s awards is the fact that only three actresses were nominated in the Best Lead Actress category. The Aisling Walsh-directed Maudie led nominations for film with six nods while Vikings did so for TV drama with six nods. Cardboard Gangsters, Handsome Devil, The Farthest, Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri, Peaky Blinders and Game of Thrones all fared well also with five nominations each.

 

Nominees for Feature Film
Cardboard Gangsters
Handsome Devil
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Maudie
Michael Inside
Song of Granite

Nominees for Director Film
Frank Berry, Michael Inside
John Butler, Handsome Devil
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Mark O Connor, Cardboard Gangsters
Aisling Walsh, Maudie

Nominees for Actor in a Leading Role Film
John Connors, Cardboard Gangsters
Colin Farrell, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Dafhyd Flynn, Michael Inside
Fionn O Shea, Handsome Devil
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Maze

Nominees for Actress in a Leading Role Film
Sarah Bolger, Halal Daddy
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Ann Skelly, Kissing Candice

Actor in a Supporting Role: Film
Barry Keoghan, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Jacob McCarthy, The Drummer and The Keeper
Andrew Scott, Handsome Devil
Fionn Walton, Cardboard Gangsters
Barry Ward, Maze

Actress Supporting Role: Film
Niamh Algar, The Drummer and The Keeper
Sarah Carroll, The Limit Of
Deirdre O Kane, Halal Daddy
Victoria Smurfit, The Lears
Fionna Hewitt Twamley, Cardboard Gangsters

Nominees for Scriptwriter Film
Frank Berry, Michael Inside
Stephen Burke, Maze
John Butler, Handsome Devil
Nick Kelly, The Drummer and The Keeper
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Nominations for Best Drama
Acceptable Risk
Game of Thrones
Line of Duty
Paula
Striking Out
Vikings

Nominees for Actor in a Leading Role Drama
Richard Dormer, Rellik
Adrian Dunbar, Line Of Duty
Brendan Gleeson, Mr Mercedes
Cillian Murphy, Peaky Blinders
Chris O Dowd, Get Shorty

Nominees for Actress in a Lead Role Drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Elaine Cassidy, Acceptable Risk
Denise Gough, Paula
Amy Huberman, Striking Out
Ruth Negga, Preacher

Nominees for Actor in a Supporting Role Drama
Liam Cunningham, Game of Thrones
Moe Dunford, Vikings
Aidan Gillen, Game of Thrones
Owen McDonnell, Paula
Jason O Mara, Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Nominees for Actress in a Supporting Role Drama
Angeline Ball, Acceptable Risk
Eva Birthistle, The Last Kingdom
Jessie Buckley, Taboo
Charlie Murphy, Peaky Blinders
Genevieve O’Reilly, Tin Star

Nominations for Director Drama
David Caffrey, Peaky Blinders
Rob Quinn, Ackley Bridge
Steve Saint Leger, Vikings
Dearbhla Walsh, Fargo

Nominations for Writer Drama
Ronan Bennett, Gunpowder
Malcolm Campbell, Ackley Bridge
Conor McPherson, Paula
Antoine O Flatharta, Grace Harte

Nominees for the George Morrison Feature Documentary
The 34th
A Cambodian Spring
The Farthest
No Stone Unturned
The Silver Branch

Nominees for Cinematography
Tom Comerford, Pilgrimage
Richard Kendrick, Song of Granite
Seamus McGarvey, The Greatest Showman
Cathal Watters, Peaky Blinders

Nominees for Costume
Consolata Boyle, Victoria and Abdul
Sarajane Ffrench O Carroll, The Lodgers
Susan O Connor Cave, Vikings
Leonie Prendergast, Pilgrimage

Nominees for Editing
Tony Cranstoun, The Farthest
Dermot Diskin, Peaky Blinders
Una Ni DhonghaIle, Three Girls
Tadhg O Sullivan, Song of Granite

Nominees for Make-Up & Hair
Julie-Ann Ryan & Niamh Glynn, The Cured
Clare Lambe & Sevlene Roddy, Into the Badlands
Lorraine Glynn & Sonya Dolan, The Man Who Invented Christmas
Dee Corcoran & Tom McInerney, Vikings

Nominees for Original Score
Ray Harman, The Farthest
Stephen McKeon, Pilgrimage
Stephen Rennicks, Maze
John Gerard Walsh, The Drummer and The Keeper

Nominees for Production Design
Stephen Daly, Into the Badlands
Joe Fallover, The Lodgers
Mark Geraghty, Vikings
John Hand, Maudie

Nominees for Sound
Steve Fanagan, Kieran Horgan, The Farthest
Ronan Hill, Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters, Game of Thrones
Karl Merren Brendan Deasy, Into the Badlands
Marco Dolle, Steve Munro, Garret Farrell, Maudie

Nominees for VFX
Tim Chauncey The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Ian Benjamin Kenny & Enda O'Connor The Farthest
Ed Bruce & Nicholas Murphy, Screenscene, Game of Thrones
Tailored Films & Bowsie Workshop, The Lodgers

Nominees for Live Action Short Film
Cry Rosa
For You
The Secret Market
The Tattoo
Time Traveller
Wave

Nominees for Animated Short Film
An Beal Bocht
Angela's Christmas
Departure
Late Afternoon

Nominees for International Film
Dunkirk
Lady Bird
Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Nominees for International Actor
Timothee Chamelet, Call Me By Your Name
Ethan Hawke, Maudie
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Nominees for International Actress
Sally Hawkins, Maudie
Sally Hawkins, Shape of Water
Nicole Kidman, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri