The 16th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards took place on 18 October 2020. Because no ceremony was held in 2019, this ceremony honoured films and television drama released in both 2018 and 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no physical ceremony took place; instead, there was a "virtual ceremony" hosted by Deirdre O’Kane.
The nominations for the IFTAs were announced by the Irish Film and Television Academy on 14 July 2020. People presenting awards included President Michael D. Higgins, Martin Scorsese, Daisy Ridley and Liam Neeson. It aired on Virgin Media One.
Below are the winners and nominees. Winners are at the top of each list, in bold type.
Film Best film (2019) Films released in 2018. Black ’47 Float Like a Butterfly Rosie The Dig The Hole in the Ground Best film (2020) Films released in 2019. (Arracht went on general release in 2020, but it premiered at a festival in 2019.) Ordinary Love A Bump Along the Way Arracht Calm with Horses Extra Ordinary
Director Paddy Breathnach – Rosie Nora Twomey – The Breadwinner Lance Daly – Black ’47 Tomás Ó Súilleabháin – Arracht Mike Ahern and Enda Loughman – Extra Ordinary Lee Cronin – The Hole in the Ground Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn – Ordinary Love Script Mark O'Halloran – Rialto Roddy Doyle – Rosie Owen McCafferty – Ordinary Love Joe Murtagh – Calm with Horses Tomás Ó Súilleabháin – Arracht Carmel Winters – Float Like a Butterfly
Actress in a leading role Jessie Buckley – Wild Rose Aisling Franciosi – The Nightingale Bronagh Gallagher – A Bump Along The Way Sarah Greene – Rosie Seána Kerslake – The Hole in the Ground Saoirse Ronan – Little Women
Actor in a leading role Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – Rialto Dara Devaney – Finky Moe Dunford – The Dig Liam Neeson – Ordinary Love Dónall Ó Héalaí – Arracht Barry Ward – Extra Ordinary Actress in a supporting role
Niamh Algar – Calm With Horses Caitriona Balfe – Le Mans '66 (Ford v Ferrari) Seána Kerslake – Dublin Oldschool Charlie Murphy – Dark Lies the Island Emily Taaffe – The Dig Catherine Walker – We Ourselves
Actor in a supporting role
David Wilmot – Ordinary Love Lorcan Cranitch – The Dig Dara Devaney – Arracht Barry Keoghan – Calm With Horses Ian Lloyd Anderson – Dublin Oldschool Stephen Rea – Black ’47
George Morrison Feature Documentary
The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid Gaza I, Dolours Katie The Image You Missed When All is Ruin Once Again
Short film – Live action
Welcome To A Bright White Limbo Bainne Ciúnas (Silence) Detainment El Hor Here’s Looking at you Kid! Inhale Sister This The Grass Ceiling The Vasectomy Doctor
Animated short
The Dream Report Outside the Box Streets of Fury The Bird & the Whale The Overcoat
Irish Film Board Rising Star Award Aisling Franciosi Niamh Algar Lee Cronin Andy Tohill & Ryan Tohill
Television drama Drama
Blood (Channel 5 / Virgin Media One) Death and Nightingales (RTÉ / BBC) Dublin Murders (RTÉ / BBC) Vikings (History [Canada])
Director Dearbhla Walsh – The Handmaid’s Tale Anthony Byrne – Peaky Blinders John Hayes – Dublin Murders Lisa Mulcahy – Blood Hannah Quinn – Blood Aisling Walsh – Elizabeth Is Missing
Script Mark O'Rowe – Temple Ronan Bennett – Top Boy Daragh Carville – The Bay Mark O'Connor – Darklands
Actress in a leading role Niamh Algar – The Virtues Caitriona Balfe – Outlander Jessie Buckley – The Woman in White Sarah Greene – Dublin Murders Ruth Negga – Preacher Ann Skelly – Death and Nightingales Actor in a leading role Andrew Scott – Black Mirror ("Smithereens") Richard Dormer – Fortitude Adrian Dunbar – Line Of Duty Brendan Gleeson – Mr. Mercedes Cillian Murphy – Peaky Blinders Chris O'Dowd – Get Shorty
Actress in a supporting role
Jessie Buckley – Chernobyl Niamh Algar – Pure Helen Behan – The Virtues Ruth Bradley – Guilt Ingrid Craigie – Blood Fiona Shaw – Killing Eve
Actor in a supporting role Mark O'Halloran – The Virtues Liam Cunningham – Game of Thrones Barry Keoghan – Chernobyl Owen McDonnell – Killing Eve Cillian O’Gairbhi – Blood Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – Dublin Murders
Craft Original music
KÍLA – Arracht Stephen McKeon – The Hole in the Ground Stephen Rennicks – The Little Stranger Brian Byrne – Black ’47 Ray Harman – Blood Stephen Rennicks – Rosie
Editing
Mick Mahon – Gaza Colin Campbell – The Hole in the Ground Dermot Diskin – Never Grow Old Michael Harte – Three Identical Strangers Tony Kearns – Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Rosie Production Design
John Leslie – Never Grow Old Tom Conroy – The Rhythm Section Damien Creagh – Calm With Horses Conor Dennison – The Hole in the Ground Padraig O’Neil – Arracht Anna Rackard – The Trial of Christine Keeler
Cinematography
Piers McGrail – Never Grow Old Tom Comerford – The Hole in the Ground Andrew McConnel – Gaza Kate McCullough – Arracht Robbie Ryan – Marriage Story Cathal Watters – Rosie
Costume Design
Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – The Rhythm Section Joan Bergin – The Catcher was a Spy Clodagh Deegan – Arracht Triona Lillis – Float Like A Butterfly Susan O’Connor Cave – Vikings Louise Stanton – Rosie
Makeup & Hair
Linda Gannon & Liz Byrne – Black ’47 Niamh O’Loan – Arracht Louise Myler – Finky Polly McKay – Ordinary Love Dee Corcoran & Tom McInerney – Vikings Eileen Buggy & Jennifer Hegarty – Vita & Virginia
Sound
Brendan Rehill, Alan Scully and Peter Blayney – Arracht Fionáin Higgins & Robert Flanagan – Black ’47 Ronan Hill, Danny Crowley & Simon Kerr – Game of Thrones Aza Hand, Karen O’Mahony and Patrick Drummond – Never Grow Old Hugh Fox & Niall Brady – Rosie Steve Fanagan & Niall Brady – The Little Stranger
VFX
Ed Bruce and Nicholas Murphy – We Have Always Lived in the Castle Jim O’Hagan and Ronan Gantly – Game of Thrones Ed Bruce – The Favourite Ed Bruce and Jim O’Hagan – The Irishman
References
External links Awards at the Irish Film and Television Academy official website