The nominations for this year’s Irish Film and Television Awards have been announced and each category has a stellar line up.
The categories include Comedy, Irish soap and Documentary Series with shows such as Red Rock, Bridget and Eamon and Mrs. Browns Boys leading the way with nominations.
We already know that Pat Kenny will be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s ceremony, and that Vogue Williams, Darren Kennedy, Al Porter, Angela Scanlon, Kevin McGahern, and Máire Treasa Ní Dhubhghail will be battling it out for the TV Rising Star Award.
You can check out the full list of nominations here:
COMEDY
Aprés Match presents Election ’82 – RTE
Bridget & Eamon – RTE
Mrs Browns Boys – RTÉ / BBC
The Rubberbandits’ Guide to 1916 – Happy Endings
ENTERTAINMENT
50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy – Burning Bright Productions
Brendan O’Connor’s Cutting Edge – Mind the Gap Films
The Imelda May Show – RTE
The Seven O’Clock Show- TV3
FACTUAL
Creedon’s Wild Atlantic Way – RTE Cork
Daniel & Majella’s B&B Road Trip -VIP
Ear to the Ground – Independent Pictures
The Guards – Barry O’Kelly, Matt Leigh, Nodlag Houlihan
LIVE EVENT
Big Week On The Farm-Independent Pictures
Centenary – RTÉ
Laochra -Tyrone Production
The State Commemoration of the 1916 Rising -RTÉ
REALITY & CONSTRUCTED FACTUAL
First Dates Ireland -Coco Television
Operation Transformation 5km Special -VIP
Rugby’s Wheelchair Challenge -Loosehorse
Toughest Place To Be – Motive Television
IRISH SOAP
Fair City – RTE
Red Rock – TV3
Ros na Rún – Tyrone Productions and Eo Teilifis for TG4
ANIMATION
Danger Mouse – Boulder Media
The Day Henry Met -Wigglewoo Ltd
Lily’s Driftwood Bay -Sixteen South
Peter Rabbit: The Tale Of The Unexpected Discovery -Brown Bag Films
CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S
1916 Challenge- RTE
Eipic- Magamedia
My Life Champion of the world – Tyrone Productions
Out and About -GMarsh TV
FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Andrea Irvine -Red Rock
Sharon Horgan – Catastrophe
Jane McGrath – Red Rock
Aisling O’Neill – Fair City
Jennifer Zamparelli -Bridget and Eamon
DIRECTOR – SOAP AND COMEDY
Jason Butler – Bridget & Eamon
Diarmuid Goggins – Red Rock
Lisa Mulcahy – Red Rock
Louise Ní Fhiannachta – Eipic
DIRECTOR – TELEVISION
Darragh Byrne – My Homeless Family
Gerry Hoban -Ireland’s Great Wealth Divide
Máire Kearney – Life Before the Rising
Gerry Nelson – Wild Cities – Dublin
EDITING – TELEVISION
Jamie Fitzpatrick – Wild Cities – Galway
Derek Holland – A Fanatic Heart: Geldof on Yeats
Iseult Howlett – I Am Immigrant
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Invisible Man
CURRENT AFFAIRS
BBC NI Spotlight: Selling Northern Ireland – BBCNI
Claire Byrne Live – Leaders’ Debate – RTÉ
The People’s Debate- TV3
RTÉ Investigates – Standards in Public Office – RTÉ
DOCUMENTARY SERIES
1916 The Irish Rebellion – COCO Television
Bás Nó Saoirse – Tile Films
Crumlin – Independent Pictures
The Joy – Midas Productions
DOCUMENTARY SINGLE
Children of the Revolution- Strike Films
I Am Immigrant -Motive Television
I Am Traveller -Motive Television
Ireland’s Great Wealth Divide – Animo TV
The Story of Yes -Invisible Thread Films
NEWS
BBC Newsline Brexit Special -BBCNI
Ireland Live News @ 5:30 – Brexit Special – UTV
TG4 Naucht -TG4
RTÉ Six One News – Paris Terror Attacks-TV3
TV3 News Special – Brexit -TV3
SPECIALIST FACTUAL
A Fanatic Heart: Bob Geldof on WB Yeats – Peninsula Television
Bypassed – Motive Television
Crainn na hÉireann -Abú Media
Wild Cities – Galway -Crossing the Line Productions
SPORTS
All Ireland Day -Loosehorse
Après Match of the Day – RTÉ
Hidden Impact: Rugby and Concussion – Wildfire Films
Road To Rio -Strike Films
IRISH LANGUAGE
An Klondike – Abú Media
Eipic – Magamedia
Fleadh TV
Ros na Rún – Bantrach CGA
MALE PERFORMANCE
Sean Mahon – Red Rock
Brendan O’Carroll – Mrs Browns Boys
Patrick Ryan- Red Rock
Karl Shiels- Fair City
Chris Tordoff – Hardy Bucks
WRITER – SOAP AND COMEDY
Jason Butler, Jennifer Zamparell and Bernard O’Shea -Bridget & Eamon
Sharon Horgan – Catastrophe
Brendan O’Carroll – Mrs Browns Boys
Paul Walker – Red Rock
CAMERA – TELEVISION
Colm Hogan – 1916 The Irish Rebellion
Paddy Jordan -Death of a Son – The Killing of Michael Dwyer
Alistair Neely -Voices ’16
Michael O’Donovan -These Walls Can Talk
SOUND – TELEVISION
1916 The Irish Rebellion – John Brennan
Danger Mouse – Sol O’Caroll
Deoch an Dorais – John Brennan
Hup – Stephen McLoughlin
The IFTA’s will take place on the 7th of October at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Dublin.
