‘Belfast’ & ‘An Cailín Ciúin’ Lead Irish Film & TV Awards Nominations
deadline.comNominations have been announced for this year’s Irish Film And TV Academy Awards (IFTAs). Scroll down for the full list.Leading the way with ten apiece are Kenneth Branagh’s much-fancied awards contender Beflast and Irish-language feature An Cailín Ciúin, which recently won the Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus program at the Berlin International Film Festival.Both titles are up for Best Film, alongside Deadly Cuts, Swan Song, Who We Love, and You Are Not My Mother.
Of those six, four are debut features.For Belfast, Branagh will also contend for the Best Director and Best Script prizes. The film is up for seven Oscars this year.On the TV Side, crime drama Kin dominated the field with 13 nominations, including Best Drama, as well as director, script, actor (twice) and actress.
Vikings:Valhalla, the Netflix sequel of the popular historical show, received seven noms, as did BBC show Hidden Assets.The IFTAs will hold a virtual awards ceremony in March, followed by a physical gathering in April in Dublin.Here’s the full list of nominations for 2022:BEST FILM An Cailín Ciúin Belfast Deadly Cuts Swan Song Who We Love You Are Not My MotherDIRECTOR FILM Benjamin Cleary – Swan Song Colm Bairéad – An Cailín Ciúin Graham Cantwell – Who We Love Kate Dolan – You Are Not My Mother Kenneth Branagh – BelfastSCRIPT FILM Kenneth Branagh – Belfast Philip Doherty – Redemption of a Rogue Benjamin Cleary – Swan Song Graham Cantwell & Katie McNeice – Who We Love Kate Dolan – You Are Not My MotherLEAD ACTOR FILM Aaron Monaghan – Redemption of a Rogue Dónall Ó Héalai – Foscadh Jude Hill – Belfast Moe Dunford – Nightride Peter Coonan – DoineannLEAD ACTRESS FILM Angeline Ball – Deadly Cuts Catherine Clinch – An Cailín Ciúin Gemma-Leah Devereux –
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