# 12th Irish Film & Television Awards

The IFTA Film & Drama Awards took place at the Mansion House on 24 May 2015 in Dublin, honouring Irish film and television released in 2014.
Jim Sheridan received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Awards Ceremony which was presented by Sean Bean. Caroline Morahan hosted the film awards ceremony on 24 May.

## Film Awards

The nominations for the IFTA Film & Drama Awards were announced on 29 April 2015.
Awards were presented in 27 categories.

### Film categories
#### Film

* Frank
* Glassland
* I Used to Live Here
* Noble
* Patrick's Day
* Song of the Sea

#### Director in Film

* Frank - Lenny Abrahamson
* Glassland - Gerard Barrett
* Begin Again - John Carney
* Patrick's Day - Terry McMahon

#### Script Film

* Gerard Barrett - Glassland
* Frank Berry - I Used to Live Here
* Will Collins - Song of the Sea
* Terry McMahon - Patrick's Day

#### Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film

* Moe Dunford - Patrick's Day
* Colin Farrell - Miss Julie
* Michael Fassbender - Frank
* Jack Reynor - Glassland

#### Actress in a Lead Role in a Feature Film

* Tara Breathnach - A Nightingale Falling
* Jordanne Jones - I Used to Live Here
* Simone Kirby - Jimmy's Hall
* Deirdre O'Kane - Noble

#### Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film

* Domhnall Gleeson - Frank
* Allen Leech - The Imitation Game
* James Nesbitt - Gold
* Andrew Scott - Pride

#### Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film

* Kerry Condon - Gold
* Sinéad Cusack - Queen and Country
* Sarah Greene - Noble
* Catherine Walker - Patrick's Day

#### George Morrison Feature Documentary

* Blood Fruit - Ferndale Films
* In A House That Ceased To Be - Atlantic Film Alliance
* One Million Dubliners - Underground Films
* Road - DoubleBand Films
* Unbreakable - Ross Whitaker

#### Short Film

* Boogaloo and Graham - Michael Lennox / Ronan Blaney / Brian Falconer
* I Am Here - David Holmes
* Rockmount - David Tynan
* Skunky Dog - James Fitzgerald

#### Animation

* An Ode to Love - Matthew Darragh
* Fresh Cut Grass - Boulder Media
* Somewhere Down the Line - Julien Regnard
* The Ledge End of Phil (from accounting) - Paul Morris

### International categories
#### International Film sponsored by American Airlines

* '71
* Boyhood
* The Imitation Game
* The Theory of Everything

#### International Actor

* Steve Carell - Foxcatcher
* Benedict Cumberbatch - The Imitation Game
* Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
* Eddie Redmayne - The Theory of Everything

#### International Actress

* Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
* Toni Collette - Glassland
* Jessica Chastain - Miss Julie
* Julianne Moore - Still Alice

### Television Drama categories
#### Best Drama – In Association with the BAI

* Charlie
* The Fall
* Game of Thrones
* Love/Hate
* Vikings

#### Director Drama

* David Caffrey - Love/Hate
* Ciaran Donnelly - Vikings
* Colm McCarthy - Peaky Blinders
* Dearbhla Walsh - Penny Dreadful

#### Script Drama

* Stuart Carolan - Love/Hate
* Tommy Collins, Eoin McNamee, Paul Walker - An Bronntanas
* Colin Murphy - The Guarantee
* Colin Teevan - Charlie

#### Actor in a Lead Role in Drama

* Jamie Dornan - The Fall
* Aidan Gillen - Charlie
* Cillian Murphy - Peaky Blinders
* Tom Vaughan-Lawlor - Love/Hate

#### Actress in a Lead Role Drama

* Caitriona Balfe - Outlander
* Michelle Beamish - An Bronntanas
* Maria Doyle Kennedy - Corp + Anam
* Charlie Murphy - Love/Hate

#### Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama

* John Connors - Love/Hate
* Liam Cunningham - Game of Thrones
* Stephen Rea - The Honourable Woman
* Andrew Scott - Sherlock: "His Last Vow"

#### Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama

* Charlotte Bradley - An Bronntanas
* Aisling Franciosi - The Fall
* Charlie Murphy - The Village
* Mary Murray - Love/Hate

## Craft/Technical categories (Film/TV Drama)
### Costume Design

* Joan Bergin - Vikings
* Consolata Boyle - Miss Julie
* Lorna Marie Mugan - Peaky Blinders
* Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh - Jimmy's Hall

### Production Design

* Tom Conroy - Vikings
* Mark Geraghty - Vikings
* John Paul Kelly - The Theory of Everything
* Donal Woods - Downton Abbey

### Editing

* Úna Ní Dhonghaíle - The Missing
* Nathan Nugent - Frank
* Emer Reynolds - One Million Dubliners
* Emer Reynolds - Patrick's Day

### Cinematography

* PJ Dillon - Vikings
* Michael Lavelle - Patrick's Day
* James Mather - Frank
* Piers McGrail - Glassland

### Make-up & Hair Sponsored by M·A·C

* Jimi: All Is by My Side
* Frank
* Ripper Street
* Vikings

### Original Score

* Ray Harman - Patrick's Day
* David Holmes - '71
* Stephen McKeon - Queen and Country
* Stephen Rennicks - Frank

### Sound

* The Canal
* Frank
* Game of Thrones
* Patrick's Day

## Special Awards
### Irish Film Board Rising Star Award

* Sarah Greene (Actor — Burnt, Noble, Penny Dreadful)
** Caitríona Balfe (Actor — Now You See Me, Outlander)
** Moe Dunford (Actor — Crisis Eile, Patrick's Day, Vikings)
** Dónal Foreman (Director/Editor/Writer — The Ghost Said, Out of Here)

### Lifetime Achievement Award

* Jim Sheridan

## Television Awards

The nominations for the Television Awards were announced on 2 October 2015.