# 13th Irish Film & Television Awards

The 13th IFTA Film & Drama Awards took place at the Mansion House on 9 April 2016 in Dublin, honouring Irish film and television released in 2015. Deirdre O'Kane hosted the film awards ceremony. Irish Film Board Rising Star nominees were announced a week prior to the ceremony, on 31 March.

## Film Awards

The nominations for the IFTA Film & Drama Awards were announced on 14 March 2016.

### Film categories
#### Best Film

* Brooklyn
* My Name Is Emily
* Room
* Sing Street
* The Survivalist
* Viva

#### Director in Film

* Lenny Abrahamson - Room
* Paddy Breathnach - Viva
* John Carney - Sing Street
* John Crowley - Brooklyn
* Stephen Fingleton - The Survivalist

#### Script Film

* John Carney - Sing Street
* Emma Donoghue - Room
* Simon Fitzmaurice - My Name Is Emily
* Mark O'Halloran - Viva
* Johnny O'Reilly - Moscow Never Sleeps

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

* Colin Farrell - The Lobster
* Michael Fassbender - Steve Jobs
* Domhnall Gleeson - Ex Machina
* Barry Keoghan - Mammal
* Martin McCann - The Survivalist

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

* Eva Birthistle - Swansong
* Ruth Bradley - Pursuit
* Orla Brady - The Price of Desire
* Evanna Lynch - My Name Is Emily
* Saoirse Ronan - Brooklyn

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

* Sean T. Ó Meallaigh - The Callback Queen
* Jack Reynor - Sing Street
* Domhnall Gleeson - Brooklyn
* Owen Roe - Pursuit
* Michael Smiley - My Name Is Emily

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

* Jane Brennan - Brooklyn
* Gemma-Leah Devereux - Get Up and Go
* Olwen Fouéré - The Survivalist
* Siobhan O'Kelly - An Klondike
* Ger Ryan - The Callback Queen

#### George Morrison Feature Documentary

* A Doctor's Sword - Bob Jackson and Gary Lennon
* The Land of the Enlightened - Morgan Bushe and Bart Van Langendonck
* Mom and Me - Ken Wardrop
* Older Than Ireland - Alex Fegan, Garry Walsh and Colm Nicell
* The Queen of Ireland - Ailish Bracken, Katie Holly and Conor Horgan

#### Short Film

* Change in the Weather
* Ernestine and Kit
* The Great Wide Open
* How Was Your Day?
* Love is a Sting
* Stutterer

#### Animation

* A Coat Made Dark - Jack O'Shea
* Geist - Daniel Spencer
* Tea with the Dead - Susan Broe
* Unhinged - Tom Caulfield

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

* The Revenant
* Spotlight
* Mad Max: Fury Road
* Ex Machina

#### International Actor

* Matt Damon - The Martian
* Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
* Jacob Tremblay - Room
* Bryan Cranston - Trumbo

#### International Actress

* Brie Larson - Room
* Cate Blanchett -Carol
* Rachel Griffiths - Mammal
* Charlotte Rampling - 45 Years

### Television Drama categories
#### Best Drama

* An Klondike
* Game of Thrones
* Penny Dreadful
* Rebellion
* Vikings

#### Director Drama

* Anthony Byrne - Ripper Street
* Neasa Hardiman - Happy Valley
* Daithí Keane - An Klondike
* Brian Kirk - Penny Dreadful
* Aisling Walsh - An Inspector Calls

#### Script Drama

* Marcus Fleming - An Klondike
* Lisa McGee - Indian Summers
* Billy Roche - Clean Break
* Colin Teevan - Rebellion

#### Actor in a Lead Role in Drama

* Barry Ward - Rebellion
* Dara Devaney - An Klondike
* Colin Farrell - True Detective
* Aidan Turner - Poldark
* Stephen Rea - Dickensian

#### Actress in a Lead Role Drama

* Caitriona Balfe - Outlander
* Ruth Bradley - Rebellion
* Elaine Cassidy - No Offence
* Sarah Greene - Rebellion
* Catherine Walker - Critical

#### Actor in a Supporting Role in Drama

* Ned Dennehy - Dickensian
* Liam Cunningham - Game of Thrones
* Moe Dunford - Vikings
* Robert O'Mahoney - An Klondike
* Stephen Rea - War and Peace

#### Actress in a Supporting Role in Drama

* Michelle Fairley - Rebellion
* Sarah Greene - Penny Dreadful
* Paula Malcomson - Ray Donovan
* Ruth Negga - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
* Victoria Smurfit - Once Upon a Time

## Special Awards
### Rising Star Award

* Stephen Fingleton (Director/Writer — Magpie, The Survivalist)
** Rebecca Daly (Director/Writer — Mammal, The Other Side of Sleep)
** Alex Fegan (Documentarian — The Irish Pub, Man Made Men, Older Than Ireland)
** Barry Ward (Actor — The Fall, Jimmy's Hall, Pursuit, Rebellion, The Truth Commissioner)

### Lifetime Achievement
#### IFTA Outstanding Contribution to Cinema Award

* Liam Neeson

#### Irish Diaspora Award

* Roma Downey