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17th Irish Film & Television Awards

The 17th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards took place in July 2021. The ceremony honoured Irish films and television drama released between 1 February 2020 and 31 May 2021.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

17th Irish Film & Television Awards
Date4 July 2021 (2021-07-04)
SiteVirtual ceremony
Hosted byGráinne Seoige
Highlights
Best FilmWolfwalkers
Best DirectionCathy Brady
Wildfire
Best ActorGabriel Byrne
Death of a Ladies' Man
Best ActressNika McGuigan
Wildfire
Most awardsNormal People (9)
Most nominationsNormal People (15)
Television coverage
ChannelVirgin Media One

The nominees were announced on 15 June 2021. Normal People received an unprecedented fifteen nominations.[9] At the ceremony in July 2021, Normal People won nine prizes.[10][11][12]

Film

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Best film

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Offices of Cartoon Saloon, creators of Best Film winner Wolfwalkers

Director

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Script

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  • Cathy Brady – Wildfire
  • Clare Dunne and Malcolm Campbell – Herself (winner)
  • David Freyne – Dating Amber
  • Paddy Slattery – Broken Law
  • Will Collins – Wolfwalkers

Actress in a leading role

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Nika McGuigan, Best Actress IFTA winner

Actor in a leading role

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Gabriel Byrne, Best Actor IFTA winner

Actress in a supporting role

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Sharon Horgan, Best Supporting Actress IFTA winner

Actor in a supporting role

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George Morrison Feature Documentary

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  • Breaking Out (winner)
  • Finding Jack Charlton
  • Henry Glassie: Field Work
  • Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
  • The 8th
  • Tomorrow is Saturday[13]

Short film – Live action

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  • Five Letters to the Stranger Who Will Dissect My Brain
  • Flicker
  • Kathleen Was Here
  • My Other Suit Is Human
  • Rough (winner)
  • The Invisible Boy

Animated short

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  • Gunter Falls in Love
  • Her Song (winner)
  • The Dead Hands of Dublin
  • The Voyage
  • Zog and the Flying Doctors

Rising Star Award

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Television drama

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Drama

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Director

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Script

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Actress in a leading role

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Dervla Kirwan, who won an IFTA for Best Actress (TV Drama)

Actor in a leading role

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Paul Mescal, who won an IFTA for Best Actor (TV Drama)

Actress in a supporting role

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Actor in a supporting role

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Craft

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Score

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Editing

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Production Design

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  • John Leslie – Son
  • Lucy van Lonkhuyzen – Normal People (winner)
  • Philip Murphy – Vivarium
  • Ray Ball – Sea Fever
  • Tamara Conboy – Herself

Cinematography

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  • Cathal Watters – Smother
  • Ciaran Tanham – Dead Still
  • James Mather – Here are the Young Men
  • Kate McCullough – Normal People (winner)
  • Suzie Lavelle – Normal People

Costume

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  • Aisling Wallace Byrne – Here are the Young Men
  • Joan O'Clery – Dating Amber
  • Leonie Prendergast – Gretel & Hansel (winner)
  • Lorna Marie Mugan – Normal People
  • Triona Lillis – Smother

Makeup & Hair

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  • Jennie Readman and Niamh O'Loan – Vivarium
  • Linda Gannon Foster and Jennifer Hegarty – Dead Still
  • Linda Gannon Foster and Liz Byrne – Gretel & Hansel (winner)
  • Sandra Kelly and Sharon Doyle – Normal People
  • Siobhan Harper-Ryan – I Hate Suzie

Sound Design

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  • Aza Hand and Patrick Drummond – Son
  • Hugh Fox, Fionán Higgins & Mark Henry – Smother
  • Kieran Horgan & Brendan Rehill – Phil Lynott: Songs for While I'm Away
  • Patrick Drummond, Aza Hand, Katie O'Mahony & Adrian Conway – Here are the Young Men
  • Steve Fanagan, Niall Brady & Niall O Sullivan – Normal People (winner)

VFX

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References

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  1. ^ "IFTA - Irish Film & Television Academy - Irish Film & Television Awards - Archived 2021-09-30". www.archivebay.com.
  2. ^ "IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2021, Rules and Guidelines for Submissions" (PDF). Irish Film & Television Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  3. ^ Clarke, Donald. "Iftas: Normal People arrives too late for 'virtual' awards". The Irish Times.
  4. ^ "IFTAs see record number of female nominations". www.irishexaminer.com. 14 July 2020.
  5. ^ "IFTA nominations announced for the IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2020 | The Irish Film & Television Network". www.iftn.ie.
  6. ^ "Famine drama Arracht leads IFTA Awards shortlist". 14 July 2020 – via www.rte.ie.
  7. ^ Duffy, Rónán. "Here is the full list of nominees for this year's (virtual) IFTAs". TheJournal.ie.
  8. ^ "Nominations for the 2019/2020 IFTAs have been announced". 14 July 2020.
  9. ^ Clarke, Donald. "Iftas 2021: Normal People, Smother and Dating Amber top nominations". The Irish Times.
  10. ^ McCarthy, Esther (5 July 2021). "'Wolfwalkers', 'Normal People' win top prizes at Irish Film and Television Awards". Screen.
  11. ^ Grater, Tom (4 July 2021). "'Normal People' & 'Wolfwalkers' Triumph At Irish Film & TV Awards".
  12. ^ "Normal People the big winner at virtual IFTA Awards". RTE News. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  13. ^ McCarthy, Esther (15 June 2021). "'Dating Amber', 'Normal People' head Irish Film and Television Awards nominations". Screen.
  14. ^ Malone, Michael (5 July 2021). "Nicola Coughlan wins Rising Star Award at IFTAs".
  15. ^ a b "Eve Hewson and Nicola Coughlan go head to head as nominees for the IFTA Rising Star Award". Irishmirror.ie. 29 June 2021.
  16. ^ "IFTAs 2021: Normal People leads IFTAs nominations with 15". independent.
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