Cillian Murphy, Kin season two and Paul Mescal were among the winners of the Irish Film & Television Awards 2024, which were handed out during a ceremony in Dublin on Saturday. Lies We Tell, about an orphaned teenage heiress in 19th-century Ireland who is forced to embrace the dark legacy of her family, led the nominations for the movie portion of the awards with 13 and went home with three. It was followed by That They May Face the Rising Sun, which took home the best film prize, and Double Blind, with 11 each. Rising Sun is an adaptation of John McGahern's novel about passion, war and migration, while Double Blind is a horror film about an experimental drug trial that goes wrong.
Among the lead acting nominees were such big names as Murphy, Barry Keoghan, Andrew Scott, Pierce Brosnan, Saoirse Ronan, Eve Hewson, and Jessie Buckley. Murphy took home the best actor award for his portrayal of J. Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer, which also won him the Oscar.
The best supporting film actor category, meanwhile, included Kenneth Branagh and Mescal, who took home the award for his role in All of Us Strangers. In the best international acting categories, the likes of Ryan Gosling, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper, Margot Robbie, Lily Gladstone, and Emma Stone competed for an IFTA. Stone won best actress in an international film for Poor Things, while Paul Giamatti received the best actor award for The Holdovers.
On the TV side, crime series Kin led the drama nominations with 11 and won almost every category it received nods for. Oscar-nominated Irish actor Stephen Rea was honored with the Irish Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement for his outstanding contribution to the Irish and international screen industry. Obituary star Siobhán Cullen received the rising star award.
The awards ceremony took place at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre, hosted by Baz Ashmawy, one of Ireland’s most popular TV personalities.
Below is the full list of winners for the 21st annual IFTAs:
BEST FILM: That They May Face The Rising Sun (WINNER)
DIRECTOR – FILM: Lies We Tell – Lisa Mulcahy (WINNER)
SCRIPT – FILM: Lies We Tell – Elisabeth Gooch (WINNER)
LEAD ACTOR – FILM: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer (WINNER)
LEAD ACTRESS – FILM: Agnes O’Casey – Lies We Tell (WINNER)
SUPPORTING ACTOR – FILM: Paul Mescal – All Of Us Strangers (WINNER)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS – FILM: Alison Oliver – Saltburn (WINNER)
BEST DRAMA: Kin (WINNER)
DIRECTOR – DRAMA: Kin – Kate Dolan (WINNER)
SCRIPT – DRAMA: Kin – Peter McKenna (WINNER)
LEAD ACTOR – DRAMA: Éanna Hardwicke – The Sixth Commandment (WINNER)
LEAD ACTRESS – DRAMA: Clare Dunne – Kin (WINNER)
SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA: Richard Dormer – Blue Lights (WINNER)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA: Maria Doyle Kennedy – Kin (WINNER)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: Oppenheimer (WINNER)
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers (WINNER)
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS: Emma Stone – Poor Things (WINNER)
GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: The Days of Trees (WINNER)
LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM: Calf (WINNER)
ANIMATED SHORT FILM: Wind & The Shadow (WINNER)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Poor Things – Robbie Ryan (WINNER)
COSTUME DESIGN: LOLA – Lara Campbell (WINNER)
PRODUCTION DESIGN: A Haunting in Venice – John Paul Kelly (WINNER)
HAIR & MAKE-UP: The Pope’s Exorcist – Orla Carroll, Lynn Johnston (WINNER)
SOUND: Barbie – Nina Rice (WINNER)
ORIGINAL MUSIC: LOLA – Neil Hannon (WINNER)
EDITING: Still: A Michael J Fox Movie – Michael Harte (WINNER)
VFX: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves – Kev Cahill, Diana Giogiutti (WINNER)
