{"id":5238,"date":"2026-01-20T09:10:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/irish-film-tv-awards-2026-nominees-full-list\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T09:10:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T09:10:35","slug":"irish-film-tv-awards-2026-nominees-full-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/irish-film-tv-awards-2026-nominees-full-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Film & TV Awards 2026 Nominees \u2014 Full List"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tNominations are out for the 2026 Irish Film & Television Awards, with Brendan Canty\u2019s Cork-set drama Christy <\/em>heading up the film noms with 14 nominations. Scroll down for the full list of nominees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tChristy\u2019s <\/em>nominations haul included debut feature director Canty, first-time screenplay nominee Alan O\u2019Gorman, and first-time acting nominees Daniel Power, Emma Willis, and Jamie Forde.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film follows two estranged brothers with chequered childhoods in the care system who suddenly find themselves living under the same roof. They must now reconcile with their pasts and make decisions about the future.<\/p>\n

\n\tChristy <\/em>is trailed by Saipan<\/em>, the biopic of Roy Keane\u2019s bust-up with Irish manager Mick McCarthy ahead of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The film has 12 nominations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tRichard Linklater\u2019s Blue Moon<\/em> landed 8 nominations, and the international category includes Bugonia, Hamnet, One Battle After Another, Palestine \u201936, Sentimental Value, <\/em>and Sinners<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the acting categories, Daniel Day-Lewis landed a nomination for Anemone, <\/em>and Jessie Buckley is nominated for Hamnet<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAs previously announced, Ciar\u00e1n Hinds has been set to receive the Irish Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement.<\/p>\n

\n\tIFTA CEO, \u00c1ine Moriarty, commented: \u201cWhat a superb lineup of Nominees this year shortlisted for Irish Academy Awards. This incredible showcase of work reinforces the fact that Irish talent is truly amongst the best in the world, working both in front and behind the camera across the globe. We look forward to rewarding their work and achievements at the Ceremony on February 20th.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFull list of nominees:<\/p>\n

\n\t\tFILM CATEGORIES\t<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tBEST FILM\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tAontas<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tBlue Moon<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tChristy<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tFour Mothers<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSaipan<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSteve<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tDIRECTOR \u2013 FILM\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tLisa Barros D\u2019Sa, Glenn Leyburn \u2013 Saipan<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tBrendan Canty \u2013 Christy<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tMyrid Carten \u2013 A Want in Her<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tLorcan Finnegan \u2013 The Surfer<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tRu\u00e1n Magan \u2013 B\u00e1ite<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tEdwin Mullane, Adam O\u2019Keeffe \u2013 Horseshoe<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tSCRIPT FILM\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tSarah Gordon, Damian McCann \u2013 Aontas<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tMaggie O\u2019Farrell, Chlo\u00e9 Zhao \u2013 Hamnet<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tAlan O\u2019Gorman \u2013 Christy<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSheena Lambert \u2013 B\u00e1ite<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tDarren Thornton, Colin Thornton \u2013 Four Mothers<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tEnda Walsh \u2013 Die My Love<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tLEAD ACTOR \u2013 FILM\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tSteve Coogan \u2013 Saipan<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tDaniel Day-Lewis \u2013 Anemone<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tColin Farrell \u2013 Ballad of a Small Player<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\u00c9anna Hardwicke \u2013 Saipan<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tCillian Murphy \u2013 Steve<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tDaniel Power \u2013 Christy<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tLEAD ACTRESS \u2013 FILM\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tJessie Buckley \u2013 Hamnet<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tCarolyn Bracken \u2013 Horseshoe<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tCarrie Crowley \u2013 Aontas<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tFionnula Flanagan \u2013 Four Mothers<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tEleanor O\u2019Brien \u2013 B\u00e1ite<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tFiona Shaw \u2013 Hot Milk<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tSUPPORTING ACTOR \u2013 FILM\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tLiam Cunningham \u2013 Palestine 36<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tJamie Forde \u2013 Christy<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tPaul Mescal \u2013 Hamnet<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tDiarmuid Noyes \u2013 Christy<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSe\u00e1n T. \u00d3 Meallaigh \u2013 Aontas<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tAndrew Scott \u2013 Blue Moon<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tSUPPORTING ACTRESS \u2013 FILM\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tBrid Brennan \u2013 Aontas<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tKerry Condon \u2013 F1<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSarah Greene \u2013 Trad<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tDearbhla Molloy \u2013 Four Mothers<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tKerry Condon \u2013 Train Dreams\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tEmma Willis \u2013 Christy<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tDRAMA CATEGORIES\t<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tBEST DRAMA\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tBlue Lights<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tLeonard and Hungry Paul<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tTrespasses<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Walsh Sisters<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tWednesday S2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Young Offenders<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tDIRECTOR DRAMA\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tRachel Carey \u2013 Obituary<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMegan K Fox \u2013 Video Nasty<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tOonagh Kearney \u2013 The Au Pair<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tMia Mullarkey \u2013 Hidden Assets\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tHugh O\u2019Conor \u2013 Showkids<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tAisling Walsh \u2013 Miss Austen<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tSCRIPT DRAMA\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tPeter Foott \u2013 The Young Offenders <\/em>Ailbhe Keogan \u2013 Trespasses<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tDeclan Lawn, Adam Patterson \u2013 Blue Lights<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tCara Loftus \u2013 Hidden Assets<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tStefanie Preissner \u2013 The Walsh Sisters<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tHugh Travers \u2013 Video Nasty<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tLEAD ACTOR \u2013 DRAMA\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tAnthony Boyle \u2013 House of Guinness<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tPierce Brosnan \u2013 MobLand<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tDomhnall Gleeson \u2013 The Paper<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tMartin McCann \u2013 Blue Lights<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tAaron Monaghan \u2013 Hidden Assets<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tAlex Murphy \u2013 The Young Offenders<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tLEAD ACTRESS \u2013 DRAMA\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tNiamh Algar \u2013 The Iris Affair<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tCaitriona Balfe \u2013 Outlander<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSiobh\u00e1n Cullen \u2013 Obituary<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tLouisa Harland \u2013 The Walsh Sisters<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tNora-Jane Noone \u2013 Hidden Assets<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tLola Petticrew \u2013 Trespasses<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tSUPPORTING ACTOR \u2013 DRAMA\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tJack Gleeson \u2013 House of Guinness<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tCal O\u2019Driscoll \u2013 Video Nasty<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tD\u00f3nall \u00d3 H\u00e9alai \u2013 Hidden Assets<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tFionn O\u2019Shea \u2013 House of Guinness<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tAidan Quinn \u2013 The Walsh Sisters<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tChris Walley \u2013 The Young Offenders<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tSUPPORTING ACTRESS \u2013 DRAMA\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tCathy Belton \u2013 Hidden Assets<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tRuth Bradley \u2013 Slow Horses<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tKatherine Devlin \u2013 Blue Lights<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tDanielle Galligan \u2013 House of Guinness<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tAlison Oliver \u2013 Task<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tGenevieve O\u2019Reilly \u2013 Andor<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tINTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES\t<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tINTERNATIONAL FILM\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tBugonia\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tHamnet<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tOne Battle After Another<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tPalestine \u201936<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSentimental Value<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSinners<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tINTERNATIONAL ACTOR\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tLeonardo DiCaprio \u2013 One Battle After Another<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tEthan Hawke \u2013 Blue Moon<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tMichael B Jordan \u2013 Sinners<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tJames McArdle \u2013 Four Mothers<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSean Penn \u2013 One Battle After Another<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tJesse Plemons \u2013 Bugonia<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tINTERNATIONAL ACTRESS\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tChase Infiniti \u2013 One Battle After Another<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tJennifer Lawrence \u2013 Die My Love<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tMargaret Qualley \u2013 Blue Moon<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tRenate Reinsve \u2013 Sentimental Value<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tEmma Stone \u2013 Bugonia<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tTeyana Taylor \u2013 One Battle After Another<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tDOCUMENTARY & SHORT FILM CATEGORIES\t<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tGEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tA Want in Her<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Essence of Eva<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tListen To The Land Speak<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSanatorium<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tTestimony<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\u00datoipe Cheilteach<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tRedbreast SHORT FILM AWARD\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tThe Ban<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tNo Mean City<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tNo Time Wasters<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tNostalgie<\/em>\u2028<\/p>\n

\n\tPunt<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tThree Keenings<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tANIMATED SHORT\t<\/h4>\n

\n\t\u00c9iru<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tInside, The Valley Sings<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tRerooted<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tRetirement Plan<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tCRAFT CATEGORIES\t<\/h3>\n

\n\t\tCINEMATOGRAPHY\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tBugonia<\/em> \u2013 Robbie Ryan\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tChristy<\/em> \u2013 Colm Hogan\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDie My Love <\/em>\u2013 Seamus McGarvey\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSaipan<\/em> \u2013 Piers McGrail\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSeverance<\/em> \u2013 Suzie Lavelle\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\tCASTING\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tChristy<\/em> \u2013 Amy Rowan\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tFour Mothers \u2013<\/em> Louise Kiely\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Rainmaker <\/em>\u2013 Emma Gunnery\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tReady Or Not <\/em>\u2013 Maureen Hughes\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tSaipan <\/em>\u2013 Aine O\u2019Sullivan<\/p>\n

\n\t\tCOSTUME DESIGN\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tBlue Moon \u2013 <\/em>Consolata Boyle<\/p>\n

\n\tChristy \u2013 <\/em>Hannah Bury \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tFour Mothers \u2013 <\/em>Joan O\u2019Cleary \u00a0Saipan \u2013 <\/em>Lara Campbell \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tVideo Nasty \u2013 <\/em>Joanne O\u2019Brien \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tEDITING\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tBlue Lights \u2013 <\/em>Helen Sheridan \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tChristy \u2013 <\/em>Allyn Quigley \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tHouse of Guinness \u2013 <\/em>Ben Yeates \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSaipan \u2013 <\/em>John Murphy, Gavin Buckley \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Surfer \u2013 <\/em>Tony Cranstoun<\/p>\n

\n\t\tSculpted by Aimee MAKE-UP & HAIR\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tBlue Moon \u2013 <\/em>Linda Gannon, Liz Byrne \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tChristy \u2013 <\/em>Jennie Readman, Edwina Kelly<\/p>\n

\n\tSaipan \u2013 <\/em>Polly McKay \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tTrespasses \u2013 <\/em>Natalie Reid<\/p>\n

\n\tWednesday \u2013 <\/em>Lynn Johnston<\/p>\n

\n\t\tORIGINAL MUSIC\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tAontas \u2013 <\/em>Daith\u00ed \u00d3 Dr\u00f3na\u00ed \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tB\u00e1ite \u2013 <\/em>Eimear Noone, Craig Stuart Garfinkle<\/p>\n

\n\tChristy \u2013 <\/em>Daith\u00ed \u00d3 Dr\u00f3na\u00ed \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSaipan \u2013 <\/em>David Holmes, Brian Irvine<\/p>\n

\n\tVideo Nasty \u2013 <\/em>Die Hexen<\/p>\n

\n\t\tPRODUCTION DESIGN\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tBlue Moon \u2013 <\/em>Susie Cullen, Kevin Downey \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tChristy \u2013 <\/em>Martin Goulding \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSaipan \u2013 <\/em>John Leslie<\/p>\n

\n\tWednesday \u2013 <\/em>Philip Murphy, Neville Gaynor \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tVideo Nasty \u2013 <\/em>Tara O\u2019Reilly \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\t\tSOUND\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tAnemone \u2013 <\/em>Steve Fanagan \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tBlue Moon \u2013 <\/em>Hugh Fox \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tSaipan \u2013 <\/em>Tim Harrison, Andrew Graham, Paul Maynes \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Surfer \u2013 <\/em>Aza Hand \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tVideo Nasty \u2013 <\/em>Patrick Downey<\/p>\n

\n\t\tVFX\t<\/h4>\n

\n\tAnemone<\/em> \u2013 Tom Fagan<\/p>\n

\n\tFoundation<\/em> \u2013 Ed Bruce, Andrew Barry<\/p>\n

\n\tHouse of Guinness <\/em>\u2013 Eoin O\u2019Sullivan, David Sewell<\/p>\n

\n\tOne Battle After Another<\/em> \u2013 Ed Bruce, Amrei Bronnenmayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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