IFTA 2024 nominations revealed: Cillian Murphy, Paul Mescal and more...

Lies We Tell is the film with the most nominations while Kin is the most nominated TV drama

Clockwise from top left: Barry Keoghan in Saltburn, Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer and Andrew Scott with Paul Mescal in All Of Us Strangers.

The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) has announced the 2024 IFTA nominations with a number of Irish A-listers making it onto the list, including recent Oscar winner, Cillian Murphy.

The Lead Actor in Film category also sees nominations for Andrew Scott in All Of Us Strangers; David Wilmot in Lies We Tell; Barry Keoghan in Saltburn; Barry Ward in That They May Face The Rising Sun; and Pierce Brosnan in The Last Rifleman.

Meanwhile, the category for Lead Actress in Film category has a mix of leading ladies that include: Jessie Buckley in Fingernails; Eve Hewson in Flora and Son; Saoirse Ronan in Foe; Agnes O’Casey in Lies We Tell; Bríd Brennan in My Sailor, My Love; and Geraldine McAlinden in Verdigris.

Directed by Lisa Mulcahy, Lies We Tell is the film with the most nominations with a total of 13 while RTÉ’s Kin is the most nominated drama with 11 across the award’s categories.

The winners will be announced at the 21st Anniversary IFTA Awards Ceremony taking place on Saturday, April 20 at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre. The Awards will be hosted for the first time by broadcaster Baz Ashmawy.

See the full list of nominees here:

FILM CATEGORIES 

BEST FILM 

Double Blind 

Flora and Son 

Lies We Tell 

LOLA 

That They May Face The Rising Sun 

Verdigris 

LEAD ACTOR - FILM 

Andrew Scott - All Of Us Strangers 

David Wilmot - Lies We Tell 

Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer 

Barry Keoghan - Saltburn 

Barry Ward - That They May Face The Rising Sun 

Pierce Brosnan - The Last Rifleman 

Paul Mescal and Andrew Scott in All Of Us Strangers

LEAD ACTRESS - FILM 

Jessie Buckley - Fingernails 

Eve Hewson - Flora and Son 

Saoirse Ronan - Foe 

Agnes O’Casey - Lies We Tell 

Bríd Brennan - My Sailor, My Love 

Geraldine McAlinden – Verdigris 

SUPPORTING ACTOR - FILM 

Paul Mescal - All Of Us Strangers 

Diarmuid Noyes - Double Blind 

Chris Walley - Lies We Tell 

Kenneth Branagh - Oppenheimer 

Liam Carney - Sunlight 

Lalor Roddy - That They May Face The Rising Sun 

Alison Oliver as Venetia Catton in Saltburn. Picture: PA 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FILM 

Bronagh Gallagher - Dance First 

Catherine Walker - My Sailor, My Love 

Alison Oliver - Saltburn 

Ruth McCabe - That They May Face The Rising Sun 

Agnes O’Casey - The Miracle Club 

Maya O’Shea - Verdigris 

DIRECTOR - FILM 

Double Blind - Ian Hunt-Duffy 

Flora and Son - John Carney 

Lies We Tell - Lisa Mulcahy 

LOLA - Andrew Legge 

That They May Face The Rising Sun - Pat Collins 

Verdigris - Patricia Kelly 

SCRIPT - FILM 

Double Blind - Darach McGarrigle 

Flora and Son - John Carney 

Lies We Tell - Elisabeth Gooch 

LOLA - Andrew Legge 

That They May Face The Rising Sun - Éamon Little 

Verdigris - Patricia Kelly 

Chris Walley in Lies We Tell

DRAMA CATEGORIES 

BEST DRAMA 

Blue Lights 

Hidden Assets 

Kin 

Northern Lights 

Obituary 

The Woman in the Wall 

DIRECTOR - DRAMA 

Happy Valley - Fergus O’Brien 

Kin - Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor 

Kin - Kate Dolan 

Northern Lights - Tom Hall 

Obituary - John Hayes 

The Gone - Hannah Quinn 

SCRIPT - DRAMA 

Blue Lights - Declan Lawn & Adam Patterson 

Hidden Assets - Peter McKenna 

Kin - Peter McKenna 

Northern Lights - Stephen Jones 

Obituary - Ray Lawlor 

The Woman in the Wall - Joe Murtagh 

LEAD ACTOR - DRAMA 

Martin McCann - Blue Lights 

Francis Magee - Kin 

Sam Keeley - Kin 

Michael Smiley - Obituary 

Éanna Hardwicke - The Sixth Commandment 

Daryl McCormack - The Woman in the Wall 

Best Interests. Picture: Kevin Baker

LEAD ACTRESS - DRAMA 

Sharon Horgan - Best Interests 

Clare Dunne - Kin 

Niamh Algar - Malpractice 

Elva Trill - Northern Lights 

Siobhán Cullen - Obituary 

Caitriona Balfe - Outlander 

SUPPORTING ACTOR - DRAMA 

Richard Dormer - Blue Lights 

Jared Harris - Foundation 

Aaron Monaghan - Hidden Assets 

Aidan Gillen - Kin 

Emmett J. Scanlan - Kin 

Simon Delaney - The Woman in the Wall 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS - DRAMA 

Niamh Algar - Culprits 

Cathy Belton - Hidden Assets 

Maria Doyle Kennedy - Kin 

Danielle Galligan - Obituary 

Fionnula Flanagan - Sisters 

Hilda Fay - The Woman in the Wall 

Margot Robbie in Barbie. Picture: PA 

INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD CATEGORIES 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM 

All Of Us Strangers 

Oppenheimer 

Past Lives 

Poor Things 

Saltburn 

The Holdovers 

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR 

Ryan Gosling - Barbie 

Leonardo DiCaprio - Killers of the Flower Moon 

Bradley Cooper - Maestro 

Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things 

Willem Dafoe - Poor Things 

Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers 

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS 

Margot Robbie - Barbie 

Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon 

Carey Mulligan - Maestro 

Annette Bening - Nyad 

Greta Lee - Past Lives 

Emma Stone - Poor Things

OTHER AWARD CATEGORIES 

GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY 

In The Shadow of Beirut 

Joan Baez: I Am A Noise 

Notes from Sheepland 

Stolen 

The Days of Trees 

The Deepest Breath

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM 

Calf 

Mud Queen 

Sound & Colour 

The Golden West 

Two for the Road 

Waiting Day 

ANIMATED SHORT FILM 

Nana Dee 

The Small Makings of a Storm 

The Presenter 

Wind & The Shadow