Shortlist is family affair for Gleeson

SCREEN star Brendan Gleeson and his two actor sons, Domhnall and Brian, have been shortlisted in separate categories in the Irish Film and TelevisionAwards.

The Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) announced crime drama Love/Hate is up for a possible 10 awards at its eighth annual ceremony, to be held in Dublin on Saturday February 12, while Juanita Wilson’s Bosnian-set movie drama As If I Am Not There has six nominations.

In the film acting categories, Cillian Murphy and Brendan Gleeson are nominated for their performances in the Irish gangster comedy Perrier’s Bounty, and both Colin Farrell and Saoirse Ronan are up for their supporting roles in Peter Weir’s The Way Back.