'Love/Hate' dominates Ifta nominations

RTÉ's crime drama Love/Hate and the Lenny Abrahamson film What Richard Did dominate the Irish Film and Television Award (Ifta) nominations announced this morning.
Multiple award-winner Love/Hate is nominated in 10 categories for its third series which ended before Christmas.

Multiple award-winner Love/Hate is nominated in 10 categories for its third series which ended before Christmas.

What Richard Did, the drama which features a middle-class, rugby-playing teenager caught up in a killing, has been nominated for 10 awards including best film, best director and best actor for Jack Reynor.

Reynor’s performance has helped secure for him the lead role in the latest installment of the Hollywood blockbuster franchise Transformers.

Grabbers, the film about an island people who have to stay drunk to ward off predatory sea creatures, has four nominations as does the Troubles drama Shadow Dancer.

Death of a Superhero, a film about a 15-year-old boy is dying of terminal cancer, has received three nominations.

Robert Sheehan and Tom Vaughan Lawlor, the stars of Love/Hate, are nominated in the best actor category.

Moone Boy, actor Chris O’Dowd’s autobiographical take on growing up in Boyle, Co Roscommon, has five nominations.

TV3, which has shunned the awards in past years, is nominated for four awards. Tonight with Vincent Browne and Midweek’s Rural Ireland Fights Back have both been selected in the current affairs category while the Irish version of Come Dine with Me is nominated in the best reality television category.

TV3 had complained in previous years about being overlooked for awards, but a TV3 spokeswoman said they had resolved their differences with Ifta.

The British Academy of Film and Television Awards (Bafta) also featured considerable Irish interest this morning.

Martin McDonagh was nominated for best British film for Seven Psychopaths, Daniel Day Lewis was nominated for best actor for his part as Abraham Lincoln in Lincoln and Irish animator Eamonn O’Neill was nominated in the best short animation category for I’m Fine Thanks.

Lincoln dominates the Bafta's with 10 nominations. It is released in Ireland later this month.

NOMINATIONS:

FILM

Death of a Superhero (Michael Garland, Astrid Kahmke, Bavaria Pictures, Grand Pictures)

Good Vibrations (Chris Martin, Andrew Eaton, Canderblinks Films)

Grabbers (David Collins, Martina Niland, Forward Films, High Treason Productions, Samson Films)

Shadow Dancer (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Element Pictures)

What Richard Did (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Element Pictures)

DIRECTOR FILM

Lenny Abrahamson, What Richard Did (Element Pictures)

Pat Collins, Silence (South Wind Blows and Harvest Films)

Ian Fitzgibbon, Death of a Superhero (Bavaria Pictures, Grand Pictures)

Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths (Blueprint Pictures)

SCRIPT FILM

Malcolm Campbell, What Richard Did (Element Pictures)

Kevin Lehane, Grabbers (Forward Films, High Treason Productions, Samson Films)

Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths (Blueprint Pictures)

Kieron J Walsh, Jump (Hotshot Films)

ACTOR FILM

Richard Dormer, Good Vibrations (Canderblinks Films)

Colin Farrell, Seven Psychopaths (Blueprint Pictures)

Martin McCann, Jump (Hotshot Films)

Jack Reynor, What Richard Did (Element Pictures)

ACTRESS FILM

Ruth Bradley, Grabbers (Forward Films, High Treason Productions, Samson Films)

Anne Marie Duff, Sanctuary (Venom Films)

Roisin Murphy, What Richard Did (Element Pictures)

Seana Kerslake, Dollhouse (The Factory)

SUPPORTING ACTOR FILM

Domhnall Gleeson, Anna Karenina (Universal Pictures)

Ciaran Hinds, The Woman in Black (Hammer Film Productions)

Michael McElhatton, Death of a Superhero (Bavaria Pictures, Grand Pictures)

David Wilmot, Shadow Dancer (Element Pictures)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS FILM

Brid Brennan, Shadow Dancer (Element Pictures)

Bronagh Gallagher, Grabbers (Forward Films, High Treason Productions, Samson Films)

Charlene McKenna, Jump (Hotshot Films)

Gabrielle Reidy, What Richard Did (Element Pictures)

SPECIAL IRISH LANGUAGE

Bernard Dunne's Bród Club

Congo 1961

Lón sa Spéir – Men at Lunch

Rasaí na Gaillimhe

GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

Barbaric Genius

John Ford: Dreaming the Quiet Man

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Skin in the Game

SHORT FILM

The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden

Fear of Flying

Morning

Rhinos

SPECIAL IRISH LANGUAGE

Bernard Dunne's Bród Club

Congo 1961

Lón sa Spéir – Men at Lunch

Rasaí na Gaillimhe

TELEVISION DRAMA

The Borgias (Neil Jordan, Jordan Flynn, Octagon Films)

Game of Thrones (HBO)

Love/Hate (Suzanne McAuley, Steve Matthews, Octagon Films)

Titanic: Blood and Steel (Paul Myler, Roberto Minni, Ciaran Donnelly, Epos Films)

DIRECTOR TV DRAMA

David Caffrey, Love Hate (Octagon Films)

Ciaran Donnelly, Titanic: Blood and Steel (Epos Films)

Declan Lowney, Moone Boy (Grand Pictures, Baby Cow Productions, Hot Cod Productions and Sprout Pictures for Sky 1)

Aisling Walsh, Loving Miss Hatto (Left Bank Pictures)

SCRIPT DRAMA

Stuart Carolan, Love/Hate (Octagon Films)

Colin Heber-Percy & Lyall Watson, Saving the Titanic (Tile Films)

Neil Jordan, The Borgias (Octagon Films)

Chris O’Dowd & Nick Vincent Murphy, Moone Boy (Grand Pictures, Baby Cow Productions, Hot Cod Productions and Sprout Pictures for Sky 1)

ACTOR TV

Gabriel Byrne, Secret State (Company Pictures)

Colm Meaney, Hell on Wheels (Endemol)

Robert Sheehan, Love/Hate (Octagon Films)

Tom Vaughan Lawlor, Love/Hate (Octagon Films)

ACTRESS TV

Orla Brady, Sinbad (Possible Pictures)

Carrie Crowley, Rasai na Gaillimhe (Great Western Films)

Amy Huberman, Threesome (Big Talk Productions)

Charlie Murphy, Love/Hate (Octagon Films)

SUPPORTING ACTOR TV

Peter Coonan, Love/Hate (Octagon Films)

Allen Leech, Downton Abbey (Carnival Films)

Chris O’Dowd, Moone Boy (Grand Pictures, Baby Cow Productions, Hot Cod Productions and Sprout Pictures for Sky 1)

Andrew Scott, Sherlock (Hartswood Films)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS TV

Cathy Belton, Roy (Jam Media)

Susan Loughnane, Love/Hate (Octagon Films)

Ruth Negga, Secret State (Channel 4)

Deirdre O’Kane, Moone Boy (Grand Pictures, Baby Cow Productions, Hot Cod Productions and Sprout Pictures for Sky 1)

CRAFT / TECHNICAL CATEGORIES (FILM)

COSTUME

Good Vibrations (Canderblinks Films)

Loving Miss Hatto (Left Bank Pictures)

King of the Travellers (Vico Films)

Ripper Street (Element Pictures, Tiger Aspect Productions)

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Seamus McGarvey, Anna Karenina- (Universal Pictures)

PJ Dillon, Game of Thrones – (HBO)

Tim Fleming, Citadel (Blinder Films)

David Grennan, What Richard Did (Element Pictures)

EDITING FILM/DRAMA

Nathan Nugent, What Richard Did (Element Pictures)

Dermot Diskin, Love/Hate (Octagon Films)

Mick Mahon, Saving the Titanic (Tile Films)

Helen Chapman, Ripper Street (Element Pictures, Tiger Aspect Productions)

MAKEUP & HAIR SPONSORED BY MAC

Loving Miss Hatto – Left Bank Pictures

Ripper Street - Element Pictures, Tiger Aspect Productions

Shadow Dancer – Element Pictures

Titanic Blood & Steel – Epos FIlms

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Mark Geraghty, Ripper Street-

Tom Conroy, Titanic: Blood & Steel

Stephen Daly, Love/Hate

Ray Ball, Saving the Titanic

ORIGINAL SCORE

Loving Miss Hatto – Niall Byrne

Love/Hate – Ray Harman

Saving the Titanic – Steve Lynch

What Richard Did – Stephen Rennicks

SOUND FILM/DRAMA

Citadel – Garret Farrell, Hugh Fox, Steve Fanagan

Game of Thrones – Ronan Hill, Mervyn Moore

Titanic Blood & Steel – Dan Birch, Jon Stevenson, Garret Farrell

What Richard Did – Paddy Hanlon, Steve Fanagan, Niall Brady

TELEVISION PROGRAMMES

Childrens/Youth

Octonauts (Brown Bag)

OMG! Jedward (Tyrone Productions)

Roy (JAM Media)

Tholg go Tolg (V Stream)

CURRENT AFFAIRS

Midweek Rural Ireland Fights Back (TV3)

Prime Time - Profiteering from Prostitution (RTE)

Spotlight Sean Quinn’s Missing Millions (BBCNI)

Vincent Browne Tonight (TV3)

DOCUMENTARY

A Time to Die? (Yellow Asylum Films)

Congo 1961 (Akajava Films)

MND: The Inside Track (Independent Pictures)

WB Yeats – No Country for Old Men (Hot Shot Films)

DOCUMENTARY SERIES

24 Hours to Kill (TV3)

Bullyproof (Firebrand Productions)

The New Irish After the Bust (Real Films)

Ray D’Arcy :How to Beat Depression (Animo Television)

ENTERTAINMENT

Moone Boy (Grand Pictures, Baby Cow Productions, Hot Cod Productions and Sprout Pictures for Sky 1)

Mrs Brown’s Boys (RTE / BBC / BOC Pictures)

The Savage Eye (Blinder Films)

The Voice of Ireland (Screentime ShinAwiL)

FACTUAL

Dead Money (ProMedia Productions)

The Radharc Squad (Tyrone Productions)

Room to Improve (Coco Television)

The Zoo (Moondance Productions)

REALITY

Masterchef (Screentime ShinAwil)

Jockey Eile (Abú Media)

ICA Bootcamp (Independent Pictures)

Come Dine with Me (ITV Studios for TV3)

SPORTS

Olympics (RTÉ)

Paralympics (Setanta Ireland)

Jump Boys (Touchline Media)

When Ali Came to Ireland (True Films)

CRAFT / TECHNICAL CATEGORIES (TELEVISION)

DIRECTOR TV

Alison Millar, The Shame of the Catholic Church

Damien O’Donnell, The Savage Eye

Maurice Sweeney, WB Yeats No Country for Old Men

Lynda McQuaid, Masterchef

DOP TV

Michael O’Donovan, Gaeil Nua Eabhra

Ronan Fox & Mick O’Rourke, WB Yeats No Country for Old Men

Kieran Slyne, My Civil War

Feargal O’Hanlon, Lorg na Gloc

EDITING TV

Mick Mahon, Gaeil Nua Eabhra

Mick Mahon, Chaplin the Waterville Picture

Brenda Morrissey, Inside the Department

Zaini Darragh, The West’s Awake

SOUND TV

Am An Ghatar

Sceal na Gaeilge

WB Yeats No Country for Old Men

The West’s Awake