Irish hip-hop comedy Kneecap, starring Michael Fassbender, leads the film nominations for the 2025 Irish Film and Television Awards, announced on Tuesday. Rich Peppiatt’s comedy, about a West Belfast hip-hop trio of the same name on a mission to save their mother tongue, garnered 17 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor. All three (in the category in which Liam is selected) Og Ó Hanai, Naoise Ó Ciaran, and J.J. Ó Dochartay are also nominated for the role, as is Fassbender’s supporting actor.
Michael Fassbender was also nominated for Best Actor in a Television Drama for his role in The Agency.
Saoirse Ronan is also a double IFTA nominee in 2025. She is up for Best Motion Picture Actress honors for Outrun and Best Supporting Actress for Steve McQueen’s Blitz.
Following “Kneecap” in the film category, director Tim Mierandt’s historical drama “Small Things Like These” received nine nominations, including Best Motion Picture Actor nominee Cillian Murphy. His competitors include Paul Mescal, who earned a nomination for Gladiator II, The Three Kneecaps, and Peter Coonan (King Frankie).
Other big-name actors in the running for IFTA acting awards include Fassbender (The Agency) and Andrew Scott (Ripley), who are nominated in the Penguin Best TV Drama Actor category. Colin Farrell and others. Ciaran Hinds (The Dry) and Rivals star Aidan Turner. Meanwhile, Jessie Buckley is up for Best Actress for Wicked Little Letters, and Barry Keoghan is in the running for Best Supporting Actor for Bird.
Nicola Coughlan is up for Best TV Actress for her role in Bridgerton, along with Sharon Horgan, who was nominated for her role in Bad Sisters. Also, in the race for Best Actress in a Drama, Eve Hewson and Fiona Shaw were nominated for “Bad Sisters,” and Ruth Negga was nominated for “Presumed Innocent,” so the race is characterized by high star power.
“Bad Sisters” received a total of eight nominations in the TV category, second only to the Irish Troubles drama “Say Nothing” with 10.
Nominated in the International Film Awards category are Anora, Conclave, Dune: Part 2, The Brutalist, Outrun, and Substance. The international nominations include Adrien Brody, Ralph Fiennes, Sebastian Stan, Denzel Washington, Cynthia Erivo, Angelina Jolie, Mikey Madison, and Demi Moore. .
The IFTA ceremony will be held at the Dublin Royal Convention Center on February 14th. Also on the night, Colm Meaney (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, In the Land of Saints and Sinners) spoke about the Irish and international film industry. He will receive the Academy of Ireland Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to the cause. industry. “
The complete list of IFTA nominees for 2025 is below.
Best movie award
Kathleen is here
king franky
patella
small things like this
spilled milk
apprentice
Director – Movie
Eva Verthistle – Kathleen is here.
John Crowley – We live in time
Brian Durnin – Spilled Milk
Damian McCarthy – Oddity
Christine Molloy, Joe Lawler – Baltimore
Rich Peppiatt – Patella
Screenplay – Movie
Eva Verthistle – Kathleen is here.
Kara Loftus – Spilled Milk
Christine Molloy, Joe Lawler – Baltimore
Rich Peppiatt – Patella
Stephen Shields – Abigail
Enda Walsh – Little things like this
Leading Actor – Movie
Peter Coonan – King Frankie
Paul Mescal – Gladiator II
Cillian Murphy – Little things like this
Naoise O Kealaline – Patella
JJ O Docherte – Patella
Liam Og O Annaid – Patella
Leading Actress – Movie
Carolyn Bracken – Oddity
Jesse Buckley – Wicked Little Letters
Hazel Doupe – Kathleen is here.
Saoirse Ronan – “Outrun”
Eileen Walsh – Little things like this
Alisha Weir – Abigail
Best Supporting Actor – Movie
Peter Coonan – Kathleen is here
Michael Fassbender – Patella
Barry Keoghan – Bird
Brian F. O’Byrne – Conclave
Tom Vaughn-Lawler – Baltimore
Steve Wall – Oddity
Supporting Actress – Movie
Zara Devlin – Little things like this
Claire Dunn – Kathleen is here.
Fionnuala Flaherty – Patella
Simone Kirby – Patella
Saoirse Ronan – Blitz
Jessica Reynolds – Patella
Best Drama Award – Television
bad sisters
don’t say anything
The Dry
Bodkin
blue light
Kula
Director, Drama – Television
Paddy Bresnach – The Dry
Brian Kirk – Day of the Jackal
Michael Lennox – Say nothing
Lisa Mulcahy – Sanctuary
Hannah Quinn – The Boy Who Never Was
Dearbhla Walsh – Bad Sisters
Script, drama (TV)
Baz Ashmawy – Faceless
Ronan Bennett – Day of the Jackal
Nancy Harris – The Dry
Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters
Adam Patterson, Declan Loan – Blue Lights
Kirsten Sheridan, Joshua Zetumer – Say nothing
Lead actor, drama – TV
Anthony Boyle – Say nothing
Colin Farrell – Penguin
Michael Fassbender – The Agency
Ciaran Hinds – The Dry
Andrew Scott – Ripley
Aidan Turner – Rivals
Lead actress, drama – TV
Elaine Cassidy – Sanctuary
Nicola Coughlan – Bridgerton
Siobhan Cullen – Bodkin
Roisin Gallagher – The Dry
Sharon Horgan – Bad Sisters
Laura Petticrew – Say nothing
Best Supporting Actor, Drama – Television
Anthony Boyle – Masters of the Air
Liam Cunningham – 3 Body Problems
Michael Smiley – Bad Sisters
Tom Vaughan-Lawler – Say nothing
Chris Worley – Bodkin
David Willmott – Bodkin
Supporting Actress, Drama – TV
Siobhan Cullen – The Dry
Hazel Dupe – Say nothing
Eve Hewson – Bad Sisters
Ruth Negga – Presumed innocent
Fiona Shaw – Bad Sisters
Victoria Smurfit – Rivals
Best International Film Award
anora
conclave
dune part 2
brutalist
Outrun
material
Best International Actor Award
Adrien Brody – Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – Completely unknown
Kieran Culkin – Real Pain
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II
Best International Actress Award
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Angelina Jolie – Maria
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Florence Pugh – We live in time
Emily Watson – Little things like this
george morrison feature documentary
Face Down: The Disappearance of Thomas Niedermayer
Please remember to remember
Blue Road: The Story of Edna O’Brien
The Flats
Mrs. Robinson
Brendan Gleeson’s farewell to Hughes
live action short film
Clodagh
farmers! ?
I took a room
turn around
two mothers
we are different
future wife
Wrecker
short animated film
Dembaya
every other weekend
home bird
Night payment
casting
Baltimore – Emma Gunnery
Bodkin – Louise Keeley
Patella – Carla Strong
Say nothing – Lucy Amos, Nina Gold
Little things like this – Maureen Hughes
Cinematography
Bird – Robbie Ryan
Hurewaka – Narayan van Meere
Patella – Ryan Carnahan
Say nothing – Stephen Murphy
Penguin – Darran Tiernan
costume design
Abigail – Gwen Jefferies Woolley
House of the Dragon – Caroline McCall
Patella – Zjena Glamocanin
Spilled Milk – Gwen Jeffares Woolley
Vikings Valhalla – Susan O’Connor Cave
production design
Abigail – Susie Cullen
Bodkin – Paki Smith
Patella – Nicola Moloney
The Tourist – Philip Murphy
Vikings Valhalla – Tom Conroy
hair & makeup
Abigail – Linda Gannon, Liz Byrne
Patella – Liz Boston
Little things like this – Lorraine Glynn, Lynn Johnston
The Apprentice – Sandra Kelly, Tom McInerney
Vikings Valhalla – Joe Whelan, Tom McInerney
sound
Abigail – Hugh Fox
Blackshore – John “Bob” Brennan, Mark Henry, Fionnan Higgins
Patella – Aza Hand, Brendan Rehill, Chris Woodcock
Oddity – Athe Hand, Hugo Parberry
Little things like this – Hugh Fox, Senjan Jansen
original music
Furewaka – Dai Hexen
The Apprentice – David Holmes
The Dry – Sarah Lynch
Magical Reindeer: Saving Santa’s Sleigh – Eimear Noone, Craig Stuart Garfinkle
Song Cycle – Ray Herman
edit
Bad Sisters – Derek Holland
Kathleen is here – Colin Campbell
Patella – Julian Ulrichs & Chris Gill
Paddington of Peru – Una Ní Donkheil
Say nothing – Edel McDonnell
VFX
3 Physical Problems – Ed Bruce, Liam Neville
Bodkin – John Kennedy, Lisa Maher
Sanctuary – Dan Cullen
Shogun – Ed Bruce, Andrew Barry
