Ruth Negga, Amy Huberman and Richie Smyth Among Big Winners at IFTA Awards in Dublin

The winners have been announced for the Irish Film and Drama Awards. Among the big winners were The Siege of Jadotville, which took three awards and A Date for Mad Mary, which featured the recent Hot Press Best of Irelad cover star Seana Kerslake in the title role and took two awards.

A Date for Mad Mary, which was independently produced here in Ireland, took the coveted Best Film award, beating off competition from a number of international productions, including Jim Sheridan’s fine A Secret Scripture.

Among the big winners were:
· Best Film Award went to A Date for Mad Mary
· OA star Paddy Gibson took the Rising Star Award
· There was a double award for A Date for Mad Mary and a triple for The Siege of Jadotville
· Oscar Nominees Ruth Negga (pictured) and Consolata Boyle both award recipients
· The Secret Scripture earnd double awards in craft

The annual IFTA Film & Drama Awards were hosted by actress and comedienne Deirdre O’Kane. A Date for Mad Mary was named Best Film, with cast member Charleigh Bailey also taking home the IFTA for Best Supporting Actress Film.

Bailey was presented with her first IFTA Award by fellow Irish talent Colm Meaney, who was in turn honoured with the IFTA for Best Lead Actor Film, for his portrayal of the late Sinn Féin northern leader Martin McGuinness in Nick Hamm’s The Journey.

Double awards also went to Richie Smyth’s debut feature The Siege of Jadotville, with Smyth accepting the award for Best Director Film and Jason O’Mara receiving Best Supporting Actor Film; and to An Klondike.

There may have been some disappointment in the Young Offenders camp. The independent Cork movie was a critical success and huge at the box office but took only one honour out of a total of seven nominations.

Best Lead Actress in Film was awarded to Loving star Ruth Negga, who accepted the award for her Oscar-nominated role to a roar of applause.

The prestigious George Morrison Feature Documentary Award went to Dave Clarke and Ciarán Deeney, the team behind Colm Quinn’s Mattress Men.

Best Short Film went to Dave Tynan for viral project Heartbreak while Animated Short went to IADT graduate Vincent Gallagher for stop motion project Second to None.

The Rising Star award sponsored by the Irish Film Board went to The OA and Property of the State actor Patrick Gibson, who accepted his award from Bleed for This actor Ciarán Hinds.

Highlights for drama categories saw Vikings team Morgan O'Sullivan and James Flynn accepting the coveted title of Best Drama, with an additional award for Best Make-Up & Hair for Dee Corcoran and Tom McInerney on the History Channel series shot in Co. Wicklow, Ireland.

Best Lead Actor in Drama this year went to Cillian Murphy for Peaky Blinders with Amy Huberman taking the Best Lead Actress in Drama for the new homegrown series Striking Out.

Another flagship achievement in original Irish drama was James Phelan’s award for Best Script Drama for Centenary comedy Wrecking the Rising.

Supporting acting talent in drama saw Charlie Murphy honoured for Happy Valley and Ned Dennehy for Irish language western series An Klondike.

Ruth Negga’s fellow Oscar Nominee Consolata Boyle of Florence Foster Jenkins achieved the award for Best Costume Design for this, her sixth award of a total nine Irish Academy nominations to date.

Seamus McGarvey came out on top of the Director of Photography category for his work on Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals, and Nick Emerson for Best Editing on Billy O’Brien’s I Am Not A Serial Killer.

The Secret Scripture took two craft awards, with Derek Wallace being awarded the IFTA for Best Production Design and Brian Byrne taking the award for Best Original Music.

The Siege of Jadotville took home its third award for Best VFX, which went to Tim Chauncey of Windmill Lane VFX. Juanita Wilson’s second feature Tomato Red earned the award for Best Sound tonight, for the work of Niall Brady, Ken Galvin & Steve Fanagan.

Here is the full list of nominees and winners...

2017 Nominations & Winners

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Michael Gambon

BEST FILM
A Date for Mad Mary (Winner)
Love & Friendship
The Secret Scripture
The Siege of Jadotville
Tomato Red
The Young Offenders

ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE FILM
Colm Meaney - The Journey (Winner)
Jamie Dornan - The Siege of Jadotville
Michael Fassbender - The Light Between Oceans
Alex Murphy - The Young Offenders
Mark O'Halloran - History's Future

ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE FILM
Ruth Negga - Loving (Winner)
Caoilfhionn Dunne - In View
Seana Kerslake - A Date for Mad Mary
Aisling Loftus - Property of The State
Catherine Walker - A Dark Song

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE FILM
Jason O'Mara - The Siege of Jadotville (Winner)
Colin Farrell - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Brendan Gleeson - Trespass Against Us
Ciaran Hinds - Bleed for This
Chris Walley - The Young Offenders

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE FILM
Charleigh Bailey - A Date for Mad Mary (Winner)
Simone Kirby - Notes on Blindness
Susan Lynch - Bad Day for the Cut
Hilary Rose - The Young Offenders
Fiona Shaw - Out of Innocence

DIRECTOR FILM
Richie Smyth - The Siege of Jadotville (Winner)
Peter Foott - The Young Offenders
Jim Sheridan - The Secret Scripture
Darren Thornton - A Date for Mad Mary

SCRIPT FILM
Peter Foott - The Young Offenders (Winner)
Kevin Brodbin - The Siege of Jadotville
Darren Thornton & Colin Thornton - A Date for Mad Mary
Juanita Wilson - Tomato Red

GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Mattress Men - Dave Clarke & Ciarán Deeney (Winner)
Atlantic - Risteard O Domhnaill
Bobby Sands 66 Days - Trevor Birney
In Loco Parentis - Neasa Ní Chianáin
It's Not Yet Dark - Lesley McKimm & Kathryn Kathleen Kennedy

SHORT FILM
Heartbreak - Dave Tynan (Winner)
Baring Arms - Colm Quinn
Animal - Niall Owens
Gridlock - Ian Hunt Duffy
Lily - Graham Cantwell
Terminal - Natasha Waugh

ANIMATION
Second to None - Vincent Gallagher (Winner)
Define Intervention - Sean Cunningham
Don't Forget the Bread - Gary Gill
The Lost Letter - Kealan O' Rourke

DRAMA
Vikings (Winner)
An Klondike
The Fall
Game of Thrones
Smalltown
Striking Out

ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE IN DRAMA
Cillian Murphy - Peaky Blinders (Winner)
Dara Devaney - An Klondike 02
James Nesbitt - The Secret
Aidan Turner - Poldark
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor - Trial of the Century

ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE IN DRAMA
Amy Huberman - Striking Out (Winner)
Caitriona Balfe - Outlander
Elaine Cassidy - No Offence
Anne Marie Duff - Murder: The Lost Weekend
Ruth Negga - Preacher

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN DRAMA
Ned Dennehy - An Klondike (Winner)
Liam Cunningham - Game of Thrones
Moe Dunford - Vikings
Andrew Scott - The Hollow Crown
Robert Sheehan - Fortitude

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN DRAMA
Charlie Murphy - Happy Valley (Winner)
Ruth Bradley - Humans
Sinead Cusack - Call The Midwife
Dominique McElligott - House of Cards
Charlene McKenna - Ripper Street

DIRECTOR DRAMA
Dathai Keane - An Klondike (Winner)
Anthony Byrne - Ripper Street
Ciaran Donnelly - Vikings 4
Neasa Hardiman - Z: The Beginning of Everything

SCRIPT DRAMA
Gerard Barrett - Smalltown
Barry Devlin - My Mother and Other Strangers
Marcus Fleming - An Klondike
James Phelan - Wrecking the Rising

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Seamus McGarvey - Nocturnal Animals (Winner)
Piers McGrail - Tomato Red
Robbie Ryan - American Honey
Cathal Watters - An Klondike 2

EDITING
Nick Emerson - I am Not Serial Killer (Winner)
Colin Campbell - Young Offenders
Dermot Diskin - The Secret Scripture
Una Ni Dhonghaile - The Crown

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Derek Wallace - The Secret Scripture (Winer)
Mark Geraghty - Vikings Season 4
Mark Kelly - An Klondike 2
Anna Rackard - Love & Friendship

COSTUME DESIGN
Joan Bergin - The Secret Scripture (Winner)
Consolata Boyle - Florence Foster Jenkins
Triona Lillis - An Klondike
Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh - Love & Friendship

MAKE-UP & HAIR
Vikings (Winner)
An Klondike
Love & Friendship
Wrecking the Rising

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Brian Byrne - The Secret Scripture (Winner)
David Holmes - The Fall
Steve Lynch - An Klondike
Patrick Cassidy - Smalltown

SOUND
Tomato Red (Winner)
Game of Thrones
The Siege of Jadotville
Without Name

VFX
The Siege of Jadotville (Winner)
Black Sails
Game Of Thrones
Ripper Street