The Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) have announced the nominations for the 2022 Irish Academy Awards.

Drama series Kin leads the way with an impressive 13 nominations, followed by the films An Cailín Ciúin and Belfast, which both have 10.

An Cailín Ciúin recently won the Grand Prix from the 'Generation Kplus' International Jury for Best Film at the Berlin International Film Festival – a historic first for an Irish-language film. Belfast, from writer/director Kenneth Branagh, earned seven Oscars nominations earlier this month.

Vikings:Valhalla and Hidden Assets, meanwhile, both scored seven IFTA nominations, with Swan Song, You Are Not My Mother and Who We Love following close behind with six each.

Damien Dempsey fans will be happy see his acclaimed documentary, Love Yourself Today, directed by Ross Killeen, included on the shortlist for the George Morrison Feature Documentary Award.

There were also nominations in the Original Music category for composers and musicians Van Morrison (Belfast), Stephen Rennicks (An Cailín Ciúin), Joseph Conlan (Who We Love), Die Hexen (You Are Not My Mother), and David Holmes (Kin).

Ciarán Hinds, who's nominated for Best Supporting Actor at this year's Oscars, scored two IFTA nominations, in both Supporting Actor Film and Supporting Actor Drama. His fellow Oscar nominee Jessie Buckley has also received an IFTA nomination in the Supporting Actress Film category.

The nominations have been shortlisted by Irish Academy Members, alongside specialist Jury panels of industry experts from around the world.

“What a spectacular line-up of Nominees that have been shortlisted for Irish Academy Awards this year, after a record-breaking production year for the Irish industry," says IFTA Chief Executive, Áine Moriarty. "The work being recognised this year showcases to the world what our talented industry has to offer.

“It’s an incredible reflection of the high calibre of Irish talent, filmmaking and storytelling that we have in this country, at world-class standards. The Irish Academy is proud to acknowledge and reward their great achievements”.

This year, the Irish Academy will host both a virtual awards event in March, and a physical industry gathering in April, for the presentation of awards in Dublin.

The virtual IFTA awards show will be hosted by actress and comedian Deirdre O’Kane, and will be broadcast on Virgin Media One on Saturday, March 12.

Details of the upcoming physical awards event are set to be announced soon.

See the full list of 2022 IFTA nominations below:

FILM CATEGORIES

BEST FILM

• An Cailín Ciúin
• Belfast
• Deadly Cuts
• Swan Song
• Who We Love
• You Are Not My Mother

DIRECTOR FILM

• Benjamin Cleary - Swan Song
• Colm Bairéad - An Cailín Ciúin
• Graham Cantwell - Who We Love
• Kate Dolan - You Are Not My Mother
• Kenneth Branagh - Belfast

SCRIPT FILM

• Kenneth Branagh - Belfast
• Philip Doherty - Redemption of a Rogue
• Benjamin Cleary - Swan Song
• Graham Cantwell & Katie McNeice - Who We Love
• Kate Dolan - You Are Not My Mother

LEAD ACTOR FILM

• Aaron Monaghan - Redemption of a Rogue
• Dónall Ó Héalai - Foscadh
• Jude Hill - Belfast
• Moe Dunford - Nightride
• Peter Coonan - Doineann

LEAD ACTRESS FILM

• Angeline Ball - Deadly Cuts
• Catherine Clinch - An Cailín Ciúin
• Gemma-Leah Devereux - The Bright Side
• Hazel Doupe - You Are Not My Mother
• Niamh Algar - Censor

SUPPORTING ACTOR FILM

• Ciarán Hinds - Belfast
• Cillian O Gairbhí - Foscadh
• Dean Quinn - Who We Love
• Jamie Dornan - Belfast
• Tom Vaughan-Lawlor - The Bright Side

SUPPORTING ACTRESS FILM

• Amy-Joyce Hastings - Who We Love
• Caitríona Balfe - Belfast
• Carrie Crowley - An Cailín Ciúin
• Jessie Buckley - The Lost Daughter
• Ruth Negga - Passing

THE GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AWARD

• Castro's Spies
• Love Yourself Today
• Lyra
• Pure Grit
• The Dance
• Young Plato

SHORT FILM

• A White Horse
• Best Foot Forward
• Debutante
• Harvest
• Nothing to Declare
• Scrap
• Ship of Souls
• Silence
• The Colour Between
• The Passion

SHORT ANIMATION

• Bardo
• Da Humbug
• Fall of the Ibis King
• Memento Mori

DRAMA CATEGORIES

BEST DRAMA

• Hidden Assets
• Kin
• Smother
• Vikings Valhalla

DIRECTOR DRAMA

• Ciaran Donnelly - The Wheel of Time
• Dathaí Keane - Smother
• Diarmuid Goggins - Kin
• Hannah Quinn - Vikings: Valhalla
• Lisa Mulcahy - Ridley Road

SCRIPT DRAMA

• Declan Croghan - Vikings: Valhalla
• Kate O'Riordan - Smother
• Morna Regan - Hidden Assets
• Peter McKenna - Hidden Assets
• Peter McKenna - Kin

LEAD ACTOR DRAMA

• Aidan Gillen - Kin
• Jimmy Nesbitt - Stay Close
• Liam Cunningham - Domina
• Sam Keeley - Kin

LEAD ACTRESS DRAMA

• Angeline Ball - Hidden Assets
• Clare Dunne - Kin
• Dervla Kirwan - Smother
• Niamh Algar - Deceit
• Sinead Keenan - Three Families

SUPPORTING ACTOR DRAMA

• Andrew Scott - The Pursuit of Love
• Ciaran Hinds - Kin
• Emmett J Scanlan - Kin
• Owen McDonnell - Three Families
• Peter Coonan - Hidden Assets

SUPPORTING ACTRESS DRAMA

• Cathy Belton - Hidden Assets
• Justine Mitchell - Smother
• Lola Petticrew - Three Families
• Maria Doyle-Kennedy - Kin
• Simone Kirby - Hidden Assets

CRAFT CATEGORIES

CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Burschi Wojnar - Redemption of a Rogue
• James Mather - Kin
• Kate McCullough - An Cailín Ciúin
• Narayan Van Maele - You Are Not My Mother
• Peter Robertson - Vikings: Valhalla

EDITING

• Dermot Diskin - Kin
• John Murphy - An Cailín Ciúin
• Nathan Nugent - Swan Song
• Tony Cranstoun - Zone 414
• Úna Ní Dhonghaíle - Belfast

PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Derek Wallace - Kin
• Emma Lowney - An Cailín Ciúin
• Joe Fallover - Wolf
• Tamara Conboy - Deadly Cuts
• Tom Conroy - Vikings: Valhalla

COSTUME DESIGN

• Eimear Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh - Foundation
• Kathy Strachan - Deadly Cuts
• Louise Stanton - An Cailín Ciúin
• Susan O'Connor Cave - Vikings: Valhalla
• Susan Scott - Zone 414

MAKEUP & HAIR

• Sian Wilson - Belfast
• Lyndsey Herron & Edwina Kelly - Deadly Cuts
• Linda Gannon & Clare Lambe - Foundation
• Eileen Buggy, Audrey Doyle, & Barrie Gower - The Green Knight
• Dee Corcoran, Joe Whelan, & Thomas McInerney - Vikings: Valhalla

SOUND

• Aza Hand & Alan Scully - Boys From County Hell
• John "Bob" Brennan, Fionan Higgins, Nikki Moss, Mark Henry, &
• Andrew Kirwan - Smother
• Karl Merren & Johnny Marshall - The Green Knight
• Steve Fanagan - Swan Song
• Steve Fanagan, John "Bob" Brennan, & Brendan Rehill - An Cailín Ciúin

ORIGINAL MUSIC

• David Holmes - Kin
• Die Hexen - You Are Not My Mother
• Joseph Conlan - Who We Love
• Stephen Rennicks - An Cailín Ciúin
• Van Morrison - Belfast

VFX

• Ed Bruce & Andrew Barry - Spider-Man: No Way Home
• Ed Bruce & Andrew Barry - The Nevers
• Ed Bruce & Manuel Martinez - Swan Song
• Ed Bruce & Sam Johnston - The Book of Boba Fett
• Kevin Cahill & Eric Saindon - The Green Knight