Kneecap, Small Things Like These, Saoirse Ronan, Say Nothing and Bad Sisters among big IFTA winners

Lots of Hot Press favourites were among the winners last night at the 22nd IFTA Awards in Dublin, highlights of which can be seen from 10.55pm tonight on RTE One.

It was a triple-whammy for Small Things Like These which won Best Film, Actor in a Lead Role for Cillian Murphy and Best Screenplay for Enda Walsh who did such a brilliant job of adapting Claire Keegan's book of the same name.

While denied Best Film, Team Kneecap got to celebrate Best Director for filmmaker Rich Peppiatt, Costume Design, Editing and Casting victories.
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There were two gongs for Saoirse Ronan whose respective roles in The Outrun and Blitz bagged her both Actress in a Lead Role and Actress in a Supporting Role.

The subject last year of a major Hot Press interview, another son of West Belfast, Anthony Boyle, fended off stiff competition to win 2025 Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland IFTA Rising Star. If you haven't seen him in the likes of Shardlake, Masters Of The Air and Say Nothing, you're in for a treat! https://www.hotpress.com/film-tv/anthony-boyle-if-scorsese-calls-and-wants-me-to-do-a-drama-without-a-horse-in-it-ill-have-to-say-no-23025359

Say Nothing also landed Actress in a Lead Role for Lola Petticrew, Actress in a Supporting Role for Hazel Doupe and Actor in a Supporting Role for Tom Vaughan-Lawlor.

Another huge IFTAs winner was Bad Sisters which took home Best Drama, Director Drama for Dearbhla Walsh, and Script Drama for creator and star Sharon Horgan. https://www.hotpress.com/film-tv/12-interviews-of-xmas-bad-sisters-meryl-streep-declared-herself-a-fan-steven-spielberg-as-well-23063628

Here's the full list of winners:

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Colm Meaney

SCREEN IRELAND - IFTA RISING STAR

Anthony Boyle

FILM CATEGORIES

BEST FILM

Small Things Like These

DIRECTOR - FILM

Rich Peppiatt - Kneecap

SCRIPT - FILM

Enda Walsh - Small Things Like These

LEAD ACTOR - FILM

Cillian Murphy - Small Things Like These

LEAD ACTRESS - FILM

Saoirse Ronan - The Outrun

SUPPORTING ACTOR - FILM

Brían F. O'Byrne - Conclave

SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FILM

Saoirse Ronan - Blitz

DRAMA CATEGORIES

COIMISIÚN NA MEÁN BEST DRAMA

Bad Sisters

DIRECTOR - DRAMA

Dearbhla Walsh - Bad Sisters

SCRIPT - DRAMA

Sharon Horgan - Bad Sisters

LEAD ACTOR - DRAMA

Colin Farrell - The Penguin

LEAD ACTRESS - DRAMA

Lola Petticrew - Say Nothing

SUPPORTING ACTOR - DRAMA

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor - Say Nothing

SUPPORTING ACTRESS - DRAMA

Hazel Doupe - Say Nothing

INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD CATEGORIES

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Conclave

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR

Ralph Fiennes - Conclave

BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS

Demi Moore - The Substance

OTHER AWARD CATEGORIES

GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

The Flats

LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM

Clodagh

ANIMATED SHORT FILM

Dembaya

CRAFT CATEGORIES

CASTING

Kneecap - Carla Stronge

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Bird - Robbie Ryan

COSTUME DESIGN

Kneecap - Zjena Glamocanin

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Abigail - Susie Cullen

HAIR & MAKE-UP

The Apprentice - Sandra Kelly, Tom McInerney

SOUND

Oddity - Aza Hand, Hugo Parvery

ORIGINAL MUSIC

Fréwaka - Die Hexen

EDITING

Kneecap - Julian Ulrichs & Chris Gill

VFX

Shögun - Ed Bruce, Andrew Barry

Dublin well and truly done, Kneecap and their fellow Irish thesps are heading now to the BAFTAs in London, which are being broadcast live tonight on BBC One. The West Belfast crew find themselves second favourites with Boyle Sports to bag Outstanding British Film. Here are the other runners and riders:

1/8 Conclave

7/1 Kneecap

25/1 The Outrun

25/1 Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

25/1 Gladiator II

25/1 Blitz

25/1 Bird

50/1 Hard Truths

66/1 Love Lies Bleeding

66/1 Lee