Kneecap Colin Farrell nominated for 2025 Irish Film and Television Awards

patellaIrish hip-hop comedy The Irish Film and Television Awards, starring Michael Fassbender, leads the nominations for the film section of the 2025 Irish Film and Television Awards, announced on Tuesday. Rich Peppiatt's comedy, about the eponymous west Belfast hip-hop trio's mission to save their native language, received 17 nominations, including Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor in a Leading Role All three members of the cast, namely Liam) Óg Ó Hannahidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin and JJ Ó Dochartaigh are running) as well as Fassbender's supporting cast.

Michael Fassbender is also known for his role in the agency.

Saoirse Ronan is another 2025 IFTA double nominee. She is up for best film actress honors for her performance in the film transcendand her supporting actress role in Steve McQueen's film Blitzkrieg.

behind patella Film section, historical drama by Tim Mielants little things like this It received nine nominations, including Cillian Murphy, who is up for best actor in a motion picture honors. His competitors include Paul Mescal, who Gladiator IIthree patella Guys and Peter Coonan (frankie king).

Other big-name stars seeking IFTA acting honors include Colin Farrell, who is nominated in the Best Actor in a TV Series category for The Movie. Penguin In a showdown that also included Fassbinder (the agency), Andrew Scott RipleyCiarán Hinds (dry) and opponent Stars Aidan Turner. Meanwhile, Jessie Buckley is up for best actress evil little letterswhile Barry Keoghan is up for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his performance in “Bird.”

Nicola Coughlan up for Best Television Actress bridgetonNominated alongside Sharon Horgan and others bad sisters. The Best Actress competition also has a lot of star power, with Eve Hewson and Fiona Shaw both having their roles in ” bad sisterswhile Ruth Negga was nominated presumed innocent.

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In the International Film Awards category, the nominated films are Anora, secret meeting, Dune: Part 2, fauvism, transcend and substance. International acting nominees include Adrien Brody, Ralph Fiennes, Sebastian Stan, Denzel Washington, Cynthia Erivo, Angelina Jolie, Mickey Big stars like Madison and Demi Moore.

The IFTA ceremony will be held on 14 February at the Royal Convention Center in Dublin. Also that night, Colm Meaney (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, In the land of saints and sinners) will receive the Irish Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement for his “outstanding contribution to the Irish and international film industry”.

The full list of nominees for IFTA 2025 is below.

best film

Catherine is here
frankie king
patella
little things like this
milk spilled
apprentice

film director

Eva Bursistel – Catherine is here
John Crowley – we live in time
Brian Durning – milk spilled
Damian McCarthy – Strange things
Christine Molloy, Joe Lawler – baltimore
Richie Peppiatt – patella

Script – Movie

Eva Bursistel – Catherine is here
Loftus Road—— milk spilled
Christine Molloy, Joe Lawler – baltimore
Richie Peppiatt – patella
Stephen Shields – Abigail
Enda Walsh – little things like this

movie starring

Peter Coonan – frankie king
Paul Mescal – Gladiator II
Cillian Murphy – little things like this
Naoise Ó Caerellain – patella
JJ Ó Dochartaigh – patella
Liam Og-Anne – patella

movie heroine

Caroline Bracken – Strange things
Jesse Buckley – evil little letters
Hazelnut Dup – Catherine is here
Saoirse Ronan – transcend
Erin Walsh—— little things like this
Alyssa Weir – Abigail

movie supporting role

Peter Coonan – Catherine is here
Michael Fassbender – patella
Barry Keoghan – bird
Brian F. O'Byrne – secret meeting
Tom Vaughan-Lawler – baltimore
Steve Wall – Strange things

film supporting actress

Zara Devlin – little things like this
Claire Dunn – Catherine is here
Fionnula Flaherty – patella
Simon Kirby – patella
Saoirse Ronan – Blitzkrieg
Jessica Reynolds – patella

Best Drama – Television

bad sisters
say nothing
dry
awl
blue light
anger

theater and television director

Paddy Bresnak – dry
Brian Kirk – Day of the Jackal
Michael Lennox – say nothing
Lisa Mulcahy – refuge
Hannah Quinn – The boy who never existed
Deerbra Walsh – bad sisters

Script, Drama (TV)

Baz Ashmawi – disloyal
Ronan Bennett – Day of the Jackal
Nancy Harris – dry
Sharon Horgan – bad sisters
Adam Patterson, Declan Lawn – blue light
Kirsten Sheridan, Joshua Zetumer – say nothing

Drama-TV Actor

Anthony Boyle – say nothing
Colin Farrell – Penguin
Michael Fassbender – the agency
Ciarán Hinds – dry
Andrew Scott – Ripley
Aidan Turner – opponent

Drama-TV Lead Actress

Elaine Cassidy – refuge
Nicola Coughlan – bridgeton
Siobhan Cullen – awl
Roisin Gallagher – dry
Sharon Horgan – bad sisters
Lola Petticru – say nothing

TV series supporting actor

Anthony Boyle – air master
Liam Cunningham – 3 physical problems
Michael Smiley – bad sisters
Tom Vaughan-Lawler – say nothing
Chris Worley – awl
David Wilmot – awl

TV series supporting actress

Siobhan Cullen – dry
Hazelnut Dup – say nothing
Eve Hewson – bad sisters
Ruth Negga – presumed innocent
Fiona Shaw – bad sisters
Victoria Smurfit – opponent

Best International Film

Anora
secret meeting
dune part 2
fauvism
transcend
substance

Best International Actor

Adrien Brody – fauvism
Timothée Chalamet – Completely unknown
Kieran Culkin – real pain
Ralph Fiennes – secret meeting
Sebastian Stan – apprentice
Denzel Washington—— Gladiator II

Best International Actress

Cynthia Erivo – evil
Angelina Jolie – Maria
McGee Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – substance
Florence Pugh – we live in time
Emily Watson – little things like this

George Morrison feature documentary

Face Down: The Disappearance of Thomas Niedermeyer
Don't forget to remember
Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story
apartment
Mrs. Robinson
Brendan Gleeson “Farewell Hughes”

Live action short film

Clodagh
Farmer! ?
Room occupied
turn around
two mothers
We seek common ground while reserving differences
future wife
tow truck

animated short film

denbaya
every other weekend
domestic bird
Night payment

casting

baltimore ——Emma Gunnery
awl ——Louise Keeley
patella ——Kara Strong
Say nothing—— Lucy Amos, Nina Gold
little things like this ——Maureen Hughes

photography

bird ——Robbie Ryan
frevaca ——Narayan Van Meer
patella ——Ryan Conahan
say nothing ——Stephen Murphy
Penguin ——Dalan Tiernan

clothing design

Abigail ——Gwen Jeffares Houry
Drago Housen——Carolyn McCall
patella –Jena Gramokkanen
milk spilled ——Gwen Jeffares Houry
viking valhalla —Susan O’Connor-Cave

production design

Abigail ——Suzy Cullen
awl – Please Smith
patella ——Nicola Moroni
tourists ——Philip Murphy
viking valhalla ——Tom Conroy

hair and makeup

Abigail -Linda Gannon, Liz Byrne
patella – Liz Boston
little things like this – Lorraine Green, Lynn Johnston
apprentice ——Sandra Kelly, Tom McInerney
viking valhalla ——Jo Whelan, Tom McInerney

sound

Abigail ——Hugh Fox
dark coast – John “Bob” Brennan, Mark Henry, Finn Higgins
patella – Azar Hand, Brendan Rehill, Chris Woodcock
Strange things – Azar Hand, Hugo Palfrey
little things like this – Hugh Fox, Senjan Janssen

original music

frevaca – Witches
apprentice ——David Holmes
dry ——Sarah Lynch
Magical Reindeer: Saving Santa's Sleigh – Emile Nunn, Craig Stewart Garfunkel
song cycle ——Ray Harman

edit

bad sisters ——Derek Holland
Catherine is here ——Colin Campbell
patella – Julian Ulrichs and Chris Gill
Paddington in Peru – Una Ni Donghale
say nothing – Edel McDonald

visual effects

3 physical problems – Ed Bruce, Liam Neville
awl ——John F. Kennedy, Lisa Maher
refuge ——Dan Cullen
general – Ed Bruce, Andrew Barry