Game Of Thrones, Three Billboards, Peaky Blinders and lots more amazing Irish works were celebrated.
It looks pretty glitz and glam inside Dublin’s Mansion House on Thursday night, with the best and brightest of Irish talent in cinema and television were brought together under one roof.
Awards Night! #IFTA18 pic.twitter.com/dgSlxE2ngm
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Everyone who was anyone was there to help celebrate the folks who brought the last 12 months’ worth of great big and small screen entertainment, including Michael D. Higgins himself.
The President and Sabina have arrived at the 2018 @IFTA awards.https://t.co/opnZOygqDL pic.twitter.com/WvTtmQ9dnf
— President of Ireland (@PresidentIRL) February 15, 2018
It didn’t take long for the awards ceremony to start handing out gongs though, and if you’ve forgotten the full list of nominees, you can check them out here, but here are the big winners on the night, in order of announcement by the IFTA folk themselves:
Congratulations to Conor McPherson on winning Best Script Drama for Paula! #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congratulations to Liam Cunningham on winning Best Supporting Actor Drama at #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congratulations to @VictoriaSmurfit winning Best Supporting Actress film at #IFTA18 @lears_the
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congratulations to @stephenmckeon on winning the IFTA for Best Original Music! #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congratulations to @emerpreynolds on winning the George Morrison Feature Documentary Award for the wonderful @TheFarthestFilm #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congrats to the terrific @CharlieBMurphy on her Best Supporting Actress Drama Award! @ThePeakyBlinder #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congratulations to @BarryKeoghan on his Award for Best Supporting Actor Film for his work on @SacredDeerMovie #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congrats to Dearbhla Walsh on the Best Director Drama Award! @FargoFX #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congratulations to Martin McDonagh on his IFTA Award for Best Script Film! #IFTA18 @3Billboards
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congrats to Cillian Murphy on his IFTA Award for Best Lead Actor Drama! @ThePeakyBlinder #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congratulations to @McJacob for winning the Rising Star Award! #IFTA18 @IrishFilmBoard
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congrats to the amazing @caitrionambalfe on her Best Lead Actress Award for @Outlander_STARZ #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
President Michael D. Higgins announcing the Lifetime Achievement Award. #IFTA18 @PresidentIRL pic.twitter.com/6Oom2lruQL
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
A huge congratulations to Gabriel Byrne on his well deserved Lifetime Achievement Award! #IFTA18 pic.twitter.com/VjhSl90cLK
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congratulations to @stevefanagan and @kieranhorgan4 for their Sound Award! #IFTA18 @TheFarthestFilm
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congrats to Seamus McGarvey on his Director of Photography Award! #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congratulations to the Best Drama winner @GameOfThrones #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congrats to @johnconnors1990 on winning Best Actor Film! @CardboardGangs #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congratulations to Saoirse Ronan on her Award for Best Lead Actress Film! @LadyBirdMovie #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congratulations to @WalshAisling for winning the Best Director Film Award! @MaudieFilm #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
Congratulations to this year’s Best Film Award winner Michael Inside! #IFTA18
— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) February 15, 2018
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