IFTA 2020 Winners Announced
Last night the Irish Film and Television Academy announced the winners of its annual awards for 2020. The ceremony taking place via online video conferencing platforms and hosted by Deirdre O'Kane from Dublin. Not too unusually the winners were unable to attend tonight but sent the following message from ... LA ... well perhaps not. Black 47, Ordinary Love, Rialto, The Virtues, Never Grow Old and Arracht each took two awards each. Black 47 and Ordinary Love picking up Best Film with Blood taking best Drama series.
| Award | Winner |
|---|---|
| BEST FILM 2020 | Ordinary Love |
| BEST FILM 2019 | Black ‘47 |
| GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY | The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid |
| SHORT FILM – LIVE ACTION | Welcome to a Bright White Limbo |
| ANIMATED SHORT FILM | The Dream Report |
| DRAMA | Blood |
| IRISH FILM BOARD RISING STAR | Aisling Franciosi |
| ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - FILM | Tom Vaughan-Lawlor - Rialto |
| ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - FILM | Jessie Buckley - Wild Rose |
| ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE - DRAMA | Andrew Scott - Black Mirror: Smithereens |
| ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE - DRAMA | Niamh Algar - The Virtues |
| ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - FILM | David Wilmot - Ordinary Love |
| ACTRESS SUPPORTING ROLE - FILM | Niamh Algar - Calm with Horses |
| ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - DRAMA | Mark O’Halloran - The Virtues |
| ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE - DRAMA | Jessie Buckley - Chernobyl |
| DIRECTOR FILM | Paddy Breathnach - Rosie |
| SCRIPTWRITER FILM | Mark O’Halloran - Rialto |
| DIRECTOR – DRAMA | Dearbhla Walsh - The Handmaid’s Tale |
| SCRIPTWRITER – DRAMA | Mark O’Rowe - Temple |
| CINEMATOGRAPHY | Piers McGrail - Never Grow Old |
| COSTUME DESIGN | Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh - The Rhythm Section |
| EDITING | Mick Mahon - Gaza |
| MAKEUP & HAIR | Liz Byrne & Linda Gannon - Black ‘47 |
| ORIGINAL MUSIC | Kíla - Arracht |
| PRODUCTION DESIGN | John Leslie - Never Grow Old |
| SOUND | Brendan Rehill, Alan Scully & Peter Blayney - Arracht |
| VFX | Ed Bruce & Nicholas Murphy - We Have Always Lived in the Castle |