Everything you need to know about tonight’s IFTA Awards

The 2021 Virtual Irish Film & Television Academy Awards take place tonight.

Gráinne Seoige will host the event, which will be broadcast on Virgin Media One at 10pm.

A host of stars will be guest presenting awards on the night – including Olivia Colman, Colin Farrell, Mark Hamill and Sir Bob Geldof.

The stellar lineup of guests for tonight’s IFTA Award show, broadcast on Virgin Media One at 10pm. #IFTA #virginmedia pic.twitter.com/XL0jj1DYSX

— Irish Film & Television Academy (IFTA) (@IFTA) July 4, 2021

Nominees in the running this year include Jessie Buckley, Aisling Franciosi, Ciarán Hinds, Colm Meaney, Clare Dunne, Gabriel Byrne, Lola Petticrew, Brendan Gleeson, Andrew Scott, Fiona Shaw, Nika McGuigan, Nora-Jane Noone, Adrian Dunbar, Niamh Algar, Eve Hewson, Moe Dunford, Catherine Walker, Dervla Kirwan, Fionn O’Shea, Tristan Heanue, Sarah Greene, Seana Kerslake, among many others.

Normal People leads the nominations with a whopping 15 nods, including Best Drama and Best Cinematography.

Check out the full list of nominees:

Film Categories

Best Film

Broken Law
Dating Amber
Herself
Vivarium
Wildfire
Wolfwalkers

Director Film
Cathy Brady – Wildfire
David Freyne – Dating Amber
Lorcan Finnegan – Vivarium
Paddy Slattery – Broken Law
Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart – Wolfwalkers

Script Film
Cathy Brady – Wildfire
Clare Dunne & Malcolm Campbell – Herself
David Freyne – Dating Amber
Paddy Slattery – Broken Law
Will Collins – Wolfwalkers

Lead Actor Film
Ciarán Hinds – The Man in the Hat
Fionn O’Shea – Dating Amber
Gabriel Byrne – Death of a Ladies Man
Moe Dunford – Knuckledust
Tristan Heanue – Broken Law

Lead Actress Film
Clare Dunne – Herself
Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Lola Petticrew – Dating Amber
Nika McGuigan – Wildfire
Nora-Jane Noone – Wildfire

Supporting Actor Film
Barry Ward – Dating Amber
Brian Gleeson – Death of a Ladies Man
Colm Meaney – Pixie
Conleth Hill – Herself
Ned Dennehy – Undergods

Supporting Actress Film
Ally Ní Chiaráin – Broken Law
Kathy Kiera Clarke – A Bend in the River
Molly McCann – Herself
Saoirse Ronan – Ammonite
Sharon Horgan – Dating Amber

Drama Categories

Best Drama
Blood Season 2
Dead Still
Line of Duty Season 6
Normal People
Smother
Vikings Season 6

Director Drama
Dathaí Keane – Smother
Dearbhla Walsh – Fargo
Imogen Murphy – Dead Still
Lenny Abrahamson – Normal People
Steve St. Leger – Vikings Season 6

Script Drama
Declan Lawn & Adam Patterson – The Salisbury Poisonings
John Morton – Dead Still
Kate O’Riordan – Smother
Lisa McGee – The Deceived
Sally Rooney – Normal People

Lead Actor Drama
Adrian Dunbar – Line of Duty Season 6
Brendan Gleeson – The Comey Rule
James Nesbitt – Bloodlands
Michael Smiley – Dead Still
Paul Mescal – Normal People

Lead Actress Drama
Aisling Franciosi – Black Narcissus
Catherine Walker – The Deceived
Dervla Kirwan – Smother
Eve Hewson – Behind Her Eyes
Niamh Algar – Raised by Wolves

Supporting Actor Drama
Andrew Scott – His Dark Materials
Colm Meaney – Gangs of London
Desmond Eastwood – Normal People
Éanna Hardwicke – Smother
Fionn O’Shea – Normal People

Supporting Actress Drama
Fiona Shaw – Killing Eve
Gemma-Leah Devereux – Smother
Nicola Coughlan – Bridgerton
Sarah Greene – Normal People
Seána Kerslake – Smother

Documentary & Short Film Categories

Feature Documentary
Breaking Out
Finding Jack Charlton
Henry Glassie: Field Work
Phil Lynott: Songs for While I’m Away
The 8th
Tomorrow is Saturday

Short Film
Five Letters to the Stranger Who Will Dissect My Brain
Flicker
Kathleen Was Here
My Other Suit Is Human
Rough
The Invisible Boy

Short Animation
Gunter Falls in Love
Her Song
The Dead Hands of Dublin
The Voyage
Zog and the Flying Doctors

Craft Categories

Cinematography
Cathal Watters – Smother
Ciarán Tanham – Dead Still
James Mather – Here are the Young Men
Kate McCullough – Normal People
Suzie Lavelle – Normal People

Costume
Aisling Wallace Byrne – Here are the Young Men
Joan O’Clery – Dating Amber
Leonie Prendergast – Gretel & Hansel
Lorna Marie Mugan – Normal People
Triona Lillis – Smother

Editing
Colin Campbell – Here are the Young Men
Gráinne Gavigan – Dead Still
Nathan Nugent – Normal People
Tony Cranstoun – Vivarium
Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Misbehaviour

Production Design
John Leslie – Son
Lucy van Lonkhuyzen – Normal People
Philip Murphy – Vivarium
Ray Ball – Sea Fever
Tamara Conboy – Herself

Sound
Aza Hand & Patrick Drummond – Son
Hugh Fox, Fionán Higgins & Mark Henry – Smother
Kieran Horgan & Brendan Rehill – Phil Lynott: Songs for While I’m Away
Patrick Drummond, Aza Hand, Katie O’Mahony & Adrian Conway – Here are the Young Men
Steve Fanagan, Niall Brady & Niall O’Sullivan – Normal People

Make Up & Hair
Jennie Readman & Niamh O’Loan – Vivarium
Linda Gannon Foster & Jennifer Hegarty – Dead Still
Linda Gannon Foster & Liz Byrne – Gretel & Hansel
Sandra Kelly & Sharon Doyle – Normal People
Siobhán Harper-Ryan – I Hate Suzie

Score
Aza Hand – Son
Colm Mac Con Iomaire – A Bend in the River
John McPhillips – Smother
Ray Harman – Blood Season 2
Stephen Rennicks – Normal People

VFX
Ed Bruce & Jim O’Hagan – WandaVision

Ed Bruce & Robert Hartigan – Shadow and Bone