18th Irish Film & Television Awards

The 18th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards, also called the IFTA Film & Drama Awards 2022, took place in March 2022. The ceremony honours Irish films and television drama released between 1 January 2021 and 11 March 2022. Nominations were announced on 22 February 2022. The ceremony aired on Virgin Media One on 12 March 2022, hosted by Deirdre O'Kane.

Best film

 * An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
 * Belfast
 * Deadly Cuts
 * Swan Song
 * Who We Love
 * You Are Not My Mother

Director

 * Colm Bairéad – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
 * Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
 * Graham Cantwell – Who We Love
 * Benjamin Cleary – Swan Song
 * Kate Dolan – You Are Not My Mother
 * Paddy Slattery – Broken Law

Script

 * Kenneth Branagh – Belfast (winner)
 * Graham Cantwell and Katie McNeice – Who We Love
 * Benjamin Cleary – Swan Song
 * Philip Doherty – Redemption of a Rogue
 * Kate Dolan – You Are Not My Mother

Actress in a leading role

 * Niamh Algar – Censor
 * Angeline Ball – Deadly Cuts
 * Catherine Clinch – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
 * Gemma-Leah Devereux – The Bright Side
 * Hazel Doupe – You Are Not My Mother

Actor in a leading role

 * Peter Coonan – Doineann
 * Moe Dunford – Nightride (winner)
 * Jude Hill – Belfast
 * Aaron Monaghan – Redemption of a Rogue
 * Dónall Ó Héalai – Foscadh

Actress in a supporting role

 * Caitríona Balfe – Belfast
 * Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter (winner)
 * Carrie Crowley – An Cailín Ciúin
 * Amy-Joyce Hastings – Who We Love
 * Ruth Negga – Passing

Actor in a supporting role

 * Jamie Dornan – Belfast
 * Ciarán Hinds – Belfast (winner)
 * Cillian Ó Gairbhí – Foscadh
 * Dean Quinn – Who We Love
 * Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – The Bright Side

George Morrison Feature Documentary

 * Castro's Spies
 * Love Yourself Today
 * Lyra
 * Pure Grit
 * The Dance
 * Young Plato (winner)

Short film – Live action

 * A White Horse
 * Best Foot Forward
 * Debutante
 * Harvest
 * Nothing to Declare (winner)


 * Scrap
 * Ship of Souls
 * Silence
 * The Colour Between
 * The Passion

Animated short

 * Bardo
 * Da Humbug
 * Fall of the Ibis King (winner)
 * Memento Mori

Drama

 * Hidden Assets (RTÉ One / BBC Four)
 * KIN (RTÉ One) (winner)
 * Smother, series 2 (RTÉ One)
 * Vikings: Valhalla (Netflix)

Director

 * Ciaran Donnelly – The Wheel of Time
 * Dathaí Keane – Smother
 * Diarmuid Goggins – KIN
 * Hannah Quinn – Vikings: Valhalla (winner)
 * Lisa Mulcahy – Ridley Road

Script

 * Declan Croghan – Vikings: Valhalla
 * Kate O'Riordan – Smother
 * Morna Regan – Hidden Assets
 * John Morton – Hidden Assets
 * Peter McKenna – Hidden Assets
 * Peter McKenna – KIN (winner)

Actress in a leading role

 * Angeline Ball – Hidden Assets
 * Clare Dunne – KIN (winner)
 * Dervla Kirwan – Smother
 * Niamh Algar – Deceit
 * Sinéad Keenan – Three Families

Actor in a leading role

 * Aidan Gillen – KIN
 * James Nesbitt – Stay Close
 * Liam Cunningham – Domina
 * Sam Keeley – KIN (winner)

Actress in a supporting role

 * Cathy Belton – Hidden Assets
 * Justine Mitchell – Smother
 * Lola Petticrew – Three Families
 * Maria Doyle Kennedy – KIN (winner)
 * Simone Kirby – Hidden Assets

Actor in a supporting role

 * Andrew Scott – The Pursuit of Love
 * Ciarán Hinds – KIN (winner)
 * Emmett J. Scanlan – KIN
 * Owen McDonnell – Three Families
 * Peter Coonan – Hidden Assets

Original Music

 * David Holmes – KIN
 * Die Hexen – You Are Not My Mother
 * Joseph Conlan – Who We Love
 * Stephen Rennicks – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
 * Van Morrison – Belfast

Editing

 * Dermot Diskin – KIN
 * John Murphy – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
 * Nathan Nugent – Swan Song
 * Tony Cranstoun – Zone 414
 * Úna Ní Dhonghaíle – Belfast

Production Design

 * Derek Wallace – KIN
 * Emma Lowney – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
 * Joe Fallover – Wolf
 * Tom Conroy – Vikings: Valhalla
 * Tamara Conboy – Deadly Cuts

Cinematography

 * Burschi Wojnar – Redemption of a Rogue
 * Kate McCullough – An Cailín Ciúin (winner)
 * James Mather – KIN
 * Narayan Van Maele – You Are Not My Mother
 * Peter Robertson – Vikings: Valhalla

Costume Design

 * Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Foundation
 * Kathy Strachan – Deadly Cuts (winner)
 * Louise Stanton – An Cailín Ciúin
 * Susan O'Connor Cave – Vikings: Valhalla
 * Susan Scott – Zone 414

Makeup & Hair

 * Sian Wilson – Belfast
 * Lyndsey Herron & Edwina Kelly – Deadly Cuts
 * Linda Gannon & Clare Lambe – Foundation
 * Eileen Buggy, Audrey Doyle, Barrie Gower – The Green Knight (winner)
 * Dee Corcoran, Joe Whelan, Thomas McInerney – Vikings: Valhalla

Sound

 * Aza Hand & Alan Scully – Boys from County Hell
 * John "Bob" Brennan, Fionán Higgins, Mark Henry, & Andrew Kirwan – Smother
 * Karl Merren & Johnny Marshell – The Green Knight
 * Steve Fanagan – Swan Song (winner)
 * Steve Fanagan, John "Bob" Brennan, Brendan Rehill – An Cailín Ciúin

VFX

 * Ed Bruce & Andrew Barry – Spider-Man: No Way Home
 * Ed Bruce & Andrew Barry – The Nevers
 * Ed Bruce & Manuel Martinez – Swan Song
 * Ed Bruce & Sam Johnston – The Book of Boba Fett
 * Kevin Cahill & Eric Saindon – The Green Knight (winner)