Iftas 2026: Top two films scoop 26 nominations as Steve Coogan goes up against Daniel Day-Lewis
Irish Film & Television Academy Awards nominations recognise Christy and Saipan as Blue Lights and The Walsh Sisters get drama nods
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Iftas: Small Things Like These beats Kneecap to win best film award
Cillian Murphy wins award for best actor for second year in a row while Saoirse Ronan picks up two gongs
Kneecap film and Cillian Murphy’s Small Things Like These lead Ifta nominations
Irish Film and Television Academy awards: Say Nothing and Bad Sisters among other nominees
Kneecap movie is Irish submission for best international film at Oscars
Fictionalised biopic of Belfast rap trio Kneecap hopes to follow An Cailín Ciúin to Academy Awards
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Ifta awards: Cillian Murphy and That They May Face the Rising Sun take home top prizes
Lies We Tell claims most awards of the night, including best actress for Agnes O’Casey, as Paul Mescal wins best supporting actor for All of Us Strangers
Judi Dench: ‘My family was so rooted in Ireland. It is not a surprise to come back and feel unbelievably settled’
Oscar-winner’s father, from Dorset, and her mother, born in Dublin, first met at Wesley College in Dublin
‘Brooklyn’ and ‘Room’ win big at Ifta awards
Bob Geldof and Liam Neeson among stars in Dublin for Irish film industry awards
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