Irish Academy Awards 2026: tra i nominati Jessie Buckley, Cillian Murphy e Daniel Day-Lewis

Jessie Buckley, Cillian Murphy e Daniel Day-Lewis sono tra i nominati ai prossimi Irish Academy Awards 2026.

Due anni dopo aver vinto il premio come Miglior attore agli Irish Film & Television Academy Awards (IFTA) 2024, ultima tappa di una stagione dei premi dominata da Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy torna protagonista in patria con il film Steve.

L’attore irlandese, come riportato da Variety, figura tra i numerosi grandi nomi candidati agli Irish Film & Television Awards 2026, insieme a Jessie Buckley per Hamnet — affiancata da Paul Mescal —, Daniel Day-Lewis per Anemone e Colin Farrell per Ballad of a Small Player.

Il film Christy, storia di un giovane che cerca la propria indipendenza dopo aver lasciato il sistema di affidamento (da non confondere con l’omonimo biopic pugilistico con Sydney Sweeney), ottiene il maggior numero di nomination: 14. Seguono la commedia biografica calcistica Saipan con 12 candidature.

Da segnalare anche un numero record di donne nominate nelle categorie di regia, con sette candidature tra cinema e televisione. Quest’anno Ciarán Hinds riceverà il Lifetime Achievement Award. La 23ª cerimonia degli IFTA si terrà il 20 febbraio al Dublin Royal Convention Centre.

Di seguito le nomine

BEST FILM

Aontas
Blue Moon
Christy
Four Mothers
Saipan
Steve

DIRECTOR – FILM

Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn – Saipan
Brendan Canty – Christy
Myrid Carten – A Want in Her
Lorcan Finnegan – The Surfer
Ruán Magan – Báite
Edwin Mullane, Adam O’Keeffe – Horseshoe

SCRIPT – FILM

Sarah Gordon, Damian McCann – Aontas
Maggie O’Farrell, Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Alan O’Gorman – Christy
Sheena Lambert – Báite
Darren Thornton, Colin Thornton – Four Mothers
Enda Walsh – Die My Love

LEAD ACTOR – FILM

Steve Coogan – Saipan
Daniel Day-Lewis – Anemone
Colin Farrell – Ballad of a Small Player
Éanna Hardwicke – Saipan
Cillian Murphy – Steve
Daniel Power – Christy

LEAD ACTRESS – FILM

Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Carolyn Bracken – Horseshoe
Carrie Crowley – Aontas
Fionnula Flanagan – Four Mothers
Eleanor O’Brien – Báite
Fiona Shaw – Hot Milk

SUPPORTING ACTOR – FILM

Liam Cunningham – Palestine ’36
Jamie Forde – Christy
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Diarmuid Noyes – Christy
Seán T. Ó Meallaigh – Aontas
Andrew Scott – Blue Moon

SUPPORTING ACTRESS – FILM

Brid Brennan – Aontas
Kerry Condon – F1
Sarah Greene – Trad
Dearbhla Molloy – Four Mothers
Kerry Condon – Train Dreams
Emma Willis – Christy

BEST TV DRAMA

Blue Lights
Leonard and Hungry Paul
Trespasses
The Walsh Sisters
Wednesday – Stagione 2
The Young Offenders

DIRECTOR – DRAMA

Rachel Carey – Obituary
Megan K Fox – Video Nasty
Oonagh Kearney – The Au Pair
Mia Mullarkey – Hidden Assets
Hugh O’Conor – Showkids
Aisling Walsh – Miss Austen

SCRIPT – DRAMA

Peter Foott – The Young Offenders
Ailbhe Keogan – Trespasses
Declan Lawn, Adam Patterson – Blue Lights
Cara Loftus – Hidden Assets
Stefanie Preissner – The Walsh Sisters
Hugh Travers – Video Nasty

LEAD ACTOR – DRAMA

Anthony Boyle – House of Guinness
Pierce Brosnan – MobLand
Domhnall Gleeson – The Paper
Martin McCann – Blue Lights
Aaron Monaghan – Hidden Assets
Alex Murphy – The Young Offenders

LEAD ACTRESS – DRAMA

Niamh Algar – The Iris Affair
Caitriona Balfe – Outlander
Siobhán Cullen – Obituary
Louisa Harland – The Walsh Sisters
Nora-Jane Noone – Hidden Assets
Lola Petticrew – Trespasses

SUPPORTING ACTOR – DRAMA

Jack Gleeson – House of Guinness
Cal O’Driscoll – Video Nasty
Dónall Ó Héalai – Hidden Assets
Fionn O’Shea – House of Guinness
Aidan Quinn – The Walsh Sisters
Chris Walley – The Young Offenders

SUPPORTING ACTRESS – DRAMA

Cathy Belton – Hidden Assets
Ruth Bradley – Slow Horses
Katherine Devlin – Blue Lights
Danielle Galligan – House of Guinness
Alison Oliver – Task
Genevieve O’Reilly – Andor

INTERNATIONAL FILM

INTERNATIONAL ACTOR

Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
James McArdle – Four Mothers
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS

Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love
Margaret Qualley – Blue Moon
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

A Want in Her
The Essence of Eva
Listen To The Land Speak
Sanatorium
Testimony
Útoipe Cheilteach

REBBREAST SHORT FILM AWARD

The Ban
No Mean City
No Time Wasters
Nostalgie
Punt
Three Keenings

ANIMATED SHORT

Éiru
Inside, The Valley Sings
Rerooted
Retirement Plan

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Bugonia – Robbie Ryan
Christy – Colm Hogan
Die My Love – Seamus McGarvey
Saipan – Piers McGrail
Severance – Suzie Lavelle

CASTING

Christy – Amy Rowan
Four Mothers – Louise Kiely
The Rainmaker – Emma Gunnery
Ready Or Not – Maureen Hughes
Saipan – Aine O’Sullivan

COSTUME DESIGN

Blue Moon – Consolata Boyle
Christy – Hannah Bury
Four Mothers – Joan O’Cleary
Saipan – Lara Campbell
Video Nasty – Joanne O’Brien

EDITING

Blue Lights – Helen Sheridan
Christy – Allyn Quigley
House of Guinness – Ben Yeates
Saipan – John Murphy, Gavin Buckley
The Surfer – Tony Cranstoun

MAKE-UP & HAIR

Blue Moon – Linda Gannon, Liz Byrne
Christy – Jennie Readman, Edwina Kelly
Saipan – Polly McKay
Trespasses – Natalie Reid
Wednesday – Lynn Johnston

ORIGINAL MUSIC

Aontas – Daithí Ó Drónaí
Báite – Eimear Noone, Craig Stuart Garfinkle
Christy – Daithí Ó Drónaí
Saipan – David Holmes, Brian Irvine
Video Nasty – Die Hexen

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Blue Moon – Susie Cullen, Kevin Downey
Christy – Martin Goulding
Saipan – John Leslie
Wednesday – Philip Murphy, Neville Gaynor
Video Nasty – Tara O’Reilly

SOUND

Anemone – Steve Fanagan
Blue Moon – Hugh Fox
Saipan – Tim Harrison, Andrew Graham, Paul Maynes
The Surfer – Aza Hand
Video Nasty – Patrick Downey

VFX

Anemone – Tom Fagan
Foundation – Ed Bruce, Andrew Barry
House of Guinness – Eoin O’Sullivan, David Sewell
One Battle After Another – Ed Bruce, Amrei Bronnenmayer