IFTA Awards 2018

Celebrating a wealth of Irish talent

We were thrilled to host the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards in the Round Room for the fourth year running! IFTA is an all-Ireland organisation whose mission is to encourage excellence in Irish Film and Television by providing a platform for inspiration, creative development and collaboration across the entire industry.

The Round Room looked simply stunning for the evening. Our Event Design team went all out creating a truly lavish, glamorous feel throughout with beautiful crystal chandeliers, a star cloth backdrop to complement our unique starry domed ceiling and truss warmers and up-lighting to off-set the room. The IFTA brand was kept front and centre with the hashtag for the evening lit up fantastically on the stage using LED lights, encouraging guests to engage throughout the evening on social media.

Ireland’s brightest stars turned up to the Round Room at the Mansion House for the Awards. Industry guests were welcomed by Academy CEO Áine Moriarty, and Deirdre O’Kane MC’d the Event. Gabriel Byrne received the Irish Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins. Ros Hubbard, legendary casting director, received the Spotlight Casting Director Award. Jacob McCarthy (The Drummer and the Keeper) won the Irish Film Board’s Rising Star Award.

The show will be broadcast on RTÉ One on Saturday 17th February at 10.45pm.

 

Take a look at the evening’s Biggest Winners…

 

FEATURE FILM
Michael Inside

DIRECTOR FILM
Aisling Walsh, Maudie

SCRIPTWRITER FILM
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE – FILM
John Connors, Cardboard Gangsters

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE – FILM
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – FILM
Barry Keoghan, The Killing of a Sacred Deer

ACTRESS SUPPORTING ROLE – FILM
Victoria Smurfit, The Lears

GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
The Farthest

IRISH FILM BOARD RISING STAR
Jacob McCarthy, The Drummer and the Keeper

SPOTLIGHT CASTING DIRECTOR AWARD
Ros Hubbard

SHORT FILM – LIVE ACTION
Wave

ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Late Afternoon

INTERNATIONAL FILM
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

INTERNATIONAL ACTOR
Ethan Hawke, Maudie

INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

DRAMA
Game of Thrones

DIRECTOR – DRAMA
Dearbhla Walsh, Fargo

SCRIPTWRITER – DRAMA
Conor McPherson, Paula

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE – DRAMA
Cillian Murphy, Peaky Blinders

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE – DRAMA
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – DRAMA
Liam Cunningham, Game of Thrones

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – DRAMA
Charlie Murphy, Peaky Blinders

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Seamus McGarvey, The Greatest Showman

COSTUME DESIGN
Consolata Boyle, Victoria and Abdul

EDITING
Una Ni DhonghaIle, Three Girls

MAKEUP & HAIR
Clare Lambe & Sevlene Roddy, Into the Badlands

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Stephen McKeon, Pilgrimage

PRODUCTION DESIGN
John Hand, Maudie

SOUND
Steve Fanagan, Kieran Horgan, The Farthest

VFX
Tailored Films & Bowsie Workshop, The Lodgers

 

 

The Round Room and FIRE Restaurant and Lounge came alive the evening of the Awards with fans and press flocking to get a glimpse of their favourite stars, celebrities and of course their outfits! Take a look at some of the top Red Carpet fashion HERE.