Colm Bairéad’s debut The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin) won the main prize at the 2022 Irish Film And Television Academy (IFTA) awards, presented during a virtual ceremony on Saturday night (March 12).
Irish-language drama The Quiet Girl follows a young girl as she spends the summer away from her dysfunctional family in 1980s Ireland, and goes to stay with a foster couple. The drama won the prize for best film – the first time in IFTA history that an Irish-language film has taken this award.
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Bairéad also took home the prize for best director and rising star, while Catherine Clinch won in the lead actress category. The feature also scooped four awards in the craft categories – cinematography, editing, production design and original score.
Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast, which was joint frontrunner with The Quiet Girl with 10 nominations apiece, only took home two prizes – best script (film) for Branagh and best supporting actor (film) for Ciarán Hinds. Belfast won for outstanding British film at the Baftas on Sunday night (March 13).
In the TV drama categories, Dublin-set crime drama Kin was awarded with all but one prize, including a second win for Hinds, in the supporting actor (drama) category.
IFTA 2022 winners
Best film – The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin)
Director, film – Colm Bairéad, The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin)
Script, film – Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Lead actor, film – Moe Dunford, Nightride
Lead actress, film – Catherine Clinch, The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin)
Supporting actor, film – Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Supporting actress, film – Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Feature documentary – Young Plato
Best drama – Kin
Director, drama – Hannah Quinn, Vikings: Valhalla
Script, drama – Peter McKenna, Kin
Lead actor, drama – Sam Keeley, Kin
Lead actress, drama – Clare Dunne, Kin
Supporting actor, drama – Ciarán Hinds, Kin
Supporting actress, drama – Maria Doyle-Kennedy, Kin
Rising star – Colm Bairéad
Cinematography – Kate McCullough, The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin)
Costume design – Kathy Strachan, Deadly Cuts
Hair and makeup – Eileen Buggy, Audrey Doyle and Barrie Gower, The Green Knight
Editing – John Murphy, The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin)
Production design – Emma Lowney, The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin)
Sound – Steve Fanagan, Swan Song
Original score – Stephen Rennicks, The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin)
VFX – Kevin Cahill and Eric Saindon, The Green Knight
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