February 14, 2025: Cillian Murphy on the red carpet ahead of the 2025 IFTA Awards in Dublin.RollingNews.ie

Cillian Murphy was in attendance at the IFTA Awards in Dublin on Friday night, February 14 to see his "Small Things Like These" win the coveted Best Film prize.

But that wasn't all for Murphy - the Cork native also walked away with the prize for the Lead Actor - Film category, also for "Small Things Like These."

Another big winner on Friday night was Saoirse Ronan, who scooped prizes for both "The Outrun" and "Blitz."

February 14, 2025: Saoirse Ronan on the red carpet for the 2025 IFTA Awards. (RollingNews.ie)

Meanwhile, as well as Sharon Horgan's hit series "Bad Sisters" landed three prizes - Script, Director, and Best Drama.

During Friday's ceremonies, which were hosted by Kevin McGahern at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre, veteran Irish actor Colm Meaney was presented with the Irish Academy Award for his Lifetime Achievement.

The IFTA Awards 2025 will be broadcast on RTE One on Saturday, February 15 at 10:55 pm.

Read on to see all of the IFTA Award winners for 2025!

Best Film

  • "Small Things Like These" - winner
  • "Kathleen Is Here" 
  • "King Frankie" 
  • "Kneecap" 
  • "Spilt Milk" 
  • "The Apprentice" 

Director - Film

  • Rich Peppiatt - "Kneecap" - winner
  • Eva Birthistle - "Kathleen Is Here"
  • John Crowley - "We Live in Time"
  • Brian Durnin - "Spilt Milk"
  • Damian McCarthy - "Oddity"
  • Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor - "Baltimore"

Script - Film

  • Enda Walsh - "Small Things Like These" - winner
  • Eva Birthistle - "Kathleen Is Here"
  • Cara Loftus - "Spilt Milk"
  • Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor - "Baltimore"
  • Rich Peppiatt - "Kneecap"
  • Stephen Shields - "Abigail"

Lead actor - Film

  • Cillian Murphy - "Small Things Like These" - winner
  • Peter Coonan - "King Frankie"
  • Paul Mescal - "Gladiator II"
  • Naoise Ó Caireallain - "Kneecap"
  • J.J. Ó Dochartaigh - "Kneecap"
  • Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh - "Kneecap"

Lead actress - Film

  • Saoirse Ronan - "The Outrun" - winner
  • Carolyn Bracken - "Oddity"
  • Jessie Buckley - "Wicked Little Letters"
  • Hazel Doupe - "Kathleen Is Here"
  • Eileen Walsh - "Small Things Like These"
  • Alisha Weir - "Abigail"

Supporting actor - Film

  • Brían F. O'Byrne - "Conclave" - winner
  • Peter Coonan - "Kathleen Is Here"
  • Michael Fassbender - "Kneecap"
  • Barry Keoghan - "Bird" 
  • Tom Vaughan-Lawlor - "Baltimore"
  • Steve Wall - "Oddity"

Supporting actress - film

  • Saoirse Ronan - "Blitz" - winner
  • Zara Devlin - "Small Things Like These"
  • Clare Dunne - "Kathleen Is Here"
  • Fionnuala Flaherty - "Kneeca"
  • Simone Kirby - "Kneecap" 
  • Jessica Reynolds - "Kneecap"

Drama categories

Best Drama

  • "Bad Sisters" - winner
  • "Say Nothing" 
  • "The Dry" 
  • "Bodkin"
  • "Blue Lights" 
  • "Crá"

Director - Drama

  • Dearbhla Walsh - "Bad Sisters" - winner
  • Paddy Breathnach - "The Dry" 
  • Brian Kirk - "The Day of the Jackal" 
  • Michael Lennox - "Say Nothing" 
  • Lisa Mulcahy - "Sanctuary"
  • Hannah Quinn - "The Boy That Never Was"

Script - Drama

  • Sharon Horgan - "Bad Sisters" - winner
  • Baz Ashmawy - "Faithless" 
  • Ronan Bennett - "The Day of the Jackal"
  • Nancy Harris - "The Dry"
  • Adam Patterson, Declan Lawn - "Blue Lights"

Lead actor - Drama

  • Colin Farrell - "The Penguin" - winner
  • Anthony Boyle - "Say Nothing" 
  • Michael Fassbender - "The Agency" 
  • Ciarán Hinds - "The Dry"
  • Andrew Scott - "Ripley"
  • Aidan Turner - "Rivals"

Lead actress - Drama

  • Lola Petticrew - "Say Nothing" - winner
  • Elaine Cassidy - "Sanctuary 
  • Nicola Coughlan - "Bridgerton"
  • Siobhán Cullen - "Bodkin"
  • Roisin Gallagher - "The Dry"
  • Sharon Horgan - "Bad Sisters"

Supporting actor - Drama

  • Tom Vaughan-Lawlor - "Say Nothing" - winner
  • Anthony Boyle - "Masters of the Air"
  • Liam Cunningham - "3 Body Problem" 
  • Michael Smiley - "Bad Sisters"
  • Chris Walley - "Bodkin"
  • David Wilmot - "Bodkin"

Supporting actress - Drama

  • Hazel Doupe - "Say Nothing" - winner
  • Siobhán Cullen - "The Dry"
  • Eve Hewson - "Bad Sisters"
  • Ruth Negga - "Presumed Innocent" 
  • Fiona Shaw - "Bad Sisters"
  • Victoria Smurfit - "Rivals"

Feature Documentary

  • "Face Down: The Disappearance of Thomas Niedermayer"
  • "Don't Forget to Remember"
  • "Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story"
  • "The Flats"
  • "Mrs Robinson"
  • "Brendan Gleeson's Farewell to Hughes's"

Live-action short film

  • "Clodagh"
  • "Farmers!?"
  • "Room Taken"
  • "Turnaround"
  • "Two Mothers"
  • "We Beg to Differ"
  • "Wife of the Future"
  • "Wrecker"

Animated short film

  • "Dembaya"
  • "Every Other Weekend"
  • "Homebird"
  • "Nightpay"

Casting

  • "Kneecap" - Carla Stronge - winner
  • "Baltimore" - Emma Gunnery
  • "Bodkin" - Louise Kiely 
  • "Say Nothing" - Lucy Amos, Nina Gold 
  • "Small Things Like These" - Maureen Hughes 

Cinematography

  • "Bird" - Robbie Ryan - winner
  • "Fréwaka" - Narayan Van Maele 
  • "Kneecap" - Ryan Kernaghan 
  • "Say Nothing" - Stephen Murphy 
  • "The Penguin" - Darran Tiernan

Costume Design

  • "Kneecap" - Zjena Glamocanin - winner
  • "Abigail" - Gwen Jeffares Hourie 
  • "House of the Dragon" - Caroline McCall 
  • "Spilt Milk" - Gwen Jeffares Hourie 
  • "Vikings Valhalla" - Susan O'Connor-Cave 

Production design

  • "Abigail" - Susie Cullen - winner
  • "Bodkin" - Paki Smith 
  • "Kneecap" - Nicola Moroney 
  • "The Tourist" - Philip Murphy 
  • "Vikings Valhalla" - Tom Conroy 

Hair & Make-up

  • "The Apprentice" - Sandra Kelly, Tom McInerney - winner
  • "Abigail" - Linda Gannon, Liz Byrne 
  • "Kneecap" - Liz Boston 
  • "Small Things Like These" - Lorraine Glynn, Lynn Johnston 
  • "Vikings Valhalla" - Joe Whelan, Tom McInerney 

Sound

  • "Oddity" - Aza Hand, Hugo Parvery - winner
  • "Abigail" - Hugh Fox 
  • "Blackshore" - John 'Bob' Brennan, Mark Henry, Fionan Higgins 
  • "Kneecap" - Aza Hand, Brendan Rehill, Chris Woodcock 
  • "Small Things Like These" - Hugh Fox, Senjan Jansen 

Original music

  • "Fréwaka" - Die Hexen - winner
  • "The Apprentice" - David Holmes, Martin Dirkov 
  • "The Dry" - Sarah Lynch 
  • "The Magic Reindeer: Saving Santa's Sleigh" - Eimear Noone, Craig Stuart Garfinkle 
  • "The Song Cycle" - Ray Harman 

Editing

  • "Kneecap" - Julian Ulrichs & Chris Gill - winner
  • "Bad Sisters" - Derek Holland 
  • "Kathleen Is Here" - Colin Campbell
  • "Paddington in Peru" - Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
  • "Say Nothing" - Edel McDonnell 

VFX

  • "Shōgun" - Ed Bruce, Andrew Barry - winner
  • "3 Body Problem" - Ed Bruce, Liam Neville
  • "Bodkin" - John Kennedy, Lisa Maher
  • "Sanctuary" - Dan Cullen

Best international film

  • "Conclave" - winner
  • "Anora"
  • "Dune Part Two" 
  • "The Brutalist" 
  • "The Outrun"
  • "The Substance" 

Best international actor 

  • Ralph Fiennes - "Conclave" - winner
  • Adrien Brody - "The Brutalist"
  • Timothee Chalamet - "A Complete Unknown"
  • Kieran Culkin - "A Real Pain"
  • Sebastian Stan -"The Apprentice" 
  • Denzel Washington - "Gladiator II"

Best international actress 

  • Demi Moore - "The Substance" - winner
  • Cynthia Erivo - "Wicked"
  • Angelina Jolie - "Maria"
  • Mikey Madison - "Anora" 
  • Florence Pugh - "We Live in Time" 
  • Emily Watson - "Small Things Like These"