04 Jul 2021 : Nathan Griffin Paul Mescal picked up the award for Best Leading Actor - Drama The IFTA Film & Drama Awards, which aired tonight on Virgin Media, saw Northern Irish actress Nika McGuigan posthumously awarded an IFTA, Normal People picked up nine awards, and Cartoon Saloons Oscar-nominated animated feature Wolfwalkers picked up the award for Best Film.
McGuigan won Best Actress Film for her performance in
Wildfire, which was in post-production when the actress sadly passed away. Accepting the award on her behalf, Nika’s father Olympic boxer Barry McGuigan, and mother Sandra said they were “
very, very proud and overwhelmed.” Her brother Blane then gave an emotional speech accepting the award on behalf of the family:
Nika McGuigan posthumously honoured at IFTA Awards
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Normal People and Wolfwalkers big winners at IFTA Awards
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Actress Olivia Colman with her Oscar for Best Actress for
The Favourite
Grierson-nominated and five-time IFTA winner
Emer Reynolds, an Irish documentarian and editor, is now working on her first feature-length fiction project, entitled
Joyride and set to begin filming in County Kerry, home of some of Irelandâs most iconic locations. The news was first reported by
Screen International.
Reynoldsâ documentary directorial debut,
Here Was Cuba (2013), was co-directed with John Murray and screened at many festivals worldwide, whilst her most recent solo-directed non-fiction effort,
Emer Reynolds comedy Joyride set to begin filming in County Kerry next week
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