What a night! Lots to celebrate at the 2018 Irish Film and Television Awards but our biggest ‘congrats’ must go to Aisling Walsh for winning best film director for Maudie. “It’s wonderful to be a female in that company,” Walsh said of her fellow nominees.
Here’s a list of all the amazing winning women and their work:
DIRECTOR FILM
Aisling Walsh, Maudie (pictured, on-set)
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE – FILM
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
ACTRESS SUPPORTING ROLE – FILM
Victoria Smurfit, The Lears
GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
The Farthest
SPOTLIGHT CASTING DIRECTOR AWARD
Ros Hubbard
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Late Afternoon
INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
DIRECTOR – DRAMA
Dearbhla Walsh, Fargo
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE – DRAMA
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE – DRAMA
Charlie Murphy, Peaky Blinders
COSTUME DESIGN
Consolata Boyle, Victoria and Abdul
EDITING
Una Ni DhonghaIle, Three Girls
MAKEUP & HAIR
Clare Lambe & Sevlene Roddy, Into the Badlands
VFX
Tailored Films & Bowsie Workshop, The Lodgers