Seamus McGarvey ASC BSC ISC has celebrated his Best Cinematography win at the 2026 IFTA Awards.
The Irish DP scooped the prize for his lensing of Lynne Ramsay drama Die My Love.
In a post on Instagram, McGarvey said: “So happy to receive 2 IFTA awards for The Greatest Showman 2018 and Die My Love 2026…. 8 years apart! Thanks IFTA!”
Speaking to British Cinematographer, the DP previously revealed why he chose to shoot the film’s stunning visuals on Ektachrome, saying: “We wanted there to be a defiant sense of artifice.
“Ektachrome stock imbues the image with a photographic signature that signals that this isn’t reality as we know it.”
Elsewhere at the IFTA Awards, Cork-based drama Christy won a number of the top prizes, including Best Film, with director Brendan Canty taking home Director – Film, Allyn Quigley winning for Editing and Amy Rowan winning for Casting.
Christy, starring Daniel Power and Diarmuid Noyes, follows a young Cork man who leaves the foster system and seeks independence as he discovers his calling as a hairdresser.
Jessie Buckley won Lead Actress for her performance in Hamnet, while Chloé Zhao’s film also won Best Supporting Actor for Paul Mescal, International Film and Script Film (shared between Irish author Maggie O’Farrell and Zhao).
Cork actor Éanna Harwicke took home the Award for Actor in a Lead Role for his performance as Roy Keane in Saipan, while Kerry Condon won Actress in a Supporting Role for her role opposite Brad Pitt in F1.
On the TV Drama side, Belfast police drama Blue Lights won Best Drama for its third season, with Rachel Carey winning Best Director – Drama for Obituary and Ailbhe Keogan winning Best Script – Drama for Trespasses.
Last year’s Rising Star winner Anthony Boyle won Lead Actor in a Drama for House of Guinness, while Lola Petticrew won Lead Actress in a Drama for Trespasses.
Alison Oliver, star of Wuthering Heights, won Supporting Actress in a Drama for HBO crime series Task, while Chris Walley won Supporting Actor in a Drama for the fourth season of The Young Offenders.
Iconic Irish actor Ciarán Hinds was presented with the Irish Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to the Irish and international screen industry across both film and television.
Louisa Harland, star of The Walsh Sisters and Derry Girls, was announced as the 2025 Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland IFTA Rising Star.
International Actress went to Emma Stone in Bugonia, produced by Ireland’s Element Pictures, and International Actor went to Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another.
The George Morrison Feature Documentary Award went to A Want in Her, while Best Live Action Short Film was awarded to Nostalgie, with Retirement Plan winning Best Animated Short.
Eoin O’Sullivan and David Sewell won VFX for House of Guinness, with Natalie Reid winning Hair & Makeup for her work on Trespasses.
The award for Original Music went to Eimear Noone and Craig Stuart Garfinkle for Báite, and Consolata Boyle won Costume Design for Blue Moon, while Philip Murphy (production designer) and Neville Gaynor (et decorator) won in the Production Design category for the Ireland-shot second season of Netflix’s Wednesday, and Steve Fanagan and Stevie Haywood won Best Sound for Anemone.
