Rising Star nominee Rebecca Daly
Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board and the Irish Film and Television Academy (IFTA) are delighted to announce the Rising Star Award nominees for 2012, the winner of which will be announced at the Irish Film and Television Awards ceremony on 11 February 2012.
Selected by a special jury and sponsored by the IFB, the Rising Star Award is a unique IFTA Award in that it aims to highlight exceptional new and breakthrough talent working in all areas of the Irish film industry.
The 2012 nominees are:
Rebecca Daly – Writer/Director (The Other Side of Sleep)
John Michael McDonagh – Writer/Director (The Guard)
Chris O’Dowd – Actor (Bridesmaids)
Emmett Scanlan – Actor (Charlie Casanova)
The 2011 Rising Star Award was won by actor Domhnall Gleeson, who has worked on the feature films Shadow Dancer, Anna Karenina and Dredd in 2011. Tomm Moore writer/director of the Oscar nominated feature animation The Secret of Kells was named IFTA Rising Star in 2010 and Tomm has since begun working on his second feature length animation Song of the Sea. Shame and Hunger actor Michael Fassbender received the Rising Star Award in 2009, whilst young actress Saoirse Ronan was named the winner of the first Rising Star IFTA in 2008 for her breakthrough performance in Atonement.
