The IFTA nominations were released this morning.

The award ceremony celebrates the best in Irish TV and film and the nominations this year are packed with quality content.

The Best Film Nominees this year have been split into two categories  - Film 2019 and Film 2020, while other categories have been expanded from 4 to 6 nominees to reflect the excellent work from over the last two years.

The Best Film 2019 Nominees are Black '47, Lance Daly’s revenge thriller set against the backdrop of the Great Irish Famine,  Float Like a Butterfly, Carmel Winters inspiring coming-of-age boxing drama set in a traveller community in 1960’s Ireland,  Rosie, Paddy Breathnach’s moving film about the resilience and determination of a family struggling through the Homeless Crisis,  The Dig, Andy and Ryan Tohill’s thrilling tale of revenge and redemption, and  The Hole in the Ground, Lee Cronin’s superbly scary Irish horror.

The Best Film 2020 Nominees are A Bump Along the Way, about the awkward relationship between an immature mum who finds herself pregnant and her disapproving teenage daughter, Arracht  Tom Sullivan’s Irish-language story of a man’s struggle for sanity and survival during the Great Famine, Calm with Horses, a dark crime drama about divided loyalties and family in the west of Ireland, Extra Ordinary, Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman’s hilarious, warm-hearted supernatural comedy, and Ordinary Love, Lisa Barros D’sa & Glenn Leyburn’s moving portrait of a couple as they deal with a cancer diagnosis.

Nominee Stephen Shields spoke to Dermot & Dave this morning about his nomination, but it turns out he wasn't even aware he had received the accolade until he got the phone call from Today FM asking to speak about it.

Hit play on the podcast below to hear Stephen's full chat with Dermot.