Irish Film and Television Awards winners

FILM CATEGORIES

Film
The Eclipse – Robert Walpole, Rebecca O’Flanagan (Treasure Entertainment)
Ondine – Neil Jordan, James Flynn (Octagon Films)
Eamon – Seamus Byrne (Zanita Films)
The Secret of Kells – Paul Young, Tomm Moore (Cartoon Saloon)
Zonad – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, John McDonnell (Element Pictures)

Director Film
Jim Sheridan – Brothers (Lionsgate)
John Carney, Kieran Carney – Zonad (Element Pictures)
Neil Jordan – Ondine (Octagon Films)
Conor McPherson – The Eclipse (Treasure Entertainment)

Actor in a Lead Role – Film
Colin Farrell – Ondine (Octagon Films)
Darren Healy – Savage (SP Films)
Ciar√°n Hinds – The Eclipse (Treasure Entertainment)
Stephen Rea – Nothing Personal (Fastnet Films)

Actress in a Lead Role – Film
Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones (Paramount)
Janice Byrne – Zonad (Element Pictures)
Amy Kirwan – Eamon (Zanita Films)
Jade Yourell – Happy Ever Afters (Newgrange Pictures)

Actor in a Supporting Role – Film
Aidan Quinn – The Eclipse (Treasure Entertainment)
Simon Delaney – Happy Ever Afters (Newgrange Pictures)
Michael Fassbender – Fish Tank (Artificial Eye)
Michael Gambon – Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince (Warner Bros)

Actress in a Supporting Role – Film
Dervla Kirwan – Ondine (Octagon Films)
Anne Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy
Nora Jane Noone – Savage (SP Films)
Ger Ryan – Happy Ever Afters (Newgrange Pictures)

Script Film
Billy Roche, Conor McPherson – The Eclipse (Treasure Entertainment)
John Carney, Kieran Carney – Zonad (Element Pictures)
Margaret Corkery – Eamon (Zanita Films)
Neil Jordan – Ondine (Octagon Films)

Feature Documentary
His & Hers – Andrew Freedman (Venom Film)
The Bass Player: A Song for Dad – Niall McKay (Media Factory)
Colony – Morgan Bushe, Macdara Kelleher (Fastnet Films)
The Yellow Bittern – The Life & Times of Liam Clancy – Alan Gilsenan (Crossing the Line Films)

INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES

International Film
The Hurt Locker
Avatar
Let the Right One In
UP

Pantene Best International Actress Award – People’s Choice*
Meryl Streep – It’s Complicated
Marion Cotillard – Nine
Penélope Cruz – Broken Embraces
Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air

International Actor
Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes
Sam Rockwell – Moon
Vincent Cassell – Mesrine: Killer Instinct
Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones

*Nominees have been selected by the Irish Film & Television Academy Members, Winner will be decided via a public vote.

TELEVISION DRAMA CATEGORIES

Single Drama / Drama Serial
Five Minutes of Heaven – Eoin O’Callaghan (Big Fish Films/Ruby Films in assoc. with Element Pictures Ltd)
Belonging to Laura – Martina Niland, David Collins (Accomplice Television)
Best: His Mother’s Son – Colin Barr (BBC Production in Assoc. with DoubleBand Films)
Father & Son – Michael Casey, Brian Kirk (Octagon Films / Left Bank Pictures)
Rásaí na Gaillimhe РEoin Holmes, Niamh Fagan, Tricia Perrott (Great Western Films)

Drama Series / Soap
The Clinic – Mary Callery (Parallel Films)
Fair City РBrigie De Courcy (RTÉ)
Pure Mule – The Last Weekend – David Collins & Peter Norris (Accomplice Television)
Ros na Rún Р(Eo Teilifís / Tyrone Productions)
The Tudors – Morgan O’Sullivan (World 2000 Entertainment)

Director Television
Thaddeus O’Sullivan – Into the Storm (Scott Free Films / Rainmark Films)
Ciaran Donnelly – The Tudors (World 2000 Entertainment)
Robert Quinn РRásaí na Gaillimhe (Great Western Films)
Declan Recks – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend (Accomplice Television)

Script Television
Frank Deasy – Father & Son (Octagon Films / Left Bank Pictures)
Frank McGuinness – A Short Stay in Switzerland (BBC)
Eugene O’Brien – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend (Accomplice Television)
James Phelan РRásaí na Gaillimhe (Great Western Films)

Actor in a Lead Role – Television
Brendan Gleeson – Into the Storm (Scott Free Films, Rainmark Films)
Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment (TV3)
Liam Neeson – Five Minutes of Heaven (Big Fish Films/Ruby Films in assoc. with Element Pictures Ltd)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors (World 2000 Entertainment)

Actress in a Lead Role – Television
Elaine Cassidy – Harper’s Island (CBS Paramount Network TV & Junction Entertainment)
Ruth Bradley РRásaí na Gaillimhe (Great Western Films)
Michelle Fairley – Best: His Mother’s Son (BBC Production in assoc. with DoubleBand Film)
Charlene McKenna – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend (Accomplice Television)

Actor in a Supporting Role – Television
Stephen Rea – Father & Son (Octagon Films / Left Bank Pictures)
Declan Conlon РFair City (RTÉ)
Diarmuid Noyes – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend (Accomplice Television)
Owen Roe – Val Falvey, T.D. (Grand Pictures)

Actress in a Supporting Role – Television
Sarah Bolger – The Tudors (World 2000 Entertainment)
Dawn Bradfield – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend (Accomplice Television)
Amy Huberman РThe Clinic (Parallel Film Productions for RTÉ)
Tatianna Ouliankina – Belonging to Laura (Accomplice Television)

CRAFT / TECHNICAL CATEGORIES

Costume Design
Consolata Boyle – Chéri (Pathé)
Joan Bergin – The Tudors (World 2000 Entertainment)
Allison Byrne – Cracks (Optimum Releasing)
Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Ondine (Octagon Films)

Director of Photography
Suzie Lavelle – One Hundred Mornings (Blinder Films)
Tom Comerford – Savage (SP Films)
Ivan McCullough – The Eclipse (Treasure Entertainment)
Ruair√≠ O’Brien – Five Minutes of Heaven (Big Fish Films/Ruby Films in assoc. with Element Pictures Ltd)

Editing
Mairead McIvor – Savage (SP Films)
Emer Reynolds – The Eclipse (Treasure Entertainment)
Isobel Stephenson – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend (Accomplice Television)
Ken Wardrop – His & Hers (Venom Film)

Make Up & Hair (Sponsored by MAC)
The Take – Lorraine Glynn, Morna Ferguson (Company Pictures)
Five Minutes of Heaven – Pamela Smyth (Big Fish Films/Ruby Films in assoc. with Element Pictures Ltd)
The Tudors – Sharon Doyle, Dee Corcoran (World 2000 Entertainment)
Zonad – Eileen Buggy, Barbara Conway (Element Pictures)

Original Score
Brian Byrne – Zonad (Element Pictures)
Neil Hannon – Wide Open Spaces (Grand Pictures)
The Henry Girls – A Shine Of Rainbows (Sepia Films)
Stephen McKeon – Savage (SP Films)

Production Design
Anna Rackard – Ondine (Octagon Films)
Tom Conroy – The Tudors (World 2000 Entertainment)
Susie Cullen – The Take (Company Pictures)
Ashleigh Jeffers – Occupation (Kudos Film and Television)

Sound
Ondine – Brendan Deasy, Tom Johnson, Sarah Gaines (Octagon Films)
The Eclipse – Ronan Hill, Jon Stevenson, John Fitzgerald (Treasure Entertainment)
Five Minutes of Heaven – Ronan Hill, Jon Stevenson, John Fitzgerald (Big Fish Films/Ruby Films in assoc. with Element Pictures Ltd)
Savage – Patrick Hanlon, John Fitzgerald, Fiadhnait McCann (SP Films)

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Children’s / Youth Programme
On The Block – Tory Island – Hilary O’Donovan (Macalla Teo)
Aisling’s Diary – Triona Campbell (CR Entertainment)
Ballybraddan – Gerard O’Rourke (Monster Animation)
Seacht – Louise McCreesh & Colin O’Donnell (Stirling Film and Television)

Current Affairs
The Frontline РDavid Nally (RTÉ)
Paul Williams Investigates: The Battle for the Gasfield – Paul Williams (Praxis Pictures)
Prime Time Investigates: Travellers РOn the Edge РDavid Doran, Barry O’Kelly (RTÉ)
Spotlight: Stem Cell Tourists – Darragh Macintyre (BBC NI)

Documentary Series
Blood of the Irish – Brian Hayes (Crossing the Line Films)
Bóthar go dtí an White House РDathai Keane (Abú Media)
I See A Darkness – Alan Gilsenan (Yellow Asylum Films)
Teorainn (Border) – Fiona Keane (DoubleBand Films)

Single Documentary
Seamus Heaney: Out Of The Marvellous – Charlie McCarthy (Icebox Films)
Abuse of Trust: Sins of the Fathers – Jerome Hughes (TV3)
The Forgotten Irish – Ronan O Muirthile (Animo TV)
The House – Tanya Doyle (Marmalade Films)

Entertainment Programme
The Apprentice – Larry Bass (Screentime ShinAwil)
The All Ireland Talent Show – Noleen Golding (Tyrone Productions)
The Savage Eye – Katie Holly (Blinder Films)
Xpos√© – The Stephen Gately Tribute – Debbie O’Donnell (TV3)

News Programme
TV3 News at 5.30 – Conor Tiernan (TV3)
BBC Newsline – Angelina Fusco (BBC NI)
City Channel News – Jennifer O’Leary (City Channel)

Factual Programme
Nightly News with Vincent Browne – Tom Fabozzi (TV3)
Celebrity Bainisteoir – Darren Smith (Kite Entertainment)
Killers – O’Reilly – Sarah Share, Jackie Larkin, Linda Cullen (Coco Television)
Welcome to my World – Trisha Canning (Loosehorse)

Sports
Grand Slam Journey РDave Berry (RTÉ)
GAA Beo – (Nemeton TV)
Pride of The Parish – Cormac Hargaden (Loosehorse)
Shay Elliot – Cycle of Betrayal – Martin Dwan (Zampano Productions)

OTHERS

Special Irish Language Award
Rásaí na Gaillimhe РAoife Fagan, Eoin Holmes, Tricia Perrot (Great Western Films)
CSÍ РKevin Cummins (RTÉ)
Ros na Rún Р(Eo Teilifís / Tyrone Productions)
Seacht – Louise McCreesh & Colin O’Donnell (Stirling Film and Television)

Animation
The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore (Cartoon Saloon)
Hasan Everywhere – Andrew Kavanagh (Kavaleer Productions)
The Polish Language – Alice Lyons
Trolley Boy – Teemu Auersalo (Still Films)

Short Film
Runners – Rob Burke, Ronan Burke – (Black Sheep Productions)
If I Should Fall Behind – Morgan Bushe (Fastnet Films / Tilted Pictures)
Moore Street Masala – David O’Sullivan (Fish Films)
Sunshower – Liam Gavin (Samson Films)

Rising Star Award, sponsored by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board
Tomm Moore – Director/Producer
Margaret Corkery – Writer/Director
Darren Healy – Actor
Brendan Muldowney – Writer/Director
Robert Sheehan – Actor
Ken Wardrop – Director

Lifetime Achievement Award
John Boorman