4th Irish Film & Television Awards

Awards in film

Best Film

• The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Winner)
  • Breakfast on Pluto
  • The Front Line
  • Middletown
  • Small Engine Repair

Best International Film

• Little Miss Sunshine (Winner)
  • Babel
  • Casino Royale
  • The Departed
  • United 93

Best Director

• '*Neil Jordan – *Breakfast on Pluto''''' (Winner)
  • John Boorman – In My Country
  • David Gleeson – The Front Line
  • Brian Kirk – Middletown

Best Script

• '*Neil Jordan & Pat McCabe for *Breakfast on Pluto''''' (Winner)
  • Daragh Carville for Middletown
  • David Gleeson for The Front Line
  • Niall Heery for Small Engine Repair Best Cinematography
• '*Seamus Deasy for *The Tiger's Tail''''' (Winner)
  • Seamus McGarvey for World Trade Center
  • Declan Quinn for Breakfast on Pluto
  • Robbie Ryan for Isolation

Best Music

• '*Stephen McKeon for *The Tiger's Tail''''' (Winner)
  • Niall Byrne for Small Engine Repair
  • Patrick Cassidy for The Front Line
  • Glen Hansard for Once

Best Production Design

• '*Mark Geraghty for *Get Rich or Die Tryin'''''' (Winner)
  • Tom Conroy for Breakfast on Pluto
  • Ashleigh Jeffers for Middletown
  • Mark Lowry for Small Engine Repair

Best Costume Design

• '*Consolata Boyle for *The Queen''''' (Winner)
  • Joan Bergin for The Prestige
  • Eimer Ni Mhaldomhnaigh for Breakfast on Pluto
  • Maeve Patterson for The Tiger's Tail

Best Hair & Makeup

• '*Lorraine Glynn, Lynn Johnson for *Breakfast on Pluto''''' (Winner)
  • Martina McCarthy, Denise Watson for The Tiger's Tail
  • Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn for Middletown

Awards in acting

Best Actor in a Lead Role – Film

• '*Cillian Murphy for *Breakfast on Pluto''''' (Winner)
  • Pierce Brosnan for The Matador
  • Colin Farrell for Miami Vice
  • Brendan Gleeson for Studs
  • Cillian Murphy for The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Best Actress in a Lead Role – Film

• '*Eva Birthistle for *Middletown'''''
  • Gemma Doorly for A Song For Rebecca
  • Pauline McLynn for Gypo
  • Ruth Negga for Isolation

Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Film

• '*Liam Cunningham for *The Wind That Shakes the Barley''''' (Winner)
  • Pádraic Delaney for The Wind That Shakes the Barley
  • Gerard McSorley for Middletown
  • Stephen Rea for Breakfast on Pluto

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Film

• '*Fionnula Flanagan for *Transamerica''''' (Winner)
  • Sinéad Cusack for The Tiger's Tail
  • Orla Fitzgerald for The Wind That Shakes the Barley
  • Ruth Negga for Breakfast on Pluto Best Actor in a Lead Role – Television
• '*Ciarán Hinds for *Rome''''' (Winner)
  • Liam Cunningham for Showbands
  • Michael McElhatton for *Hide & Seek *
  • James Nesbitt for Murphy's Law

Best Actress in a Lead Role – Television

• '*Ger Ryan for *Stardust''''' (Winner)
  • Ruth Bradley for *Legend *
  • Anne-Marie Duff for The Virgin Queen
  • Aisling O'Sullivan for The Clinic

Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Television

• '*Gary Lydon for *The Clinic''''' (Winner)
  • Liam Cunningham for Murphy's Law
  • Allen Leech for Legend
  • Christopher O'Dowd for Showbands

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Television

• '*Ruth Bradley for *Stardust''''' (Winner)
  • Leigh Arnold for The Clinic
  • Gemma Craven for The Clinic
  • Tina Kellegher for Showbands

Awards in television

Best Single Drama/Drama Serial

• Stardust (Winner)
  • Fallout
  • Hide & Seek
  • *Legend *

Best Drama Series/Soap

• The Clinic (Winner)
  • Murphy's Law
  • Ros na Rún
  • Showbands

Best Current Affairs/News Programme

• Prime Time Investigates: "Sex Traffic" (Winner)
  • BBC Newsline Special: "Death of George Best"
  • Prime Time Investigates: "A National Emergency"
  • Prime Time Investigates: "Homelessness"

Best Children's/Youth

• Aifric (Winner)
  • Dustin's Daily News
  • Trí Shúle an Chait
  • The Ugly Duckling & Me

Best Entertainment

• Naked Camera (Winner)
  • Jokerman: Tommy Tiernan in America
  • The Panel
  • The Podge & Rodge Show Best Factual Entertainment
• In Search of the Pope's Children (Winner)
  • Des Bishop: Joy in the Hood
  • Rip-Off Republic
  • Wild Trials

Best Sports Feature

• Mícheál: The Sound of Sunday (Winner)
  • Brian Kerr's World Cup Story
  • The Dubs: Story of A Season
  • Leagues Apart with Ardal O'Hanlon

Best Single Documentary

• Flann O'Brien: The Lives of Brian (Winner)
  • The Brothers
  • The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut
  • No Go: The Free Derry Story
  • Tails from America

Best Documentary Series

• The Legend of Liam Clancy (Winner)
  • The Family Silver: "Bawnmore"
  • Junior Doctors
  • Made in America (TV series)|Made in America

Best Irish Language

• Maírtín Ó Cadhain: Rí an Fhocail (Winner)
  • Aifric
  • An Gealigoir Nocht
  • Ros na Rún

Awards across film and television

The IFB & NIFTC Breakthrough Talent Award

• '*Niall Heery (writer/director) for *Small Engine Repair''''' (Winner)
  • Pádraic Delaney (actor) for The Wind That Shakes the Barley
  • Orla Fitzgerald (actress) for The Wind That Shakes the Barley
  • Domhnall Gleeson (actor) for *Studs *
  • Brian Kirk (director) for Middletown
  • Lucy Kennedy (TV presenter) for The Podge and Rodge Show

**Best Editing in Film / TV Drama **

• '*Stephen O'Connell for *Stardust''''' (Winner)
  • Dermot Diskinfor Showbands
  • Cúán MacConghail for Studs
  • Ray Roantree for Fallout

**Best Sound in Film / TV Drama **

• '*Peter Blayney, Patrick Drummond, John Fitzgerald, Mervyn Moore for *Lassie''''' (Winner)
  • Michelle Cunniffe, John Fitzgeral, Nikki Moss, Simon Willis for Middletown
  • Sarah Gaines, Peter Blayney, Jon Stevenson & Dan Birch for Stardust
  • Brendan Deasy for The Tiger's Tail Best Short Film
• Joyriders (Winner)
  • Bongo Bong
  • The Faeries of Blackheath Woods
  • The White Dress

Best Short Animation

• Horn Ok Please (Winner)
  • Badly Drawn Roy
  • The Faeries of Blackheath Woods
  • The White Dress

People's choice awards

AIB Best Irish Film People's Choice

• The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Winner)
  • Breakfast on Pluto
  • Lassie
  • Studs

Pantene Best International Actress People's Choice

• '*Helen Mirren for *The Queen''''' (Winner)
  • Penélope Cruz for Volver
  • Eva Green for Casino Royale
  • Kate Winslet for The Holiday Best International Actor People's Choice
• '*Leonardo DiCaprio for *The Departed''''' (Winner)
  • Sacha Baron Cohen for Borat
  • Daniel Craig for Casino Royale
  • Ian McKellen for X-Men: The Last Stand

TV Personality of the Year

• Bill O'Herlihy (Winner)
  • Eamonn Holmes
  • Gerry Kelly
  • Taragh Loughrey Grant
  • Daithí O'Sé

Lifetime achievement award

• Awarded to Gay Byrne

IFTA Industry Contribution Award

• Awarded to Nuala Moiselle

References

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