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The Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) were first awarded in 1999. Its sole aim is to celebrate Ireland's small yet talented film and television community. The ceremony is considered Ireland's most prestigious awards event.

The Irish Film & Television Academy

In 2006 the Irish Film and Television Academy advertised membership openings in Academy to all professionals in the fields of Irish Television and Film. Its stated aim was "the stimulation of original and creative production work, and the encouragement of excellence through recognition, education and leadership in film and television." [1] The proposed ways to enforce this ideology were:

• Encouraging high standards of art and technique in persons engaged in production work and to celebrate excellence through the annual Awards Ceremony.
• Raising the profile of Irish talent & production, by actively promoting Irish excellence within the Academy and ensuring that achievements are recognised and respected throughout the world.
• Establishing an academic programme of activities to nurture and encourage emerging Irish talent.
• Safeguarding the integrity of the Irish Academy's annual Film and Television Awards.

Some of the Academy's programme of events include:

• The Academy has a number of feature film and television screenings for both Full and Associate Members.
• There are special Screenings of titles during Voting Season (for Full Members only) in the lead up to the annual Awards ceremony.
• Educational events; Lectures, debates, master-classes, Q&A's and workshop, along with networking evenings and social events.
• The Academy partners with IFTN to produce the Annual Awards ceremony.
• The Academy publishes a quarterly magazine ‘IFTA Academy’ for the Academy members, industry & corporate partners, outlining Academy News, events, interviews and other industry news.
• The Academy has extended its membership to international members and also invite a core group of international jury members in order to bring the work of Irish talent to the attention of prominent industry representatives across the world.
• The Academy establishes an official archive/catalogue of photography, publications, formal records of Nominees & Winners to ensure an accurate and comprehensive history of the Academy in the future.
• The Academy hosts the annual 'Academy Christmas Party', to celebrate the achievements of the year (for all members plus one guest).

The Award Ceremonies

The 1st Annual Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA) took place in Dublin during November 2003. The Awards, presented by the Irish Film & Television Academy, are a platform to honour and celebrate outstanding Irish creativity, talent and achievement; to encourage a high standard of arts and technique in work produced.

The Awards are open to all talented Irish people working in the film and television industries in Ireland and internationally.

Criticism

Although the largest awards ceremony in Ireland, the IFTAs are not well known in the country. Also up for debate has been the nomination selection, with many arguing that films which have done little box office or are critically debased are nominated merely as 'fillers' due to the small number of Irish films available. Also, films merely shot in Ireland are classed as Irish films, despite there being little or no Irish money put into these productions (such as Closing the Ring)

Another gripe critics have pointed to has been the international categories, which many have said has been added to make the awards more accessible to the general cinema-going public, however awards tend to be given only to those who show up (eg Daniel Day Lewis, an Irish resident).

In his Irish Times article "Miffed at the IFTAS" Donald Clarke has criticised the academy because "some nominations are driven by the 'desire to have a particular celebrity turn up".

The 5th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards

Date: 17 February 2008 Location: Gaiety Theatre, Dublin

Film

Film

• Garage
  • Becoming Jane
  • Closing the Ring
  • Garage
  • Kings
  • Shrooms

International Film

• The Lives of Others
  • Atonement
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • La Vie en Rose
  • The Lives of Others

Director Film

• Lenny Abrahamson - Garage
  • Lenny Abrahamson – Garage
  • Paddy Breathnach – Shrooms
  • Tom Collins – Kings
  • John Crowley – Boy A
  • Robert Quinn – Cré na Cille

Script Film

• Mark O’Halloran - Garage
  • Tom Collins – Kings
  • Mark O’Halloran – Garage
  • Mark O’Rowe – Boy A
  • Stuart Townsend – Battle in Seattle

Actor in a Lead Role Film

• Pat Shortt - Garage
  • Gabriel Byrne – Jindabyne
  • Colm Meaney – Kings
  • Cillian Murphy – Sunshine
  • Hugh O’Conor – Speed Dating
  • Pat Shortt – Garage

Actor in a Supporting Role Film

• Brendan Conroy – Kings
  • Brendan Conroy – Kings
  • Donal O’Kelly – Kings (film)
  • Conor J Ryan – Garage
  • Don Wycherley – Speed Dating

Actress in a Supporting Role Film

• Saoirse Ronan - Atonement
  • Elaine Cassidy – And When Did You Last See Your Father
  • Anne Marie Duff – Garage
  • Gail Fitzpatrick – Strength and Honour
  • Saoirse Ronan – Atonement

International Actor

• Daniel Day Lewis –There Will Be Blood
  • George Clooney – Michael Clayton
  • Daniel Day Lewis – There Will Be Blood
  • James McAvoy – Atonement
  • Ulrich Mühe – The Lives of Others

Television

Single Drama / Drama Serial

• The Running Mate
  • Damage
  • My Boy Jack
  • Prosperity
  • The Running Mate

Drama Series / Soap

• The Tudors
  • The Clinic
  • Ros na Rún
  • Single-Handed
  • The Tudors

Director Television

• Lenny Abrahamson - Prosperity
  • Lenny Abrahamson – Prosperity
  • Brian Kirk – The Tudors
  • Paul Mercier – Aifric
  • Declan Recks – The Running Mate

Script Television

• Mark O’Halloran - Prosperity
  • Marcus Fleming – The Running Mate
  • Mark O’Halloran – Prosperity
  • Daniel O’Hara, Paddy C.Courtney – Paddywhackery
  • Aisling Walsh – Damage

Actor in a Lead Role Television

• Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors
  • Denis Conway – The Running Mate
  • Michael Gambon – Celebration
  • Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors
  • Don Wycherley – The Running Mate

Actor in a Supporting Role Television

• Nick Dunning – The Tudors
  • Nick Dunning – The Tudors
  • Leroy Harris – Prosperity
  • Eamonn Hunt – The Running Mate
  • Gary Lydon – The Clinic

Actress in a Lead Role Film/Television

• Aisling O’Sullivan – The Clinic
  • Clíona Ní Chiosáin – Aifric
  • Fionnula Flanagan – Brotherhood
  • Brid Ní Neachtain – Cré na Cille
  • Aisling O’Sullivan – The Clinic
  • Siobhan Shanahan – Prosperity

Actress in a Supporting Role Television

• Maria Doyle Kennedy – The Tudors
  • Dawn Bradfield – The Clinic
  • [[Maria Doyle Kennedy – The Tudors
  • Fionnula Flanagan – Paddywhackery
  • Amy Huberman – The Clinic

Craft

Costume Design

• Joan Bergin – The Tudors
  • Joan Bergin – The Tudors
  • Maggie Donnelly – Kings
  • Lorna Marie Mugan – My Boy Jack
  • Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Becoming Jane

Director of Photography

• Seamus McGarvey - Atonement
  • PJ Dillon – Kings
  • Seamus McGarvey – Atonement
  • Peter Robertson – Garage
  • Ciaran Tanham – Northanger Abbey

Editing

• Dermot Diskin - Kings
  • Dermot Diskin – Kings
  • Stephen O’Connell – Damage
  • Isobel Stephenson – Garage
  • Gareth Young – The Running Mate

Hair & Makeup

• Jennifer Hegarty, Dee Corcoran – The Tudors
  • Kings – Muriel Bell, Pamela Smyth
  • My Boy Jack – Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn
  • Prosperity – Tom McInerney, Sandra Kelly
  • The Tudors – Jennifer Hegarty, Dee Corcoran

Original Score

• Pol Brennan - Kings
  • Pol Brennan – Kings
  • Jim Lockhart – Cré na Cille
  • Stephen McKeon – The Running Mate
  • Stephen Rennicks – Garage

Production Design

• Tom Conroy – The Tudors
  • Tom Conroy – The Tudors
  • David Craig – Kings
  • Tom Mc Cullagh – Closing the Ring
  • Padraig O’Neill – Garage

Sound

• Ken Galvin, Ronan Hill, Dominic Weaver - Kings
  • Becoming Jane – Nick Adams, Tom Johnson, Mervyn Moore
  • Garage – Niall Brady, John Fitzgerald, Robert Flanagan
  • Kings – Ken Galvin, Ronan Hill, Dominic Weaver
  • My Boy Jack – Brendan Deasy, Ken Galvin, Nikki Moss

Other television

Children's / Youth Programme

• Aifric
  • Aifric
  • The Café
  • Cúla Cairde
  • Skunk Fu!

Current Affairs Programme

• Prime Time Investigates – Not Seen, Not Heard
  • Election 2007 – Results Coverage
  • Prime Time Investigates – Buyer Beware
  • Prime Time Investigates – Not Seen, Not Heard
  • Spotlight: The Pitbull Sting

Documentary Series

• The Hospice
  • The Hospice
  • Imeacht Na N'Iarlaí /Flight of The Earls
  • Mobs Mheirceá
  • Scannal
  • Surgeons

Single Documentary

• At Home with the Clearys
  • Arts Lives: The Undertaking
  • At Home with the Clearys
  • Bloody Sunday – A Derry Diary
  • Get Collins
  • Ireland's Nazis
  • Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten

Entertainment

• The Podge & Rodge Show
  • Dan & Becs
  • Killinaskully
  • Naked Camera
  • The Podge & Rodge Show

Factual Entertainment

• Diarmuid's Pony Kids
  • Diarmuid's Pony Kids
  • Families in Trouble
  • Hector – Mo Rogha San Oz
  • No Experience Required

News Programme

• BBC Newsline
  • BBC Newsline
  • Nuacht RTÉ/TG4
  • RTÉ News
  • TV3 News @ 5.30

Sport

• Tall, Dark & Ó hAilpín
  • 20 Moments That Shook Irish Sport
  • Red Mist
  • Rugby World Cup 2007
  • Six Nations: Ireland's v England
  • Tall, Dark & Ó hAilpín

OTHERS

Special Irish Language Award

• Kings
  • Aifric
  • Cré na Cille
  • Kings
  • Paddywhackery

Irish Film Board Rising Star 2008

• Saoirse Ronan (Winner)
  • Cecilia Ahern – Writer
  • Mark Mahon – Producer
  • Martin McCann – Actor
  • Marian Quinn – Director
  • Saoirse Ronan – Actress

Animation

• Skunk Fu!
  • Ding Dong Denny O’Reilly's History of Ireland
  • Skunk Fu!(
  • The Ugly Duckling and Me
  • Wobblyland

Short Film

• New Boy
  • Deep Breaths
  • Hesitation
  • New Boy
  • No Regrets
  • The Wednesdays

Pantene People's Choice Award for Best International Actress

• Hilary Swank – PS I Love You
  • Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
  • Jodie Foster – The Brave One
  • Keira Knightley – Atonement
  • Hilary Swank – PS I Love You

Sony Bravia TV Personality of the Year

• Kathryn Thomas - RTE
  • Stephen Nolan
  • Michelle Doherty - Channel 6
  • Kathy Hoffman - City Channel
  • Kathryn Thomas - RTE
  • Paul Dempsey - Setanta Sports
  • Síle Ní Bhraonáin - TG4
  • Lorraine Keane - TV3
• Julian Simmons – UTV

Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema

• Mel Gibson

The 4th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards

Date: 9 February 2007 Location: RDS Main Hall, Dublin

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 (Winner)
  • John Boorman
  • David Gleeson
  • Brian Kirk

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

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 The Tiger's Tail
  • 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 McGlynn for Gypo
  • Ruth Negga for Isolation

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Film

• Liam Cunningham for The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Winner)
  • Padraic 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)
  • Sinead 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

• Ciaran 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

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 Takes on 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

Best Irish Language

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

AWARDS ACROSS FILM & TELEVISION

The IFB & NIFTC Breakthrough Talent Award

• Niall Heery (writer/director) for Small Engine Repair (Winner)
  • Padraic 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 Diskin for 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 Fitzgerald, 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 for Showbands
  • 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 for RTÉ (Winner)
  • Eamonn Holmes for BBC NI
  • Gerry Kelly for UTV
  • Taragh Loughrey Grant for Channel 6
  • Daithi Ó Se for TG4

Lifetime Achievement Award - Gay Byrne

IFTA Industry Contribution Award – Nuala Moiselle

The 3rd Annual Irish Film & Television Awards 2006

People's Choice Awards

O2 TV Personality of the Year

• Mark Cagney (Winner)
  • Aoife Ní Thuairisg
  • Stephen Nolan
  • Gráinne Seoige
  • Pat Shortt

AIB Best Irish Film

• Inside I'm Dancing (Winner)
• Adam & Paul
  • Headrush
  • Mickybo & Me (Nominee)

Avica Best International Actor

• Mickey Rourke for Sin City (Winner)
  • Christian Bale for Batman Begins
  • Johnny Depp for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • Brad Pitt for Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Jameson Best International Film

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Winner)
  • Batman Begins
  • Crash
  • Sin City

Pantene Best International Actress

• Gillian Anderson for The Mighty Celt (Winner)
  • Drew Barrymore for The Perfect Catch
  • Dakota Fanning for War of the Worlds
  • Natalie Portman for Garden State

AWARDS IN FILM

Best Film

• Pavee Lackeen (Winner)
  • Mickybo & Me
  • The Mighty Celt
  • Tara Road
  • Trouble With Sex

Best Director

• Terry George for Hotel Rwanda (Winner)
  • Anthony Byrne for Short Order
  • Fintan Connolly for Trouble With Sex
  • Perry Ogden for Pavee Lackeen

Best Cinematography

• Seamus Deasy for The Mighty Celt (Winner)
  • Brendan Galvin for The Flight of the Phoenix
  • Seamus Mc Garvey for Sahara
  • Owen Mc Polin for Trouble With Sex

Best Music

• Gregory Magee for Winter's End (Winner)
  • Niall Byrne for Short Order
  • Niall Byrne for Trouble With Sex
  • Fiachra Trench for The Boys & Girl From County Clare

Best Script

• Anthony Byrne for Short Order (Winner)
  • Pearse Elliott for The Mighty Celt
  • Terry George for Hotel Rwanda (Nominee)
  • Terry Loane for Mickybo & Me

Best Production Design

• Eleanor Wood & Laura Bowe for Short Order (Winner)
  • Laurent Mellet & Steven Kingston for Trouble With Sex
  • Tom Mc Cullagh for Mickybo & Me
  • Anna Rackard for Boy Eats Girl

Best Costume Design

• Susan Scott for Boy Eats Girl (Winner)
  • Marian Smyth for Trouble With Sex
  • Hazel Webb-Crozier for Mickybo & Me
  • Judith Williams for Short Order

AWARDS IN ACTING

Best Actor in Leading Role - Film

• Liam Neeson for Kinsey (Winner)
  • Gabriel Byrne for Wah Wah
  • Cillian Murphy for Red Eye
  • Liam Neeson for Kinsey
  • Aidan Quinn for Convicted

Best Actress in a Leading Role -Film

• Renee Weldon for Trouble With Sex (Winner)
  • Andrea Corr for The Boys & Girl From County Clare
  • Jillian Bradbury for Winter's End
  • Winnie Maughan for Pavee Lackeen
  • Renee Weldon for Trouble With Sex

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Film

• David Kelly for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Winner)
  • Sean McGinley for On A Clear Day
  • Cillian Murphy for Batman Begins
  • Tagdh Murphy for Boy Eats Girl

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Film

• Charlotte Bradley for The Boys & Girl From County Clare (Winner)
  • Nora Jane Noone for The Descent
  • Deirdre O’ Kane for Boy Eats Girl
  • Tatianna Ouliankina for Short Order

Best Actor - Television

• Tom Murphy for Pure Mule (Winner)
  • Allen Leech for Love is the Drug
  • Finbar Lynch for Proof 2
  • James Nesbitt for Murphy's Law

Best Actress - Television

• Dawn Bradfield for Pure Mule (Winner)
  • Elaine Cassidy for Fingersmith
  • Anne Marie Duff for Shameless
  • Aisling O’ Sullivan for The Clinic

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Television

• Garrett Lombard for Pure Mule (Winner)
  • Gary Lydon for The Clinic
  • John Lynch for The Baby War
  • Chris O’Dowd for The Clinic

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Television

• Eileen Walsh for Pure Mule (Winner)
  • Eva Birthistle for The Baby War
  • Tine Kellegher for Showbands
  • Eleanor Methevan for Love Is the Drug

AWARDS IN TELEVISION

Best Short Fiction Award

• Martin McDonagh for Six Shooter (Winner)
  • Rory Bresnihan & John Butler for George
  • Ronan and Rob Burke for Jellybaby
  • Ken Wardrop for Ouch

Best Animation Award Winner

• Cúilín Dualach for Cartoon Saloon (Winner)
  • Agricultural Report for Barley Films
  • Dick Terrapin for Vinegar Hill Productions
  • Not There Yet for Monster Animation

AWARDS ACROSS FILM & TELEVISION

Best Editing in Film / TV Drama

• Emer Reynolds for Shameless (Winner)
  • J. Patrick Duffner for Short Order
  • Ray Roantree for Trouble With Sex
  • Ben Yates for Love Is the Drug

Best Sound in Film / TV Drama Award Winner

• Patrick Drummond, Tom Johnson, John Fitzgerald & Stuart Bruce for Boy Eats Girl (Winner)
  • Philippe Faujas, Niall Brady & Ken Galvin for Pure Mule
  • Ray Cross, Nikki Moss, John Fitzgerald & Peter Blayney for Short Order
  • Karl Merren, Nicky Moss & Ken Galvinfor for Showbands

AWARDS IN TELEVISION

Best TV Drama / Drama Series

• Love Is the Drug (Winner)
  • Murphy's Law
  • Pure Mule
  • Showbands

Best Current Affairs Programme

• Prime Time Investigates: Home Truths (Winner)
  • Prime Time Investigates: The Money Pit
  • Insight: When Hospitals Kill
  • Spotlight: Dirty Secrets

Best News Programme

• BBC Newsline (Winner)
  • Nuacht TG4
  • RTÉ News
  • Sky News Ireland

Best Children's / Youth Programme

• Jam Media for Pic Me (Winner)
  • Adare Productions/ RTE for Go For It
  • Telegael Teo / TG4 for The Island of Inis Cool – Terraglyph
  • Media Circus Ltd / RTÉ for What's The Story?

Best Entertainment Award Winner

• Stew (Winner)
  • Killinaskully
  • The Panel
  • Wild Trials

Best Lifestyle Programme

• Show Me The Money (Winner)
  • Neelo KKK
  • Mother Knows Best
  • The Snip

Best Sports Feature

• Marooned (Winner)
  • Coach
  • The Crossing
  • Final Words: Hurling ’04

Best Documentary in the English Language

• John McGahern: A Private World (Winner)
  • Macintyre's Underworld: Gangsters
  • Haughey
  • My Name Is Paul

Best Documentary in the Irish Language

• Concerto Chaitlín Maude (Winner)
  • An Bathadh Mór
  • Cosc Ar Ghnéas
  • Iran: An Bealach In Airde

Best Director TV Drama / Drama Series

• Declan Recks for Pure Mule (Winner)
  • Aisling Walsh for Fingersmith
  • Charlie Mc Carthy for Pure Mule
  • Dearbhla Walsh for Shameless

Lifetime Achievement Award - David Kelly

The 2nd Annual Irish Film & Television Awards 2004

AWARDS IN FILM

Best Irish Film – Jury Award

• Omagh (Winner)
  • Adam & Paul
  • Inside I'm Dancing
  • Octagon Films
  • Man About Dog

Best Director

• Lenny Abrahamson for Adam & Paul (Winner)
  • Paddy Breathnach for Man About Dog
  • Alan Gilsenan for Timbuktu
  • Damien O’Donnell for Inside I'm Dancing
  • Pete Travis for Omagh

Best Cinematography

• Mark Garrett for Freeze Frame (Winner)
  • Cian de Buitlear for Man about Dog
  • PJ Dillon for Timbuktu
  • Donal Gilligan for Omagh
  • Peter Robertson for Inside I'm Dancing

Best Music

• Ray Harman for Timbuktu (Winner)
  • Go Blimps Go for The Halo Effect
  • Ray Harman for Timbuktu
  • Stephen McKeon for Blind Flight
  • Stephen Rennicks for Adam & Paul
  • Kevin Shields for Lost in Translation

Best Script

• Jeffrey Caine for Inside I'm Dancing (Winner)
  • Lance Daly for The Halo Effect
  • Pearse Elliott for Man About Dog
  • Guy Hibbert & Paul Greengrass for Omagh
  • Mark O’Halloran for Adam & Paul

Best Editing

• Emer Reynolds for Timbuktu (Winner)
  • Dermot Diskin for Man About Dog
  • Kevin Lavelle for Starfish
  • Mairead McIvor for Capital Letters
  • Isobel Stephenson for Adam & Paul

Best Production Design

• Ashleigh Jeffers for Freeze Frame (Winner)
  • Tom Conroy for Inside I'm Dancing
  • Alan Gilsenan for Timbuktu
  • Jim Furlong for Cowboys & Angels
  • Paki Smith for Man About Dog

Best Hair/Make-up

• Dee Corcoran/Ailbhe Lemass for King Arthur (Winner)
  • Barbara Conway/Terry Ralph for The Halo Effect
  • Bernadette Dooley / Morna Ferguson for Laws of Attraction
  • Tom McInerney for Adam & Paul
  • Linda Mooney for Man About Dog

Best Costume Design

• Grania Preston for Cowboys & Angels (Winner)
  • Joan Bergin for Laws of Attraction
  • Lorna Marie Mugan for Inside I'm Dancing
  • Lorna Marie Mugan for Man About Dog
  • Leonie Prendergast for The Halo Effect

Best Short Film

• Undressing My Mother (Winner)
  • Full Circle
  • Take It Back
  • Two Fat Ladies
  • Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom

Best Animation

• The Boy Who Had No Story (Winner)
  • Dublin 1
  • God's Early Work
  • The Life & Death of Peter Sellers
  • Norman Normal

The Irish Film Board/Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission Award for Best New Talent

• John Simpson for Freeze Frame (Winner)
  • Des Bishop for The Des Bishop Work Experience
  • Pearse Elliott for Man About Dog
  • Karl Geary for Timbuktu
  • Allen Leech for Cowboys & Angels

AWARDS IN TELEVISION

Best Sports Programme

• Final Words Hurling '03 (Winner)
  • Fearless 3 Irish Special Olympians
  • Go Racing (Nominee}
  • Martin O'Neill Man and Bhoy
  • Ringy

Best Lifestyle Programme

• Show Me The Money (Winner)