5th Irish Film & Television Awards explained

Number:	5
Award:	Irish Film & Television Awards
Date:	17 February 2008
Site:	Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Host:	Ryan Tubridy
Best Film:	Garage
Best Actor:	Pat Shortt
Best Actor Film:	Garage
Best Actress:	Aisling O'Sullivan
Best Actress Film:	The Clinic
Most Wins:	Kings (5)
Most Nominations:	Kings (14)
Last:	4th
Next:	6th

The 5th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards took place on 17 February 2008 at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, honouring Irish film and television released in 2007.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Film

Film

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

International Film

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

Director Film

• 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'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

Actor in a Supporting Role Film

• Brendan Conroy – Kings
  • Donal O'Kelly – Kings
  • 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

International Actor

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

Television

Single Drama / Drama Serial

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

Drama Series / Soap

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

Director Television

• 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
  • 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
  • Don Wycherley – The Running Mate

Actor in a Supporting Role Television

• 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
  • Bríd Ní Neachtáin – Cré na Cille
  • Siobhan Shanahan – Prosperity

Actress in a Supporting Role Television

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

Craft

Costume Design

• 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
  • 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

Original Score

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

Production Design

• 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
  • My Boy Jack – Brendan Deasy, Ken Galvin, Nikki Moss

Other television

Children's / Youth Programme

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

Current Affairs Programme

• Prime Time Investigates – Not Seen, Not Heard
  • Election 2007 – Results Coverage
  • Time Investigates – Buyer Beware
  • Prime Time Investigates – Not Seen, Not Heard

Documentary Series

• 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
  • Bloody Sunday – A Derry Diary
  • Get Collins
  • Ireland's Nazis

Entertainment

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

Factual Entertainment

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

News Programme

• 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

Other awards

Special Irish Language Award

• Kings
  • Aifric
  • Cré na Cille
  • Paddywhackery

Irish Film Board Rising Star 2008

• Saoirse Ronan – Actress
  • Cecelia Ahern – Writer
  • Mark Mahon – Producer
  • Martin McCann – Actor
  • Marian Quinn – Director

Animation

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

Short Film

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

Pantene People's Choice Award for Best International Actress

• Hilary Swank – P.S. I Love You
  • Cate Blanchett –
  • Jodie Foster – The Brave One
  • Keira Knightley – Atonement

Sony Bravia TV Personality of the Year

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

Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema

• Mel Gibson^[4]

References

• Web site: Irish Film and Television Awards: 2008 . 27 September 2009 . Internet Movie Database.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rhys Myers drama dominates IFTAs. 17 February 2008. Irish Examiner.
2. Web site: Russo for the IFTAs - Movie News • Movies.ie - Irish Cinema Site. 11 February 2008.
3. Web site: Kings, Garage rule IFTAs. Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.
4. Web site: Dublin prepares for IFTA's. 17 February 2008. Breaking News.