Nominations for the 6 th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards FILM CATEGORIES Film 32A Tommy Weir (Janey Pictures) A Film With Me In It - Alan Moloney, Susan Mullen (Parallel Film Productions) The Escapist Alan Moloney, Adrian Sturges (Parallel Film Productions / Picture Farm) Hunger - Laura Hastings-Smith, Robin Gutch (Blast! Films) Kisses Macdara Kelleher, Lance Daly (Element Pictures Distribution) Director Film Lance Daly, Kisses - (Element Pictures Distribution) Ian Fitzgibbon, A Film With Me In It - (Parallel Film Productions) Martin McDonagh, In Bruges - (Focus Features/Universal Pictures) Declan Recks, Eden - (Samson Films) Script Film Lance Daly, Kisses - (Element Pictures Distribution) Mark Doherty, A Film With Me In It - (Parallel Film Productions) Martin McDonagh, In Bruges - (Focus Features/Universal Pictures) Enda Walsh, Hunger - (Blast! Films) Actor in a Lead Role Film Colin Farrell, In Bruges - (Focus Features/Universal Pictures) Michael Fassbender, Hunger - (Blast! Films) Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges - (Focus Features/Universal Pictures) Dylan Moran, A Film With Me In It - (Parallel Film Productions) Actress in a Lead Role Film Jenn Murray, Dorothy - (Octagon Films) Kelly O'Neill, Kisses - (Element Pictures Distribution) Saoirse Ronan, City of Ember - (Entertainment) Eileen Walsh, Eden - (Samson Films) Actor in a Supporting Role Film Liam Cunningham, Hunger - (Blast! Films) Stuart Graham, Hunger - (Blast! Films) Gerard McSorley, Anton - (Fox Glove Films & i4i Productions) Peter O'Toole, Dean Spanley - (General Film Corporation) Actress in a Supporting Role Film Sarah Bolger, The Spiderwick Chronicles - (Paramount Pictures & Nickelodeon Movies) Lesley Conroy, Eden - (Samson Films) Saoirse Ronan, Death Defying Acts - (Lionsgate UK) Ger Ryan, Dorothy - (Octagon Films) Feature Documentary Dambé - The Mali Project - Dearbhla Glynn, Vanessa Gildea (Luachra Productions) Gabriel Byrne: Stories From Home Pat Collins, Tina Moran (South Wind Blows) Saviours - Liam Nolan / Ross Whitaker (Street Films) Seaview - Nicky Gogan, Maya Derrington (Still Films) Waveriders - Margo Harkin, Joel Conroy (Besom Productions Ltd) International Film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Miramax Films)
In Bruges (Focus Features/Universal Pictures) Man On Wire (Icon Film Distribution) Wall E (Disney/Pixar) International Actor Casey Affleck, Gone Baby Gone (Miramax Films) Josh Brolin, W (Lionsgate Films) Robert Downey Jr, Iron Man (Paramount Pictures and Marvel Entertainment) Ralph Fiennes, The Duchess (Pathé) Pantene Best International Actress Award People s Choice* Angelina Jolie, Changeling Kristin Scott Thomas, I ve Loved You So Long Meryl Streep, Mamma Mia! Emma Thompson, Brideshead Revisited (Miramax Films) TELEVISION DRAMA CATEGORIES Single Drama / Drama Serial George Gently 2 - Element Pictures / Company Pictures (BBC) The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce - Niall Fulton, Essential Media & Entertainment (RTÉ) Little White Lie - Ed Guiney, Element Pictures (RTÉ) School Run - Paul Donovan, Grand Pictures (TV3) Whistleblower - Siobhán Bourke, Saffron Pictures / Newgrange Pictures (RTÉ) Drama Series / Soap The Clinic - Mary Callery, Parallel Film Productions (RTÉ) Fair City - Brigie De Courcy (RTÉ) Raw - Michael Parke, Ecosse Films / Octagon Films (RTÉ) Ros na Rún - Ros na Rún (TG4) The Tudors - Morgan O'Sullivan, World 2000 Entertainment (TV3, BBC) Director Television Dermot Boyd, Whistleblower - Saffron Pictures / Newgrange Pictures (RTÉ) Ciaran Donnelly, The Tudors - World 2000 Entertainment (TV3, BBC) Dearbhla Walsh, Little Dorrit - (BBC) Kieron J. Walsh, Raw - Ecosse Films / Octagon Films (RTÉ) Script Television Stuart Carolan & Barry Murphy, Little White Lie - Element Pictures (RTÉ) Rob Heyland, Whistleblower - Saffron Pictures / Newgrange Pictures (RTÉ) Graham Linehan, The I.T. Crowd - (talkbackthames) Peter McKenna, The Clinic - Parallel Film Productions (RTÉ) Actor in a Lead Role Television Aidan Gillen, The Wire - Warner Bros International Television Distribution (TG4) Dominic Mafham, The Clinic - Parallel Film Productions (RTÉ) Jonathan Rhys Meyers, The Tudors - World 2000 Entertainment (TV3, BBC) Stanley Townsend, Whistleblower - Saffron Pictures / Newgrange Pictures (RTÉ) Actress In a Lead Role Television Elaine Cassidy, Little White Lie - Element Pictures (RTÉ) Charlene McKenna, Raw - Ecosse Films / Octagon Films (RTÉ) Charlene McKenna, Whistleblower - Saffron Pictures / Newgrange Pictures (RTÉ) Deirdre O'Kane, Bittersweet - Element Pictures (RTÉ)
*Nominees have been selected by the Irish Film & Television Academy Members, Winner will be decided via a public vote. Actor in a Supporting Role Television Michael Fassbender, The Devil's Whore - (Company Pictures/Power Television) David Herlihy, The Clinic - Parallel Film Productions (RTÉ) John Kavanagh, George Gently - Element Pictures/Company Pictures (BBC) Peter O'Toole, The Tudors - World 2000 Entertainment (TV3, BBC) Actress in a Supporting Role Television Orla Brady, Mistresses - (Ecosse Films for BBC One) Maria Doyle Kennedy, The Tudors - World 2000 Entertainment (TV3, BBC) Hilda Fay, Whistleblower - Saffron Pictures / Newgrange Pictures (RTÉ) Amy Huberman, The Clinic - Parallel Film Productions (RTÉ) CRAFT / TECHNICAL CATEGORIES Costume Design Joan Bergin, The Tudors - (World 2000 Entertainment) Driscoll Calder, 32A - (Janey Pictures) Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh, Brideshead Revisited - (Ecosse Films) Leonie Prendergast, Kisses - (Element Pictures Distribution) Director of Photography Seamus Deasy, A Film With Me In It - (Parallel Film Productions) PJ Dillon, 32A - (Janey Pictures) Owen McPolin, Little Dorrit - (BBC) Fergal O'Hanlon, Anton - (Fox Glove Films & i4i Productions) Editing J. Patrick Duffner, Kisses - (Element Pictures Distribution) Shane Sutton, Fight or Flight - (Good Dog Films Limited) Ben Yeates, Raw - (Ecosse Films / Octagon Films for RTÉ) Gareth Young, Eden - (Samson Films) Make Up & Hair sponsored by MAC Eileen Buggy & Morna Ferguson, George Gently - (Element Pictures / Company Pictures) Joni Galvin & Muriel Bell, Dorothy - (Octagon Films) Liz Byrne, Kisses - (Element Pictures Distribution) Sharon Doyle & Dee Corcoran, The Tudors - (World 2000 Entertainment) Original Score David Holmes, Cherrybomb - (Generator Entertainment, Octogan Films, and Green Park Films) David Holmes, Hunger - (Blast! Films) Stephen McKeon, Niko & The Way To The Stars - (Magma Films) Anna Rice, Anton - (Fox Glove Films & i4i Productions) Production Design Tom Conroy, The Tudors - (World 2000 Entertainment) John Paul Kelly, The Other Boleyn Girl - (Universal) Tom McCullagh, Hunger - (Blast! Films) David Wilson, Dorothy - (Octagon Films) Sound Brendan Deasy, A Film With Me In It - (Parallel Film Productions) Ronan Hill & Mervyn Moore, Hunger - (Blast! Films)
John Fitzgerald, Patrick Drummond & Caoimhe Doyle, Niko and the Way to the Stars - (Magma Films) Paul Maynes, Niall Brady & Garret Farrell, Waveriders - (Element Pictures Distribution) TELEVISION CATEGORIES Children s / Youth Programme Aifric - Micheal O'Domhnaill, Telegael Media Group (TG4) Aisling's Diary Triona Campbell, Campbell Ryan Productions (RTÉ) Funky Fables - John Rice, Jam Media Ltd (BBC) Quizone - Lisa McGrath, Vision Independent Productions (RTÉ) Current Affairs A Lost Boy (Spotlight) Gwyneth Jones, Darragh MacIntyre (BBC) Cocaine (Prime Time Investigates) - Paul Loughlin / Sean Mac Giolla Phadraig, Keelin Shanley / Barry O Kelly (RTÉ) Slave Labour Ireland (Prime Time Investigates) - Michael Hughes, Paul Maguire (RTÉ) Teen Bullying (Prime Time Investigates) - Frank Shouldice, Oonagh Smyth (RTÉ) Documentary Series Bertie - Steve Carson, Mint Productions (RTÉ) Death or Canada - Stephen Rooke, Tile Films / Ballinran Productions (RTÉ) How the Irish Have Sex Martin Danneels, Red Pepper Productions (TV3) Mobs Mhericeá - Dathai Keane, Abú Media (TG4) Single Documentary Brian Keenan: Back to Beirut - Moore Sinnerton, Chistera Productions (BBC) Cromwell In Ireland - Maurice Sweeney, Tile Films (RTÉ) Patrick McCabe: Blood Relations - Dara McCluskey, Midas Productions (RTÉ) Pimpernel sa Vatican - Brian Willis, Igloo films (TG4) Entertainment Programme The Apprentice - Larry Bass, Screentime Shinawil (TV3) The Panel - Neil Delamare, Happy Endings Productions (RTÉ) The Podge and Rodge Show - Jim Jennings (RTÉ) Tubridy Tonight Kathy Fox (RTÉ) Factual Programme Ballet Chancers - Jean Devlin, Animo (RTÉ) Celebrity Bainisteoir - Fiona Looney, Animo / Kite Entertainment (RTÉ) In The Name Of The Fada - Pat Comer, Peer Pressure Productions (RTÉ) Who Do You Think You Are? - Gerry Hoban, Mint Productions (RTÉ) Sport Brief Encounters of the Sporting Mind - Garry Keane, GMarshTV (Setanta) Euro 2008 - Bill O'Herlihy (RTÉ) Road to Croker... With Bertie Ahern - Cormac Hargaden, Loosehorse (RTÉ) Troid Fhuilteach (A Bloody Canvas) - Andrew Gallimore, Fastnet Films, TG4 OTHERS Animation Days Like This - Flickerpix (BBCNI) Granny O'Grimm - Brown Bag Films Niko and the Way to the Stars - Magma Films On The Air: Hypnotised Hen - Flickerpix (BBCNI)
Short Film An Ranger PJ Dillon (Carbon Films) The Door Juanita Wilson (Octagon Films) Martin Seán Branigan (Elk Films) Of Best Intentions Brian Durnin (Red Rage Films for RTÉ) Special Irish Language Aifric - Micheal O'Domhnaill, Telegael Media Group (TG4) Fairytale of Kathmandu - Neasa Ní Chianáin, Vinegar Hill Productions NI (RTÉ) In The Name Of The Fada - Pat Comer, Peer Pressure Productions (RTÉ) Seacht - Ferdia MacAnna, Eo Teilifis /Stirling Film and TV Productions/Tyrone Productions (TG4) Rising Star Award, sponsored by Bord Scannán na héireann/the Irish Film Board Sarah Bolger Actress Lance Daly Writer/Director Michael Fassbender Actor Enda Walsh Writer