1st Irish Film & Television Awards

1st Irish Film & Television Awards
1st Irish Film & Television Awards
Date	1 November 2003
Site	Burlington Hotel, Dublin
Hosted by	James Nesbitt
Highlights
Best Film	Intermission
Best Actor	Andrew Scott; Dead Bodies
Best Actress	Angeline Ball; Bloom
Most awards	Intermission (4)
Most nominations	Intermission (12)
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The 1st Annual Irish Film & Television Awards was hosted by James Nesbitt on 1 November 2003, honouring Irish film and television released in 2003.^[1]^[2]

Awards in film[]

Best Irish Film Jury Award

Intermission (Winner)
- The Actors
- Chávez: Inside the Coup
- Dead Bodies
- Song for a Raggy Boy
- Veronica Guerin

Best Film Director

John Crowley for Intermission (Winner)
- John Deery for Conspiracy of Silence
- Robert Quinn for Dead Bodies
- Liz Gill for Goldfish Memory
- Aisling Walsh for Song for a Raggy Boy

Best Short Film

Meeting Che Guevara and the Man from Maybury Hill (Winner)
- Eireville
- The Last Time
- Strangers in the Night

Awards in acting[]

Best Actor in a Lead Role – Film (Jury Award)

Andrew Scott for Dead Bodies (Winner)
- Colin Farrell for SWAT
- Michael McElhatton for Spin the Bottle
- Cillian Murphy for 28 Days Later
- Aidan Quinn for Song for a Raggy Boy

Best Actor in a Leading Role – Television

James Nesbitt for Murphy's Law (Winner)
- for Ros na Rún
- Simon Delaney for Bachelors Walk
- Ciarán McMenamin for Any Time Now

Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Film/TV

David Wilmot for Intermission (Winner)
- Colin Farrell for Intermission
- Ciarán Hinds for Veronica Guerin
- Gerard McSorley for Veronica Guerin
- Owen Roe for Any Time Now

Best Actress in a Lead Role – Film

Angeline Ball for Bloom (Winner)
- Bronagh Gallagher for Spin the Bottle
- Maria Doyle Kennedy for Mystics
- Flora Montgomery for Goldfish Memory
- Natascha McElhone for Solaris

Best Actress in a Leading Role – Television

Angeline Ball for Any Time Now (Winner)
- Dearbhla Molloy for
- for Ros na Rún

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Film/TV

for Any Time Now (Winner)
- Brenda Fricker for Veronica Guerin
- Fiona Glascott for Goldfish Memory
- Deirdre O'Kane for Intermission
- Ger Ryan for Intermission

Awards in television[]

Best TV Drama

Bachelors Walk (Winner)
- Any Time Now
- Watermelon

Best Entertainment

Amu Amigos "Amazon" (Winner)
- Ryan Confidential – Colin Farrell
- The Late Late Show special on Richard Harris

Best Lifestyle

Amu Amigos "Amazon" (Winner)
- Ireland AM
- Wedding Planners

Best Children's/Youth/Educational/Multicultural/Religious/Regional TV

(Winner)

Best Sports TV

(Winner)

Best Current Affairs

Prime Time: "Cardinal Secrets" (Winner)

Awards across TV and film[]

Best Documentary

(Winner)
- Chavez - Inside the Coup

Best Irish Language

Amu Amigos "Amazon" (Winner)

Best Music in TV/Film

John McPhillips for Spin the Bottle (Winner)
- for God's Kitchen
- for
- for
- ShinAwil Productions for You're A Star

Best Animation

(Winner)

Best Script

Mark O'Rowe for Intermission (Winner)
- Conor McPherson for The Actors
- Derek Landy for Dead Bodies
- for Goldfish Memory
- Ian Fitzgibbon for Spin the Bottle

Best Cinematography / TV Photography

for Song for a Raggy Boy (Winner)
- for Bloom
- for Dead Bodies
- for Goldfish Memory
- for Veronica Guerin

Best Editing

for Dead Bodies (Winner)
- The Actors
- Goldfish Memory
- Spin the Bottle

Best Hair / Make-up

& for Watermelon (Winner)
- Lynn Johnston & for Intermission
- for Spin the Bottle
- & for Veronica Guerin

Best Costume Design

for Spin the Bottle (Winner)
- for Bloom
- for Intermission
- for Veronica Guerin
- Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh for Watermelon

Best Art Direction

Padraig O'Neill for Spin the Bottle (Winner)
- God's Kitchen for
- for Headrush
- for
- for Intermission

Best Sound / Sound Editing

for Dead Bodies (Winner)
- & for Goldfish Memory
- for

Best New Talent

Colin O'Donoghue for (Winner)
- Jonathan Forbes for Conspiracy of Silence
- for
- for
- for Bloom
- David Wilmot for Intermission

People's Choice Awards[]

Best Actor in a Film – Public Vote

Colin Farrell (Winner)

UGC Cinemas Best Irish Film – Public Vote

Veronica Guerin (Winner)
- Evelyn
- Goldfish Memory
- The Actors
- Intermission

Best TV Personality – Public Vote

Miriam O'Callaghan (Winner)
- Patrick Kielty
- Grainne Seoige
- Julian Simmonds
- John Daly
- Gerry Kelly

Lifetime achievement award[]

Awarded to Neil Jordan

References[]

^ "Irish Film & Television Awards Winners 2003". Irish Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
^ "Irish Film and Television Awards: 2003". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2009.

[1] "Irish Film & Television Awards Winners 2003". Irish Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 11 January 2009.

[2] "Irish Film and Television Awards: 2003". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2009.

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1st Irish Film & Television Awards
Date	1 November 2003 (2003-11-01)
Site	Burlington Hotel, Dublin
Hosted by	James Nesbitt
Highlights
Best Film	Intermission
Best Actor	Andrew Scott Dead Bodies
Best Actress	Angeline Ball Bloom
Most awards	Intermission (4)
Most nominations	Intermission (12)
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