5th Irish Film & Television Awards

5th Irish Film & Television Awards
5th Irish Film & Television Awards
Date	17 February 2008
Site	Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Hosted by	Ryan Tubridy
Highlights
Best Film	Garage
Best Actor	Pat Shortt; Garage
Best Actress	Aisling O'Sullivan; The Clinic
Most awards	Kings (5)
Most nominations	Kings (14)
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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 –

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
- 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
- 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
- –
- 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
- Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten

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 – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
- 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[]

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

"Irish Film and Television Awards: 2008". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 27 September 2009.

[1] "Rhys Myers drama dominates IFTAs". Irish Examiner. 17 February 2008.

[2] "Russo for the IFTAs - Movie News • Movies.ie - Irish Cinema Site". 11 February 2008.

[3] "Kings, Garage rule IFTAs". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.

[4] "Dublin prepares for IFTA's". Breaking News. 17 February 2008.

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