The 5th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards Winners

FILM CATEGORIES

Film - Garage Becoming Jane - (Ecosse Films/Octagon) Closing the Ring - (The Works UK Distribution) Garage - (Element Pictures Distribution) Kings - (Newgrange Pictures) Shrooms - (Treasure Entertainment)

International Film - The Lives of Others Atonement (Universal) The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal) La Vie en Rose (Eclipse Pictures) The Lives of Others (Lionsgate)

Director Film – Lenny Abrahamson - Garage Lenny Abrahamson – Garage (Element Pictures Distribution) Paddy Breathnach – Shrooms (Treasure Entertainment) Tom Collins – Kings (Newgrange Pictures) John Crowley – Boy A (Cuba Pictures) Robert Quinn – Cré na Cille (ROSG)

Script Film – Mark O’Halloran - Garage Tom Collins – Kings (Newgrange Pictures) Mark O’Halloran – Garage (Element Pictures Distribution) Mark O’Rowe – Boy A (Cuba Pictures) Stuart Townsend – Battle in Seattle (Insight Film Studios)

Actor in a Lead Role Film – Pat Shortt - Garage Gabriel Byrne – Jindabyne (Revolver Entertainment) Colm Meaney – Kings (Newgrange Pictures) Cillian Murphy – Sunshine (Twentieth Century Fox) Hugh O’Conor – Speed Dating (System 48) Pat Shortt – Garage (Element Pictures Distribution)

Actor in a Supporting Role Film – Brendan Conroy – Kings Brendan Conroy – Kings (Newgrange Pictures) Donal O’Kelly – Kings (Newgrange Pictures) Conor J Ryan – Garage (Element Pictures Distribution) Don Wycherley – Speed Dating (System 48)

Actress in a Supporting Role Film – Saoirse Ronan - Atonement Elaine Cassidy – And When Did You Last See Your Father (Walt Disney Studio Motion Pictures Ireland) Anne Marie Duff – Garage (Element Pictures Distribution) Gail Fitzpatrick – Strength and Honour (Maron Pictures) Saoirse Ronan – Atonement (Universal)

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 DRAMA CATEGORIES

Single Drama / Drama Serial – The Running Mate Damage (Subotica Entertainment) My Boy Jack (Ecosse Films/Octagon Films) Prosperity (Element Pictures) The Running Mate (Rubicon Films)

Drama Series / Soap – The Tudors The Clinic (Parallel Film Productions) Ros na Rún (EO Teilifís/Léirithe Thír Eoghain) Single-Handed (Touchpaper) The Tudors (World 2000)

Director Television – Lenny Abrahamson - Prosperity Lenny Abrahamson – Prosperity (Element Pictures) Brian Kirk – The Tudors (World 2000) Paul Mercier – Aifric (Telegael Media Group) Declan Recks – The Running Mate (Rubicon Films)

Script Television – Mark O’Halloran - Prosperity Marcus Fleming – The Running Mate (Rubicon Films) Mark O’Halloran – Prosperity (Element Pictures) Daniel O’Hara, Paddy C.Courtney – Paddywhackery (Dough Productions) Aisling Walsh – Damage (Subotica Entertainment)

Actor in a Lead Role Television – Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors Denis Conway – The Running Mate (Rubicon Films) Michael Gambon – Celebration (Parallel Film Productions) Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors (World 2000) Don Wycherley – The Running Mate (Rubicon Films)

Actor in a Supporting Role Television – Nick Dunning – The Tudors Nick Dunning – The Tudors (World 2000) Leroy Harris – Prosperity (Element Pictures) Eamonn Hunt – The Running Mate (Rubicon Films) Gary Lydon – The Clinic (Parallel Film Productions)

Actress in a Lead Role Film/Television – Aisling O’Sullivan – The Clinic Clíona Ní Chiosáin – Aifric (Telegael Media Group) Fionnula Flanagan – Brotherhood (Channel 6) Brid Ní Neachtain – Cré na Cille (ROSG) Aisling O’Sullivan – The Clinic (Parallel Film Productions) Siobhan Shanahan – Prosperity (Element Pictures)

Actress in a Supporting Role Television – Maria Doyle Kennedy – The Tudors Dawn Bradfield – The Clinic (Parallel Film Productions) Maria Doyle Kennedy – The Tudors (World 2000) Fionnula Flanagan – Paddywhackery (Dough Productions) Amy Huberman – The Clinic (Parallel Film Productions)

CRAFT CATEGORIES

Costume Design – Joan Bergin – The Tudors Joan Bergin – The Tudors (World 2000) Maggie Donnelly – Kings (Newgrange Pictures) Lorna Marie Mugan – My Boy Jack (Ecosse Films/Octagon Films) Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Becoming Jane (Ecosse Films/Octagon)

Director of Photography - Seamus McGarvey - Atonement PJ Dillon – Kings (Newgrange Pictures) Seamus McGarvey – Atonement (Universal) Peter Robertson – Garage (Element Pictures Distribution) Ciaran Tanham – Northanger Abbey (Octagon Films)

Editing - Dermot Diskin – Kings Dermot Diskin – Kings (Newgrange Pictures) Stephen O’Connell – Damage (Subotica Entertainment) Isobel Stephenson – Garage (Element Pictures Distribution) Gareth Young – The Running Mate (Rubicon Films)

Hair & Makeup – Jennifer Hegarty, Dee Corcoran – The Tudors Kings – Muriel Bell, Pamela Smyth (Newgrange Pictures) My Boy Jack – Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn (Ecosse Films/Octagon Films) Prosperity – Tom McInerney, Sandra Kelly (Element Pictures) The Tudors – Jennifer Hegarty, Dee Corcoran (World 2000)

Original Score – Pol Brennan - Kings Pol Brennan – Kings (Newgrange Pictures) Jim Lockhart – Cré na Cille (ROSG) Stephen McKeon – The Running Mate (Rubicon Films) Stephen Rennicks – Garage (Element Pictures Distribution)

Production Design – Tom Conroy – The Tudors Tom Conroy – The Tudors (World 2000) David Craig – Kings (Newgrange Pictures) Tom Mc Cullagh – Closing the Ring (The Works UK Distribution) Padraig O’Neill – Garage (Element Pictures Distribution)

Sound - Ken Galvin, Ronan Hill, Dominic Weaver - Kings Becoming Jane – Nick Adams, Tom Johnson, Mervyn Moore (Ecosse Films/Octagon) Garage – Niall Brady, John Fitzgerald, Robert Flanagan (Element Pictures Distribution) Kings – Ken Galvin, Ronan Hill, Dominic Weaver (Newgrange Pictures) My Boy Jack – Brendan Deasy, Ken Galvin, Nikki Moss (Ecosse Films/Octagon Films)

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Children’s / Youth Programme - Aifric Aifric (Telegael Media Group) The Café (RTÉ) Cúla Cairde (Tobar Productions) Skunk Fu! (Cartoon Saloon)

Current Affairs Programme - Prime Time Investigates – Not Seen, Not Heard Election 2007 – Results Coverage (RTÉ) Prime Time Investigates – Buyer Beware (RTÉ) Prime Time Investigates – Not Seen, Not Heard (RTÉ) Spotlight: The Pitbull Sting - (BBC Northern Ireland)

Documentary Series – The Hospice The Hospice (Yellow Asylum Films) Imeacht Na N'Iarlaí /Flight of The Earls (BBC NI) Mobs Mheirceá (Abú Media) Scannal (RTÉ) Surgeons (Mint Productions)

Single Documentary - At Home with the Clearys Arts Lives: The Undertaking (Littlebird) At Home with the Clearys (Tern Television) Bloody Sunday – A Derry Diary (Besom Productions) Get Collins (Mint Productions) Ireland’s Nazis (Tile Films) Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (Parallel Films)

Entertainment – The Podge & Rodge Show Dan & Becs (Accomplice Television) Killinaskully (Shortt Comedy Theatre Company) Naked Camera (Scratch Films) The Podge & Rodge Show (RTÉ)

Factual Entertainment - Diarmuid’s Pony Kids Diarmuid’s Pony Kids (Vision Independent Pictures) Families in Trouble (Stopwatch Television) Hector – Mo Rogha San Oz (Good Company Productions) No Experience Required (Liberty Films)

News Programme - BBC Newsline BBC Newsline – BBC Northern Ireland Nuacht RTÉ/TG4 – RTÉ/TG4 RTÉ News – RTÉ TV3 News @ 5.30 – TV3

Sport - Tall, Dark & Ó hAilpín 20 Moments That Shook Irish Sport (Liberty Films) Red Mist (Wildfire Films/Setanta Sports) Rugby World Cup 2007 (TV3/Hot Air Productions) Six Nations: Ireland’s v England (RTÉ) Tall, Dark & Ó hAilpín (Telegael Media Group)

OTHERS

Special Irish Language Award - Kings Aifric (Telegael Media Group) Cré na Cille (ROSG) Kings (Newgrange Pictures) Paddywhackery (Dough Productions)

Irish Film Board Rising Star 2008 – Saoirse Ronan (Sponsored by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board) 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 (Brown Bag Films) Skunk Fu! (Cartoon Saloon) The Ugly Duckling and Me (Magma Films) Wobblyland (Brown Bag Films)

Short Film – New Boy Deep Breaths (PJ Dillon & Alex Jones) Hesitation (Virginia Gilbert & Julien Berlan / Michelle Eastwood / Antonin Dedet) New Boy (Steph Green /Tamara Anghie) No Regrets (Colm Quinn) The Wednesdays (Conor Ferguson & AnneMarie Naughton)

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

Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema Mel Gibson