7th Irish Film & Television Awards

Best Film

• The Eclipse (Winner)
  • Ondine
  • The Secret of Kells
  • Zonad
  • Eamon

Director in Film

• Jim Sheridan – Brothers (Winner)
  • Neil Jordan – Ondine
  • John Carney, Kieran Carney – Zonad
  • Conor McPherson – The Eclipse

Script Film

• Conor McPherson, Billy Roache – The Eclipse (Winner)
  • Neil Jordan – Ondine
  • John Carney, Kieran Carney – Zonad
  • Margaret Corkery – Eamon

Actor in a lead role

• Colin Farrell – Ondine (Winner)
  • Ciarán Hinds – The Eclipse
  • Darren Healy – Savage
  • Stephen Rea – Nothing personal

Actress in a lead role

• Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones (Winner)
  • Janice Byrne – Zonad
  • Amy Kirwan – Eamon
  • Jade Yourell – Happy Ever Afters

Actor in a Supporting Role Film

• Aidan Quinn – The Eclipse (Winner)
  • Simon Delaney – Happy Ever Afters
  • Michael Fassbender – Fish Tank
  • Michael Gambon – Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince

Actress in a Supporting Role Film

• Dervla Kirwan – Ondine (Winner)
  • Anne Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy
  • Nora-Jane Noone – Savage
  • Ger Ryan – Happy Ever Afters

Feature Documentary

• His & Hers (Winner)
  • The Bass Player: A song for dad
  • Colony
  • The Yellow Bittern

International film

Best International Film

• The Hurt Locker (Winner)
  • Avatar
  • Let the Right One In
  • Up

Best International Actress

• Meryl Streep – It's Complicated
  • Marion Cotillard – Nine
  • Penélope Cruz – Broken Embraces
  • Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air

Best International Actor

• Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes
  • Sam Rockwell – Moon
  • Vincent Cassel – Mesrine: Killer Instinct
  • Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones

Costume Design

• Consolata Boyle – Chéri (Winner)
  • Joan Bergin – The Tudors
  • Allison Byrne – Cracks
  • Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Ondine

Director of Photography

• Suzie Lavelle – One Hundred Mornings (Winner)
  • Tom Comerford – Savage
  • Ivan McCullough – The Eclipse
  • Ruairí O'Brien – Five Minutes of Heaven

Editing

• Mairead McIvor – Savage (Winner)
  • Emer Reynolds – The Eclipse
  • Isobel Stephenson – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend
  • Ken Wardrop – His & Hers

Make Up & Hair

• The Take – Lorraine Glynn, Morna Ferguson
  • Five Minutes of Heaven – Pamela Smyth
  • The Tudors – Sharon Doyle, Dee Corcoran
  • Zonad – Eileen Buggy, Barbara Conway

Original Score

• Brian Byrne – Zonad
  • Neil Hannon – Wide Open Spaces
  • The Henry Girls – A Shine of Rainbows
  • Stephen McKeon – Savage

Production Design

• Anna Rackard – Ondine (Winner)
  • Tom Conroy – The Tudors
  • Susie Cullen – The Take
  • Ashleigh Jeffers – Occupation

Sound

• Ondine – Brendan Deasy, Tom Johnson, Sarah Gaines (Winner)
  • The Eclipse – Ronan Hill, Jon Stevenson, John Fitzgerald
  • Five Minutes of Heaven – Ronan Hill, Jon Stevenson, John Fitzgerald
  • Savage – Patrick Hanlon, John Fitzgerald, Fiadhnait McCann

Single Drama / Drama Serial

• Five Minutes of Heaven Winner
  • Belonging to Laura
  • Best: His Mother's Son
  • Father & Son
  • Rásaí na Gaillimhe

Drama Series / Soap

• The Clinic Winner
  • Fair City
  • Pure Mule – The Last Weekend
  • Ros na Rún
  • The Tudors

Director Television

• Thaddeus O'Sullivan – Into the Storm (Winner)
  • Ciaran Donnelly – The Tudors
  • Robert Quinn – Rásaí na Gaillimhe
  • Declan Recks – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend

Script Television

• Frank Deasy – Father & Son (Winner)
  • Frank McGuinness – A Short Stay in Switzerland
  • Eugene O'Brien – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend
  • James Phelan – Rásaí na Gaillimhe

Actor in a Lead Role – Television

• • Brendan Gleeson – Into the Storm (Winner)
• Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment
• Liam Neeson – Five Minutes of Heaven
• Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors

Actress in a Lead Role – Television

• Elaine Cassidy – Harper's Island (Winner)
  • Ruth Bradley – Rásaí na Gaillimhe
  • Michelle Fairley – Best: His Mother's Son
  • Charlene McKenna – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend

Actor in a Supporting Role – Television

• Stephen Rea – Father & Son (Winner)
  • Declan Conlon – Fair City
  • Diarmuid Noyes – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend
  • Owen Roe – Val Falvey, T.D.

Actress in a Supporting Role – Television

• Sarah Bolger – The Tudors (Winner)
  • Dawn Bradfield – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend
  • Amy Huberman – The Clinic
  • Tatiana Ouliankina – Belonging to Laura

Children's / Youth Programme

• On The Block – Tory Island (Winner)
  • Aisling's Diary
  • Ballybraddan
  • Seacht

Current Affairs

• The Frontline (Winner)
  • Paul Williams Investigates: The Battle for the Gasfield
  • Prime Time Investigates: Travellers – On the Edge
  • Spotlight: Stem Cell Tourists

Documentary Series

• Blood of the Irish (Winner)
  • Bóthar go dtí an White House
  • I See A Darkness
  • Teorainn

Single Documentary

• Seamus Heaney: Out Of The Marvellous (Winner)
  • Abuse of Trust: Sins of the Fathers
  • The Forgotten Irish
  • The House

Entertainment Programme

• Apprentice (Winner)
  • The All Ireland Talent Show
  • The Savage Eye
  • Xposé – The Stephen Gately Tribute

News Programme

• TV3 News at 5.30 (Winner)
  • BBC Newsline
  • City Channel News

Factual Programme

• Nightly News with Vincent Browne (Winner)
  • Celebrity Bainisteoir
  • Killers – O'Reilly
  • Welcome to my World

Sports

• Grand Slam Journey (Winner)
  • GAA Beo
  • Pride of The Parish
  • Shay Elliot

Special Irish Language Award

• Rásaí na Gaillimhe (Winner)
  • CSÍ
  • Ros na Rún
  • Seacht

Animation

• The Secret of Kells (Winner)
  • Hasan Everywhere
  • The Polish Language
  • Trolley Boy

Short Film

• Runners (Winner)
  • If I Should Fall Behind
  • Moore Street Masala
  • Sunshower

Rising Star Award^[5]

• Tomm Moore^[6]
  • Margaret Corkery
  • Darren Healy
  • Brendan Muldowney
  • Robert Sheehan
  • Ken Wardrop

Lifetime Achievement Award

• John Boorman