7th Irish Film & Television Awards

7th Irish Film & Television Awards
7th Irish Film & Television Awards
Date	20 February 2010
Site	Burlington Hotel, Dublin
Hosted by	Victoria Smurfit
Highlights
Best Film	The Eclipse
Best Actor	Colin Farrell; Ondine
Best Actress	Saoirse Ronan; The Lovely Bones
Most awards	Ondine (5)
Most nominations	The Eclipse (8); Ondine (8)
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The 7th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on 20 February 2010 in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin.^[1] It was hosted by Victoria Smurfit and honoured Irish film and television released in 2009.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Awards in film

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

Craft / technical categories (film and television)

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

Television drama categories

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

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

Television categories

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)

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

Others

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

References

^ "IFTA winners are announced in Dublin". RTÉ News. 21 February 2010. Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
^ "Victoria Smurfit to host this year's IFTAs". RTÉ News. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
^ "Irish Film & Television Academy Awards (IFTAS)".
^ "ShowBiz Ireland - The IFTAs Redcarpet 2010..." www.showbiz.ie.
^ "New talents vie to be IFTA Rising Star". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.
^ "Winners of the 7th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards". Irish Film & Television Academy. Retrieved 16 April 2010.

External links

Official Site

[1] "IFTA winners are announced in Dublin". RTÉ News. 21 February 2010. Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.

[2] "Victoria Smurfit to host this year's IFTAs". RTÉ News. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.

[3] "Irish Film & Television Academy Awards (IFTAS)".

[4] "ShowBiz Ireland - The IFTAs Redcarpet 2010..." www.showbiz.ie.

[5] "New talents vie to be IFTA Rising Star". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.

[win-6] "Winners of the 7th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards". Irish Film & Television Academy. Retrieved 16 April 2010.

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