2nd Irish Film & Television Awards

The 2nd Annual Irish Film & Television Awards 2004

Hosted by James Nesbitt on 30 October 2004 at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin, Ireland

Awards in film

Best Irish Film – Jury Award

• Omagh (Winner)
  • Adam & Paul
  • Blind Flight
  • Inside I'm Dancing
  • Man About Dog

Best Director

• Lenny Abrahamson for Adam & Paul (Winner)
  • Paddy Breathnach for Man About Dog
  • Alan Gilsenan for Timbuktu
  • Damien O'Donnell for Inside I'm Dancing
  • Pete Travis for Omagh

Best Cinematography

• Mark Garrett for Freeze Frame (Winner)
  • Cian de Buitlear for Man About Dog
  • PJ Dillon for Timbuktu
  • Donal Gilligan for Omagh
  • Peter Robertson for Inside I'm Dancing

Best Music

• Ray Harman for Timbuktu (Winner)
  • Go Blimps Go for The Halo Effect
  • Stephen McKeon for Blind Flight
  • Stephen Rennicks for Adam & Paul
  • Kevin Shields for Lost in Translation

Best Script

• Jeffrey Caine for Inside I'm Dancing (Winner)
  • Lance Daly for The Halo Effect
  • Pearse Elliott for Man About Dog
  • Guy Hibbert & Paul Greengrass for Omagh
  • Mark O'Halloran for Adam & Paul

Best Editing

• Emer Reynolds for Timbuktu (Winner)
  • Dermot Diskin for Man About Dog
  • Kevin Lavelle for Starfish
  • Mairead McIvor for Capital Letters
  • Isobel Stephenson for Adam & Paul

Best Production Design

• Ashleigh Jeffers for Freeze Frame (Winner)
  • Tom Conroy for Inside I'm Dancing
  • Alan Gilsenan for Timbuktu
  • Jim Furlong for Cowboys & Angels
  • Paki Smith for Man About Dog

Best Hair/Make-up

• Dee Corcoran / Ailbhe Lemass for King Arthur (Winner)
  • Barbara Conway / Terry Ralph for The Halo Effect
  • Bernadette Dooley / Morna Ferguson for Laws of Attraction
  • Tom McInerney for Adam & Paul
  • Linda Mooney for Man About Dog

Best Costume Design

• Grania Preston for Cowboys & Angels (Winner)
  • Joan Bergin for Laws of Attraction
  • Lorna Marie Mugan for Inside I'm Dancing
  • Lorna Marie Mugan for Man About Dog
  • Leonie Prendergast for The Halo Effect

Best Short Film

• Undressing My Mother (Winner)
  • Full Circle (2003 film)
  • Take It Back
  • Two Fat Ladies
  • Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom

Awards across TV and film

Best Animation

• Animated Tales of the World: The Boy Who Had No Story (Winner)
  • Dublin 1
  • God's Early Work
  • The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
  • Norman Normal

The Irish Film Board/Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission Award for Best New Talent

• John Simpson for Freeze Frame (Winner)
  • Des Bishop for The Des Bishop Work Experience
  • Pearse Elliott for Man About Dog
  • Karl Geary for Timbuktu
  • Allen Leech for Cowboys & Angels

Best Documentary

• Battle of the Bogside (film)|Battle of the Bogside (Winner)
  • Christine's Children
  • Imagining Ulysses
  • Shutdown: The Story of the Ulster Workers Strike
  • Waiting for Houlihan
  • Who Kidnapped Shergar

Best Irish Language Short / Animated Film / Programme

• Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (Winner)
  • Cinegael Paradiso
  • 'Léargas: Ná Lig Sinn i nDearmad
  • Ros na Rún
  • Tintown

Awards in television

Best Sports Programme

• Final Words: Hurling '03 (Winner)
  • Fearless: 3 Irish Special Olympians
  • Go Racing
  • Martin O'Neill: Man and Bhoy
  • Ringy

Best Lifestyle Programme

• Show Me The Money (Winner)
  • Manchán sa Tsín
  • The Restaurant
  • Three 60
  • Wild Trials

Best Entertainment Programme

• The Bronx Bunny Show (Winner)
  • Amú
  • Close Encounters with Keith Barry
  • The Des Bishop Work Experience
  • The Panel

Best Current Affairs/News Programme

• Prime Time: "Intellectual Disability" (Winner)
  • Prime Time: "Congo Heart of Africa"
  • Prime Time: "Ireland's Teenage Criminals"
  • Prime Time: "The Lost Generation"
  • Spotlight: "Superdollar Plot"

Best TV Drama or Drama Series / Soap

• Holy Cross (Winner)
  • The Clinic
  • Proof
  • The Return
  • Ros na Rún

Best Children's/Youth Programme

• Animated Tales of the World: The Boy Who Had No Story (Winner)
  • ATL TV
  • ID+
  • S@ttitude
  • Scope

Awards in acting

Best Actor in a Leading Role - Film

• Gerard McSorley for Omagh (Winner)
  • Colin Farrell for A Home at the End of the World
  • Tom Murphy for Adam & Paul
  • Stephen Rea for The Halo Effect
  • Karl Shiels for Capital Letters

Best Actor in TV Drama

• Ciarán Hinds for The Mayor of Casterbridge (Winner)
  • Simon Delaney for Pulling Moves
  • Dylan Moran for Black Books
  • James Nesbitt for Wall of Silence
  • David Wilmot for The Clinic

Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Film/TV

• Peter O'Toole for Troy (Winner)
  • Colum Convey for Holy Cross
  • Gary Lydon for The Clinic
  • Ciarán Nolan for Man About Dog
  • Jim Norton for Proof

Best Actress in a Leading Role - Film

• Eva Birthistle for Ae Fond Kiss... (Winner)
  • Eva Birthistle for Timbuktu
  • Michèle Forbes for Omagh
  • Brenda Fricker for Inside I'm Dancing
  • Louise Lewis for Adam & Paul

Best Actress in a TV Drama

• Anne Marie Duff for Shameless (Winner)
  • Orla Brady for Proof
  • Orla Brady for Servants
  • Amanda Burton for Silent Witness
  • Niamh Cusack for Too Good to be True

Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Film/TV

• Susan Lynch for 16 Years of Alcohol (Winner)
  • Susan Lynch for Bodies
  • Rachel Pilkington for The Clinic
  • Jasmine Russell for Capital Letters
  • Ger Ryan for The Return

People's Choice Awards

The AIB People's Choice Awards For Best Irish Film

• Song for a Raggy Boy (Winner)
  • Blind Flight
  • Bloom
  • Cowboys and Angels
  • Omagh

The Siemens Mobile TV Personality of the Year Award

• Claire Byrne (Winner)
  • Gerry Anderson
  • Jarlath Burns
  • Gerry Kelly
  • Derek Mooney
  • Gráinne Seoige

The Jameson People's Choice Award for Best International Film

• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Winner)
  • Fahrenheit 9/11
  • Lost in Translation
  • Mystic River
  • The Passion of the Christ

The Pantene People's Choice Award for Best International Actress Award

• Keira Knightley for King Arthur and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Winner)
  • Cameron Diaz for Shrek 2
  • Scarlett Johansson for Lost in Translation
  • Charlize Theron for Monster
  • Uma Thurman for Kill Bill: Vol. 2

The Avica People's Choice Award for Best International Actor

• Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Winner)
  • Jake Gyllenhaal for The Day After Tomorrow
  • Jude Law for Cold Mountain
  • Bill Murray for Lost in Translation
  • Sean Penn for Mystic River

Outstanding Irish Contribution to Cinema

• Awarded to Pierce Brosnan

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Awarded to Maureen O'Hara