6th Irish Film & Television Awards

6th Irish Film & Television Awards
6th Irish Film & Television Awards
Date	14 February 2009
Site	Burlington Hotel, Dublin
Hosted by	Ryan Tubridy
Highlights
Best Film	Hunger
Best Actor	Michael Fassbender; Hunger
Best Actress	Eileen Walsh; Eden
Most awards	Hunger (6); The Tudors (6)
Most nominations	Hunger (8); The Tudors (8)
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The 6th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on 14 February 2009 at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, and was hosted by Ryan Tubridy. It honoured Irish film and television released in 2008.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Awards in Film

Film

Hunger (Winner)
- 32A
- A Film with Me in It
- The Escapist
- Kisses

Director Film

Lance Daly – Kisses (Winner)
- Ian Fitzgibbon – A Film with Me in It
- Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
- Declan Recks – Eden

Script Film

Martin McDonagh – In Bruges (Winner)
- Lance Daly – Kisses
- Mark Doherty – A Film with Me in It
- Enda Walsh – Hunger

Actor in a Lead Role Film

Michael Fassbender – Hunger (Winner)
- Colin Farrell – In Bruges
- Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges
- Dylan Moran – A Film with Me in It

Actress in a Lead Role Film

Eileen Walsh – Eden (Winner)
- Jenn Murray – Dorothy
- Kelly O'Neill – Kisses
- Saoirse Ronan – City of Ember

Actor in a Supporting Role Film

Liam Cunningham – Hunger (Winner)
- Stuart Graham – Hunger
- Gerard McSorley – Anton
- Peter O'Toole – Dean Spanley

Actress in a Supporting Role Film

Saoirse Ronan – Death Defying Acts (Winner)
- Sarah Bolger – The Spiderwick Chronicles
- Lesley Conroy – Eden
- Ger Ryan – Dorothy

George Morrison Feature Documentary Award

Waveriders (Winner)
- Gabriel Byrne: Stories From Home
- Saviours
- Seaview

International Film

In Bruges (Winner)

International Actor

Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man (Winner)
- Casey Affleck – Gone Baby Gone
- Josh Brolin – W.
- Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess

Pantene Best International Actress Award – People's Choice

Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia! (Winner)
- Angelina Jolie – Changeling
- Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long
- Emma Thompson – Brideshead Revisited

Awards in Television Drama

Single Drama/Drama Serial

Whistleblower (Winner)
- George Gently
- The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
- Little White Lie
- School Run

Drama Series / Soap

The Tudors (Winner)
- The Clinic
- Fair City
- Raw
- Ros na Rún

Director Television

Ciaran Donnelly – The Tudors (Winner)
- Dermot Boyd – Whistleblower
- Dearbhla Walsh – Little Dorrit
- Kieron J. Walsh – Raw

Script Television

Graham Linehan – The I.T. Crowd (Winner)
- Stuart Carolan & Barry Murphy – Little White Lie
- Rob Heyland – Whistleblower
- Peter McKenna – The Clinic

Actor in a Lead Role Television

Aidan Gillen – The Wire (Winner)
- Dominic Mafham – The Clinic
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors
- Stanley Townsend – Whistleblower

Actress in a Lead Role Television

Charlene McKenna – Raw (Winner)
- Elaine Cassidy – Little White Lie
- Charlene McKenna – Whistleblower
- Deirdre O'Kane – Bitter Sweet

Actor in a Supporting Role Television

Peter O'Toole – The Tudors (Winner)
- Michael Fassbender – The Devil's Whore
- David Herlihy – The Clinic
- John Kavanagh – George Gently

Actress in a Supporting Role Television

Maria Doyle Kennedy – The Tudors (Winner)
- Orla Brady – Mistresses
- Hilda Fay – Whistleblower
- Amy Huberman – The Clinic

Craft / Technical Awards

Costume Design

Joan Bergin – The Tudors (Winner)
- Driscoll Calder – 32A
- Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Brideshead Revisited
- Leonie Prendergast – Kisses

Director of Photography

PJ Dillon – 32A (Winner)
- Seamus Deasy – A Film with Me in It
- Owen McPolin – Little Dorrit
- Fergal O'Hanlon – Anton

Editing

J. Patrick Duffner – Kisses (Winner)
- Shane Sutton – Fight or Flight
- Ben Yeates – Raw
- Gareth Young – Eden

Make Up & Hair – sponsored by M·A·C

Sharon Doyle & Dee Corcoran – The Tudors (Winner)
- Eileen Buggy & Morna Ferguson – George Gently
- Joni Galvin & Muriel Bell – Dorothy
- Liz Byrne – Kisses

Original Score

David Holmes – Hunger (Winner)
- David Holmes – Cherrybomb
- Stephen McKeon – Niko and the Way to the Stars
- Anna Rice – Anton

Production Design

Tom McCullagh – Hunger (Winner)
- Tom Conroy – The Tudors
- John Paul Kelly – The Other Boleyn Girl
- David Wilson – Dorothy

Sound

Ronan Hill & Mervyn Moore – Hunger (Winner)
- Brendan Deasy – A Film with Me in It
- John Fitzgerald, Patrick Drummond & Caoimhe Doyle – Niko and the Way to the Stars
- Paul Maynes, Niall Brady & Garret Farrel – Waveriders

Awards in Television

Children's / Youth Programme

Aifric (Winner)
- Aisling's Diary
- Funky Fables
- Quizone

Current Affairs

Cocaine (Prime Time Investigates) (Winner)

Documentary Series

Bertie (Winner)
- Death or Canada
- How the Irish Have Sex
- Mobs Mhericeá

Single Documentary

Cromwell in Ireland (Winner)
- Brian Keenan: Back to Beirut
- Patrick McCabe: Blood Relations
- Pimpernel sa Vatican

Entertainment Programme

The Apprentice (Winner)

Factual Programme

In the Name of the Fada (Winner)

Sport

Troid Fhuilteach (A Bloody Canvas) (Winner)
- Brief Encounters of the Sporting Mind
- Euro 2008
- Road to Croker... With Bertie Ahern

Others

Animation

Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (Winner)
- Days Like This
- Niko and the Way to the Stars
- On The Air: Hypnotised Hen

Short Film

The Door (Winner)
- An Ranger
- Martin
- Of Best Intentions

Special Irish Language

In the Name of the Fada (Winner)
- Aifric
- Fairytale of Kathmandu
- Seacht

Rising Star Award, sponsored by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board

Michael Fassbender – Actor (Winner)
- Sarah Bolger – Actor
- Lance Daly – Writer/Director
- Enda Walsh – Writer

Industry Lifetime Contribution Award

George Morrison^[5]

References

^ "ShowBiz Ireland - Debs Chic Rocks The IFTAs..." www.showbiz.ie.
^ "Backstage Beauty with MAC at The IFTAS". Beaut.ie.
^ "Hunger scoops 6 IFTAs". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.
^ "Why i won't be splurging on a new dress for the IFTAs, says Kathryn". herald.
^ "Filmmaker Morrison to get lifetime achievement award". The Irish Times.

[1] "ShowBiz Ireland - Debs Chic Rocks The IFTAs..." www.showbiz.ie.

[2] "Backstage Beauty with MAC at The IFTAS". Beaut.ie.

[3] "Hunger scoops 6 IFTAs". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.

[4] "Why i won't be splurging on a new dress for the IFTAs, says Kathryn". herald.

[5] "Filmmaker Morrison to get lifetime achievement award". The Irish Times.

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Awards	Best Actress in a Lead Role (Film) Best Supporting Actor (Film) Best Supporting Actress (Film)
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Years indicate the years of release, not the date of the ceremony; e.g. "2008" indicates a ceremony that took place in 2009, honouring films and television released in 2008.