8th Irish Film & Television Awards

8th Irish Film & Television Awards
8th Irish Film & Television Awards
Date	12 February 2011
Site	Convention Centre Dublin
Hosted by	Simon Delaney
Highlights
Best Film	As If I Am Not There
Best Actor	Martin McCann; Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne
Best Actress	Amy Huberman; Rewind
Most awards	As If I Am Not There (3); The Tudors (3)
Most nominations	Love/Hate (10)
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The 8th Irish Film & Television Awards were held on 12 February 2011 in the Convention Centre, Dublin.^[1]^[2]^[3]

It was hosted by actor Simon Delaney and honoured Irish film and television released in 2010.^[4] The Awards show was broadcast live on RTÉ One television in Ireland.^[5]

Irish producer Morgan O'Sullivan was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Industry Award.^[6] The Bosnian war drama As If I Am Not There won the best film, script and director awards. Martin McCann scooped the lead actor award for his performance in Swansong – Story of Occi Byrne while Amy Huberman received the lead actress award for Rewind.^[7] Pierce Brosnan and Saoirse Ronan both won awards for their supporting roles in the international features The Ghost and The Way Back respectively, while Stephen Rea and Ruth McCabe received IFTAs for their performances in the television drama Single Handed. In television drama, the fourth and final season of The Tudors was named best drama series/soap which followed awards for the series' craft team in costume design Joan Bergin and make-up and Hair. Live Aid biopic When Harvey Met Bob received the IFTA for single drama/ drama serial and its star Domhnall Gleeson was announced the winner of the rising star award and lead actor television awards. In the international categories, David Fincher's The Social Network won the IFTA for international film with its star Jesse Eisenberg winning for best international actor. Annette Bening received the international actress award for her performance in The Kids Are All Right. The Republic of Telly's premiere of the Rubberbandits' Horse Outside took the people's choice award for best TV moment of the year.^[8]^[9] The late Gerry Ryan was honoured when his daughter accepted an award on his behalf for Operation Transformation, which won Best Factual Programme.^[10]^[11]^[12]

Awards

Awards in Film

Best Film

As If I Am Not There (Winner)
- Perrier's Bounty
- Sensation
- Swansong
- The Runway

Director in Film

Juanita Wilson – As If I Am Not There (Winner)
- PJ Dillon – Rewind
- Tom Hall – Sensation
- Ian Power – The Runway

Script Film

Juanita Wilson- As If I Am Not There (Winner)
- Will Collins – My Brothers
- Conor McDermottroe – Swansong – Story of Occi Byrne
- Mark O'Rowe – Perrier's Bounty

Actor in a lead role – Film

Martin McCann – Swansong – Story of Occi Byrne (Winner)
- Colm Meaney – Parked
- Cillian Murphy – Perrier's Bounty
- Liam Neeson – Chloe

Actor in a Supporting Role – Film

Pierce Brosnan – The Ghost (Winner)
- Colin Farrell – The Way Back
- Brendan Gleeson – Perrier's Bounty
- Cillian Murphy – Inception

Actress in a Supporting Role – Film

Saoirse Ronan – The Way Back (Winner)
- Kerry Condon – The Runway
- Marcella Plunkett – Swansong – Story of Occi Byrne
- Eileen Walsh – Snap

Feature Documentary

The Pipe (Winner)
- Burma Soldier
- Pyjama Girls
- What We Leave in Our Wake

International Categories

Best International Film

The Social Network(Winner)

International Actor

Jesse Eisenberg- The Social Network (Winner)
- Russell Crowe – The Next Three Days
- Leonardo DiCaprio – Inception
- Tahar Rahim – A Prophet

International Actress

Annette Bening – The Kids are Alright (Winner)
- Helena Bonham Carter – The King's Speech
- Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
- Natasha Petrovic – As If I Am Not There

Television Drama Categories

Single Drama / Drama Serial

When Harvey Met Bob (Winner)
- MO
- Na Cloigne
- The Silence
- Wild Decembers

Drama Series / Soap

The Tudors (Winner)
- Love/Hate
- RAW
- Ros na Rún
- Single-Handed

Director Television

Dearbhla Walsh – The Silence (Winner)
- David Caffrey – Love/Hate
- Thaddeus O'Sullivan – Single-Handed
- Robert Quinn – Na Cloigne

Writer Television

Stuart Carolan- Love/Hate (Winner)
- Darach Ó Scolaí & Lauren Mackenzie – Na Cloigne
- Lisa McGee – RAW
- Hilary Reynolds – Fair City

Actor in a Lead Role – Television

Domhnall Gleeson – When Harvey Met Bob (Winner)
- Owen McDonnell – Single-Handed
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors
- Robert Sheehan – Love/Hate

Actor in a Supporting Role – Television

Stephen Rea – Single Handed (Winner)
- Brian Gleeson – Love/Hate
- Seán McGinley – Wild Decembers
- Eamon Morrissy – Fair City

Actress in a Supporting Role – Television

Ruth McCabe – Single-Handed (Winner)
- Sarah Bolger – The Tudors
- Dervla Kirwan – The Silence
- Ruth Negga – Love/Hate

Craft / Technical Categories

Costume Design

Joan Bergin – The Tudors (Winner)
- Consolata Boyle – Tamara Drewe
- Joan O'Cleary – Swansong – Story of Occi Byrne
- Susan Scott – Cup Cake

Director of Photography

PJ Dillon – The Runway (Winner)
- Tim Fleming – As If I Am Not There
- Donal Gilligan – Love/Hate
- Owen McPolin – The Silence

Editing

Emer Reynolds – My Brothers (Winner)
- Dermot Diskin – Love/Hate
- Guy Montgomery – Parked
- Nathan Nugent – As If I Am Not There

Make Up & Hair

Tom McInerney, Dee Corcoran – The Tudors (Winner)
- Gill Brennan – Swansong – Story of Occi Byrne
- Caroline McCurdy – Na Cloigne
- Louise Myler – Parked

Original Score

Ray Harman – Na Cloigne (Winner)
- Niall Byrne – Parked
- Lance Hogan – Lapland Odyssey
- Gary Lightbody & Jacknife Lee – My Brothers

Production Design

Ray Ball – The Runway
- Tamara Conboy – Sensation
- Tom Conroy – The Tudors
- Susie Cullen – The Silence

Sound

Karl Merren, Ken Galvin, Peter Blayney – The Silence
- Daniel Birch, Robert Flanagan – Circus Fantasticus
- Robert Flanagan, Michelle Cunniffe, Fiadhnait McCann – Essential Killing
- Patrick Hanlon, Ken Galvin, Niall Brady – Rewind

Television Categories

Children's / Youth Programme

Big City Park (Winner)
- The Octonauts
- Primary School Musical
- Seacht

Current Affairs

Spotlight: The Iris Robinson Investigation (Winner)

Documentary Series

Freefall: The Night The Banks Failed (Winner)
- 1916 Seachtar na Cásca
- Ireland's Greatest
- The Truth about Travellers

Documentary

Voices From The Grave (Winner)
- Children in Charge: Ireland's Young Carers
- TK Whitaker – Seirbhíseach an Stait
- Vanished in the Mountains: Ireland's Missing Women

Entertainment Programme

Your Bad Self (Winner)
- The Apprentice
- Feirm Factor
- The Model Scouts

Factual Programme

Operation Transformation (Winner)
- Ireland AM
- Reeling in the Years
- The Eagles Return

Sports Programme

In Sunshine Or in Shadow
- Graeme McDowell's Major Moment
- Gualainn le Gualainn
- World Cup Live

Other Categories

There was a single award for lead actress; the Irish Film and Television Academy claimed that they had "not received sufficient submissions" to have separate awards.^[13]

Actress in a lead role – Film/TV

Amy Huberman- Rewind (Winner)
- Ruth Bradley – Love/Hate
- Orla Brady – Mistresses
- Sarah Flood – Fair City
- Charlene McKenna – RAW

Short Film

Small Change (Winner)
- Deep End Dance
- Noreen
- Pentecos

Rising Star Award

Domhnall Gleeson
- Antonia Campbell Hughes
- Ian Power
- Juanita Wilson

Special Irish Language Award

1916 Seachtar na Cásca
- An Crisis
- Na Cloigne
- Ros na Rún

Animation

The External World
- Anam an Amhráin
- Head Space
- The Octonauts

Outstanding Contribution to Industry

Morgan O'Sullivan^[14]

References

^ "Stars arrive in Dublin for IFTA Ceremony". IFTN.ie. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
^ "Guest line-up for IFTAs announced". RTÉ News. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
^ "Gleesons make IFTAs shortlist a family affair". Irish Examiner. 11 January 2011.
^ "Simon Delaney to Host 2011 IFTAs". IFTN.ie. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
^ Ryan, Susan. "Gallery: Check out the winners at last night's IFTAs". The Daily Edge.
^ "Morgan O'Sullivan to receive Outstanding Contribution to Industry Award at IFTA 2011". IFTA.ie. 19 January 2010. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
^ "Belfast thespian Martin McCann shines at Irish awards bash". Belfast Telegraph. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
^ "IFTA winners announced". The Irish Times. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
^ "Bosnian war film takes home top awards at Iftas". The Irish Times. 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
^ "Ryan's daughter tells of joy as her late father honoured at IFTAs". Irish Independent. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
^ "IFTAs Behind the Scenes Blog". RTÉ News. 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
^ "IFTA winners 2011 announced". 13 February 2011 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Daly, Susan. "IFTA nominations: Where have all the actresses gone?". TheJournal.ie.
^ "Producer O'Sullivan to receive Outstanding Contribution award at IFTAs". Irish Examiner. 19 January 2011.

External links

Official Site

[1] "Stars arrive in Dublin for IFTA Ceremony". IFTN.ie. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2011.

[2] "Guest line-up for IFTAs announced". RTÉ News. 9 February 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2011.

[3] "Gleesons make IFTAs shortlist a family affair". Irish Examiner. 11 January 2011.

[4] "Simon Delaney to Host 2011 IFTAs". IFTN.ie. 23 January 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2011.

[5] Ryan, Susan. "Gallery: Check out the winners at last night's IFTAs". The Daily Edge.

[6] "Morgan O'Sullivan to receive Outstanding Contribution to Industry Award at IFTA 2011". IFTA.ie. 19 January 2010. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2011.

[7] "Belfast thespian Martin McCann shines at Irish awards bash". Belfast Telegraph. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

[8] "IFTA winners announced". The Irish Times. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

[9] "Bosnian war film takes home top awards at Iftas". The Irish Times. 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

[10] "Ryan's daughter tells of joy as her late father honoured at IFTAs". Irish Independent. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

[11] "IFTAs Behind the Scenes Blog". RTÉ News. 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2011.

[12] "IFTA winners 2011 announced". 13 February 2011 – via www.rte.ie. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[13] Daly, Susan. "IFTA nominations: Where have all the actresses gone?". TheJournal.ie.

[14] "Producer O'Sullivan to receive Outstanding Contribution award at IFTAs". Irish Examiner. 19 January 2011.

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