8th Irish Film and Television Awards
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The 8th Irish Film and Television Awards took place on 12 February 2011 in the Convention Centre, Dublin.
It was hosted by Simon Delaney
. The Awards show was broadcast live on RTÉ One
television in Ireland.
Irish producer Morgan O’Sullivan was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Industry Award.
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.
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 series 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.
The late Gerry Ryan
was honoured when his daughter accepted an award on his behalf for Operation Transformation
, which won Best Factual Programme.
Director in Film
Script Film
Actor in a lead role
Actress in a lead role
Actor in a Supporting Role - Film
Actress in a Supporting Role - Film
Feature Documentary
International Actor
International Actress
Drama Series / Soap
Director Television
Writer Television
Actor in a Lead Role - Television
Actor in a Supporting Role - Television
Actress in a Supporting Role - Television
Director of Photography
Editing
Make Up & Hair
Original Score
Production Design
Sound
Current Affairs
Documentary Series
Documentary
Entertainment Programme
Factual Programme
Sports Programme
Rising Star Award
Special Irish Language Award
Animation
It was hosted by Simon Delaney
Simon Delaney
Simon Delaney is an Irish television and theatre director, whose works include the RTE series Bachelors Walk as one of three bachelors living together in a flat on the quays in Dublin....
. The Awards show was broadcast live on RTÉ One
RTÉ One
RTÉ One is the flagship television channel of Raidió Teilifís Éireann , and it is the most popular and most watched television channel in Ireland. It was launched as Telefís Éireann on 31 December 1961, it was renamed RTÉ Television in 1966, and it was renamed as RTÉ One upon the launch of RTÉ...
television in Ireland.
Irish producer Morgan O’Sullivan was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Industry Award.
The Bosnian war drama As If I Am Not There won the best film, script and director awards.
Martin McCann
Martin McCann (actor)
-Biography:McCann born to Anne McCann, he grew up with a brother and sister in the working-class Divis Flats area of Falls Road in Belfast.He credits his mother with helping him with his success...
scooped the lead actor award for his performance in Swansong - Story of Occi Byrne while Amy Huberman
Amy Huberman
Amy O'Driscoll, professionally known as Amy Huberman, is an Irish actress and writer who has starred in numerous productions since beginning her career in 2002 on RTÉ's On Homeground.-Early life:...
received the lead actress award for Rewind.
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist. After leaving school at 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration, but trained at the Drama Centre in London for three years...
and Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Ronan
Saoirse Una Ronan is an Irish film actress. She began her career as a child and came to international prominence in 2007 after co-starring in the film Atonement, which gained her nominations for a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.Ronan has since appeared in...
both won awards for their supporting roles in the international features The Ghost and The Way Back
The Way Back
The Way Back is a 2010 drama film about a group of prisoners who escape from a Siberian Gulag camp during World War II. The film is directed by Peter Weir from a screenplay also by Weir and Keith Clarke, inspired by The Long Walk , a book by Sławomir Rawicz, a Polish POW in the Soviet Gulag. It...
respectively, while Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea
Stephen Rea is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in high profile films such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto...
and Ruth McCabe received IFTAs for their performances in the television drama Single Handed.
In television drama, the fourth and final series of The Tudors
The Tudors
The Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
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
The Social Network
The Social Network is a 2010 American drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, the film portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits...
won the IFTA for international film with its star Jesse Eisenberg winning for best international actor. Annette Bening
Annette Bening
Annette Carol Bening is an American actress. Bening is a four-time Oscar nominee for her roles in The Grifters, American Beauty, Being Julia and The Kids Are All Right, winning Golden Globe Awards for the latter two films...
received the international actress award for her performance in The Kids Are All Right
The Kids Are All Right
The Kids Are All Right is a television game show made by Initial, an Endemol UK company, for the BBC. An eight-episode series was ordered by the BBC, and is presented by John Barrowman. The first episode was broadcast on 12 April 2008. It is recorded at BBC Pacific Quay in Glasgow.It shares some...
.
The Republic of Telly
Republic of Telly
Republic of Telly is a comedy TV review and magazine programme on Irish public broadcaster, RTÉ Two. Presented by comedian Dermot Whelan. The show takes a satirical look at television, mocking various Irish and British TV channels, including sketches and special guests making an appearance from...
's premiere of the Rubberbandits
The Rubberbandits
The Rubberbandits are the award-winning comedy hip-hop duo of Blindboy Boat Club and Mr. Chrome from Limerick, Ireland. Primarily a satirical stage and television act, they have performed throughout Ireland, the UK and USA with shows at events such as Electric Picnic Oxegen and the Bulmers...
’ Horse Outside
Horse Outside
Horse Outside is a single by a Limerick group called the The Rubberbandits. It was released on 8 December 2010, after its accompanying music video was aired on RTÉ Television programme Republic of Telly...
took the people's choice award for best TV moment of the year.
The late Gerry Ryan
Gerry Ryan
Gerard "Gerry" Ryan was an Irish presenter of radio and television employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann...
was honoured when his daughter accepted an award on his behalf for Operation Transformation
Operation Transformation (TV series)
Operation Transformation is an Irish health and fitness programme. The show is a cross-media event broadcast via radio, web and television on RTÉ 2fm, RTÉ.ie and RTÉ One since 2008...
, which won Best Factual Programme.
Awards in Film
Best Film- As If I Am Not There (Winner)
- Perrier's BountyPerrier's BountyPerrier's Bounty is an Irish crime thriller comedy set in modern-day Dublin. Describing it as an "urban western", sophomore director Ian Fitzgibbon directs the film, which stars Brendan Gleeson, who plays the villainous title character, as well as Cillian Murphy and Jim Broadbent as son and...
- SensationSensation (film)Sensation is a 1936 British crime film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring John Lodge, Diana Churchill, Francis Lister and Felix Aylmer...
- Swansong
- The Runway
- Perrier's Bounty
Director in Film
- Juanita WilsonJuanita WilsonJuanita Wilson is an Irish director and writer from Dublin. Her short film The Door received an Irish Film and Television Award in 2009 and an Academy Award nomination in 2010...
- As If I Am Not There (Winner)- PJ Dillon - Rewind
- Tom Hall - Sensation
- Ian Power - The Runway
Script Film
- Juanita WilsonJuanita WilsonJuanita Wilson is an Irish director and writer from Dublin. Her short film The Door received an Irish Film and Television Award in 2009 and an Academy Award nomination in 2010...
- As If I Am Not There (Winner)- Will Collins - My Brothers
- Conor McDermottroe – Swansong - Story of Occi Byrne
- Mark O'RoweMark O'Rowe- Personal Background :Mark O'Rowe was born in 1970 in Dublin, Ireland, to parents Hugh and Patricia O'Rowe. He grew up in Tallaght, a working class suburb just south of Dublin, and he claims that much of the violence in his work stems from watching and rewatching a tremendous amount of violent,...
- Perrier's BountyPerrier's BountyPerrier's Bounty is an Irish crime thriller comedy set in modern-day Dublin. Describing it as an "urban western", sophomore director Ian Fitzgibbon directs the film, which stars Brendan Gleeson, who plays the villainous title character, as well as Cillian Murphy and Jim Broadbent as son and...
Actor in a lead role
- Martin McCannMartin McCann (actor)-Biography:McCann born to Anne McCann, he grew up with a brother and sister in the working-class Divis Flats area of Falls Road in Belfast.He credits his mother with helping him with his success...
- Swansong - Story of Occi Byrne (Winner)- Colm MeaneyColm MeaneyColm J. Meaney is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is second only to Michael Dorn in most appearances in Star Trek episodes. He has guest-starred on many TV shows from Law & Order to The Simpsons...
- Parked - Cillian MurphyCillian MurphyCillian Murphy is an Irish film and theatre actor. He is often noted by critics for his chameleonic performances in diverse roles and distinctive blue eyes and general sex appeal....
- Perrier's BountyPerrier's BountyPerrier's Bounty is an Irish crime thriller comedy set in modern-day Dublin. Describing it as an "urban western", sophomore director Ian Fitzgibbon directs the film, which stars Brendan Gleeson, who plays the villainous title character, as well as Cillian Murphy and Jim Broadbent as son and... - Liam NeesonLiam NeesonLiam John Neeson, OBE is an Irish actor who has been nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and three Golden Globe Awards.He has starred in a number of notable roles including Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List, Michael Collins in Michael Collins, Peyton Westlake in Darkman, Jean Valjean in Les...
– ChloeChloe (film)Chloe is a 2009 erotic thriller directed by Atom Egoyan, a remake of the 2004 French film Nathalie.... This version stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, and Amanda Seyfried in the title role...
- Colm Meaney
Actress in a lead role
- Amy HubermanAmy HubermanAmy O'Driscoll, professionally known as Amy Huberman, is an Irish actress and writer who has starred in numerous productions since beginning her career in 2002 on RTÉ's On Homeground.-Early life:...
- Rewind (Winner)- Ruth BradleyRuth Bradley-Career:Bradley's first screen appearance were in 2002 in Ultimate Force and Sinners .Since then she has had recurring roles in The Clinic , Love Is the Drug , Legend , The Innocence Project , Plus One and Love/Hate .She...
- Love/HateLove/Hate (TV series)Love/Hate is an Irish TV drama series broadcast on RTÉ One, commissioned by Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The first episode aired on 3 October 2010. It stars Aidan Gillen , Robert Sheehan Ruth Negga , Ruth Bradley , Killian Scott and Chris Newman... - Orla BradyOrla Brady-Early life and career:The second of four children born to Dublin publican Patrick Brady and his wife Catherine who had appeared in amateur productions at the Gate Theatre, Brady first became interested in an acting career after reading works by Germaine Greer and Simone de Beauvoir.Brady drifted...
- Mistresses - Sarah Flood - Fair CityFair CityFair City is an award-winning Irish television soap opera on RTÉ One. Produced by Radio Telefís Éireann, it was first broadcast on Monday, September 18, 1989...
- Charlene McKennaCharlene McKennaCharlene McKenna is an award-winning Irish actress. She became a household name and face in Ireland after starring as Jennifer in the television series Pure Mule in 2005. She has had numerous other roles in television dramas in Ireland, including Raw, Single-Handed 2 and Whistleblower...
- RAW
- Ruth Bradley
Actor in a Supporting Role - Film
- Pierce BrosnanPierce BrosnanPierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist. After leaving school at 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration, but trained at the Drama Centre in London for three years...
- The Ghost (Winner)- Colin FarrellColin FarrellColin James Farrell is an Irish actor, who has appeared in such film as Tigerland, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth, The Recruit, Alexander and S.W.A.T....
- The Way BackThe Way BackThe Way Back is a 2010 drama film about a group of prisoners who escape from a Siberian Gulag camp during World War II. The film is directed by Peter Weir from a screenplay also by Weir and Keith Clarke, inspired by The Long Walk , a book by Sławomir Rawicz, a Polish POW in the Soviet Gulag. It... - Brendan GleesonBrendan GleesonBrendan Gleeson is an Irish actor. His best-known films include Braveheart, Gangs of New York, In Bruges, 28 Days Later, the Harry Potter films, The Guard and the role of Michael Collins in The Treaty...
- Perrier's BountyPerrier's BountyPerrier's Bounty is an Irish crime thriller comedy set in modern-day Dublin. Describing it as an "urban western", sophomore director Ian Fitzgibbon directs the film, which stars Brendan Gleeson, who plays the villainous title character, as well as Cillian Murphy and Jim Broadbent as son and... - Cillian MurphyCillian MurphyCillian Murphy is an Irish film and theatre actor. He is often noted by critics for his chameleonic performances in diverse roles and distinctive blue eyes and general sex appeal....
- InceptionInceptionInception: The Subconscious Jams 1994-1995 is a compilation of unreleased tracks by the band Download.-Track listing:# "Primitive Tekno Jam" – 3:23# "Bee Sting Sickness" – 8:04# "Weed Acid Techno" – 8:19...
- Colin Farrell
Actress in a Supporting Role - Film
- Saoirse RonanSaoirse RonanSaoirse Una Ronan is an Irish film actress. She began her career as a child and came to international prominence in 2007 after co-starring in the film Atonement, which gained her nominations for a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.Ronan has since appeared in...
- The Way BackThe Way BackThe Way Back is a 2010 drama film about a group of prisoners who escape from a Siberian Gulag camp during World War II. The film is directed by Peter Weir from a screenplay also by Weir and Keith Clarke, inspired by The Long Walk , a book by Sławomir Rawicz, a Polish POW in the Soviet Gulag. It...
(Winner)- Kerry CondonKerry CondonKerry Condon is an Irish television and film actress.She was born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland. Her roles include Victoria in Unleashed , and Kate Kelly in the 2003 film Ned Kelly...
- The Runway - Marcella Plunkett – Swansong - Story of Occi Byrne
- Eileen WalshEileen Walsh-Biography:Born and raised in Cork, Ireland, Walsh was raised in a Catholic household, and had no intention of becoming an actress, until she followed in the footsteps of her elder sister, who was also an actress, and young Eileen began to attend theatre workshops...
- Snap
- Kerry Condon
Feature Documentary
- The Pipe (Winner)
- Burma Soldier
- Pyjama Girls
- What We Leave in Our Wake
International Categories
Best International Film- The Social NetworkThe Social NetworkThe Social Network is a 2010 American drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, the film portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits...
(Winner)- A ProphetA ProphetA Prophet is a 2009 French prison film directed by Jacques Audiard. Audiard claims that the film aims at "creating icons, images for people who don't have images in movies, like the Arabs in France," though he also had stated that the film "has nothing to do with his vision of society," and is a...
- InceptionInceptionInception: The Subconscious Jams 1994-1995 is a compilation of unreleased tracks by the band Download.-Track listing:# "Primitive Tekno Jam" – 3:23# "Bee Sting Sickness" – 8:04# "Weed Acid Techno" – 8:19...
- Toy Story 3Toy Story 3Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film, and the third installment in the Toy Story series. It was produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed by Lee Unkrich. The film was released worldwide from June through October in Disney Digital...
- A Prophet
International Actor
- Jesse EisenbergJesse EisenbergJesse Adam Eisenberg is an American actor. He made his screen debut with the comedy-drama television series Get Real from 1999 to 2000...
- The Social NetworkThe Social NetworkThe Social Network is a 2010 American drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, the film portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits...
(Winner)- Russell CroweRussell CroweRussell Ira Crowe is a New Zealander Australian actor , film producer and musician. He came to international attention for his role as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 historical epic film Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor, a...
- The Next Three DaysThe Next Three DaysThe Next Three Days is a 2010 thriller film directed by Paul Haggis and starring Russell Crowe and Elizabeth Banks. It was released in the United States on November 19, 2010 and was filmed on location in Pittsburgh... - Leonardo DiCaprioLeonardo DiCaprioLeonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American actor and film producer. He has received many awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator , and has been nominated by the Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television...
- InceptionInceptionInception: The Subconscious Jams 1994-1995 is a compilation of unreleased tracks by the band Download.-Track listing:# "Primitive Tekno Jam" – 3:23# "Bee Sting Sickness" – 8:04# "Weed Acid Techno" – 8:19... - Tahar RahimTahar RahimTahar Rahim is a French actor of Algerian origin. Born in Belfort, France, his family is originally from the region of Oran, Algeria....
- A ProphetA ProphetA Prophet is a 2009 French prison film directed by Jacques Audiard. Audiard claims that the film aims at "creating icons, images for people who don't have images in movies, like the Arabs in France," though he also had stated that the film "has nothing to do with his vision of society," and is a...
- Russell Crowe
International Actress
- Annette BeningAnnette BeningAnnette Carol Bening is an American actress. Bening is a four-time Oscar nominee for her roles in The Grifters, American Beauty, Being Julia and The Kids Are All Right, winning Golden Globe Awards for the latter two films...
- The Kids are AlrightThe Kids Are All Right (film)The Kids Are All Right is a 2010 American comedy-drama film directed by Lisa Cholodenko and written by Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg.One of Sundance 2010's breakout hits, it opened in limited release on July 9, 2010, expanding to more theaters on July 30, 2010. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray...
(Winner)- Helena Bonham CarterHelena Bonham CarterHelena Bonham Carter is an English actress of film, stage, and television. She made her acting debut in a television adaptation of K. M. Peyton's A Pattern of Roses before winning her first film role as the titular character in Lady Jane...
- The King's Speech - Jennifer LawrenceJennifer LawrenceJennifer Shrader Lawrence is an American film and television actress. She has had lead roles in TBS's The Bill Engvall Show and in the independent films The Burning Plain and Winter's Bone, for which she received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress...
- Winter's BoneWinter's BoneWinter's Bone is a 2010 American independent drama film, an adaptation of Daniel Woodrell's 2006 novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by Debra Granik and stars Jennifer Lawrence... - Natasha Petrovic - As If I Am Not There
- Helena Bonham Carter
Television Drama Categories
Single Drama / Drama Serial- When Harvey Met Bob (Winner)
- MO
- Na Cloigne
- The SilenceThe Silence (2010 drama)The Silence is a BBC One 4-part prime-time crime thriller/family drama about a deaf girl who witnesses a murder, first broadcast between 12–15 July 2010. The drama stars deaf actress Genevieve Barr , alongside Dervla Kirwan, Gina McKee, Hugh Bonneville and Douglas Henshall...
- Wild DecembersWild DecembersWild Decembers is an Irish feature-length television drama series which broadcasted on RTÉ One on 29th December 2010. It stars the London-based Galway star of the popular RTÉ drama Single-Handed, Owen McDonnell, Matt Ryan and Lara Belmont...
Drama Series / Soap
- The TudorsThe TudorsThe Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
(Winner)- Love/HateLove/Hate (TV series)Love/Hate is an Irish TV drama series broadcast on RTÉ One, commissioned by Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The first episode aired on 3 October 2010. It stars Aidan Gillen , Robert Sheehan Ruth Negga , Ruth Bradley , Killian Scott and Chris Newman...
- RAW
- Ros na RúnRos na RúnRos na Rún is an Irish soap opera produced for Irish language TV channel TG4. It broadcasts for 35 weeks of the year, airing 2 episodes each week.It airs in Ireland, Scotland and the United States.-Show history:...
- Single-Handed
- Love/Hate
Director Television
- Dearbhla WalshDearbhla WalshDearbhla Walsh is an Irish film and television director who has worked on drama series for several television channels in Ireland and the United Kingdom, including episodes of EastEnders, Shameless and The Tudors. She won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or...
- The SilenceThe Silence (2010 drama)The Silence is a BBC One 4-part prime-time crime thriller/family drama about a deaf girl who witnesses a murder, first broadcast between 12–15 July 2010. The drama stars deaf actress Genevieve Barr , alongside Dervla Kirwan, Gina McKee, Hugh Bonneville and Douglas Henshall...
(Winner)- David CaffreyDavid CaffreyDavid Caffrey is an Irish-born film director. His most recent film is Grand Theft Parsons starring Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate. The film is an account of an urban myth about the death of folk rock legend, Gram Parsons.-Filmography:...
- Love/HateLove/Hate (TV series)Love/Hate is an Irish TV drama series broadcast on RTÉ One, commissioned by Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The first episode aired on 3 October 2010. It stars Aidan Gillen , Robert Sheehan Ruth Negga , Ruth Bradley , Killian Scott and Chris Newman... - Thaddeus O'SullivanThaddeus O'SullivanThaddeus O'Sullivan is an Irish director, cinematographer, writer.-Filmography:-Awards:*1990 won the Silver Rosa Camuna at the Bergamo Film Meeting for December Bride...
- Single-Handed - Robert QuinnBob Quinn (Irish filmmaker)Bob Quinn is an Irish filmmaker, writer and photographer.-Selected filmography:* Poitín * The Atlantean Trilogy * Budawanny * The Bishops Story * Atlantean 2: Navigatio...
- Na Cloigne
- David Caffrey
Writer Television
- Stuart CarolanStuart CarolanStuart Carolan is an Irish playwright.He wrote for "Raw", and "Little White Lie", in 2008.He was 2007 Abbey Theatre's Writer-in-Association.In 2007, Defender of the Faith played Off Broadway, at the Irish Repertory Theatre, and in 2009 in Glasgow, Scotland.He works in Dublin.-Works:*, Abbey...
- Love/HateLove/Hate (TV series)Love/Hate is an Irish TV drama series broadcast on RTÉ One, commissioned by Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The first episode aired on 3 October 2010. It stars Aidan Gillen , Robert Sheehan Ruth Negga , Ruth Bradley , Killian Scott and Chris Newman...
(Winner)- Darach Ó ScolaíDarach Ó ScolaíDarach Ó Scolaí is an Irish novelist, playwright, publisher, and artist living in the County Galway Gaeltacht of Connemara. He was awarded the Oireachtas Prize for Literature in 2007 for his novel, An Cléireach.- Writing :...
& Lauren Mackenzie - Na Cloigne - Lisa McGeeLisa McGeeLisa McGee is a stage and screen writer. She was born in Derry, Northern Ireland, and studied for a BA degree in Drama at Queens University Belfast. She was writer on attachment with the Royal National Theatre in London in 2006. Her plays include JUMP and the Stewart Parker and Blackburn...
- RAW - Hilary Reynolds - Fair CityFair CityFair City is an award-winning Irish television soap opera on RTÉ One. Produced by Radio Telefís Éireann, it was first broadcast on Monday, September 18, 1989...
- Darach Ó Scolaí
Actor in a Lead Role - Television
- Domhnall GleesonDomhnall GleesonDomhnall Gleeson is an Irish actor, director and writer from Dublin. He has acted on both stage and screen, picking up a Tony Award nomination in 2006 for his part in the Broadway production The Lieutenant of Inishmore...
- When Harvey Met Bob (Winner)- Owen McDonnell - Single-Handed
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers - The TudorsThe TudorsThe Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
- Robert Sheehan - Love/HateLove/Hate (TV series)Love/Hate is an Irish TV drama series broadcast on RTÉ One, commissioned by Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The first episode aired on 3 October 2010. It stars Aidan Gillen , Robert Sheehan Ruth Negga , Ruth Bradley , Killian Scott and Chris Newman...
Actor in a Supporting Role - Television
- Stephen ReaStephen ReaStephen Rea is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in high profile films such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto...
- Single Handed (Winner)- Brian GleesonBrian GleesonBrian Gleeson is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Gleeson attended St Patrick's College, Ballarat and later played with St Kilda at Centre half-forward initially. He developed into a skilful and agile ruckman, winning the Brownlow medal in 1957...
- Love/HateLove/Hate (TV series)Love/Hate is an Irish TV drama series broadcast on RTÉ One, commissioned by Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The first episode aired on 3 October 2010. It stars Aidan Gillen , Robert Sheehan Ruth Negga , Ruth Bradley , Killian Scott and Chris Newman... - Seán McGinleySeán McGinleySeán McGinley is an Irish film and television actor.-Early life:McGinley was born in Pettigo, County Donegal, Ireland where his father was a customs officer, and raised in nearby Ballyshannon...
- Wild DecembersWild DecembersWild Decembers is an Irish feature-length television drama series which broadcasted on RTÉ One on 29th December 2010. It stars the London-based Galway star of the popular RTÉ drama Single-Handed, Owen McDonnell, Matt Ryan and Lara Belmont... - Eamon Morrissy - Fair CityFair CityFair City is an award-winning Irish television soap opera on RTÉ One. Produced by Radio Telefís Éireann, it was first broadcast on Monday, September 18, 1989...
- Brian Gleeson
Actress in a Supporting Role - Television
- Ruth McCabe - Love/HateLove/Hate (TV series)Love/Hate is an Irish TV drama series broadcast on RTÉ One, commissioned by Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The first episode aired on 3 October 2010. It stars Aidan Gillen , Robert Sheehan Ruth Negga , Ruth Bradley , Killian Scott and Chris Newman...
(Winner)- Sarah BolgerSarah BolgerSarah Lee Bolger is an Irish actress. She is known for her role as Princess / Lady Mary Tudor on The Tudors and for her role as Mallory Grace in The Spiderwick Chronicles.-Early life:...
- The TudorsThe TudorsThe Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime... - Dervla KirwanDervla KirwanDervla Kirwan is an Irish actress famous for roles in British television shows such as Ballykissangel and Goodnight Sweetheart...
- The SilenceThe Silence (2010 drama)The Silence is a BBC One 4-part prime-time crime thriller/family drama about a deaf girl who witnesses a murder, first broadcast between 12–15 July 2010. The drama stars deaf actress Genevieve Barr , alongside Dervla Kirwan, Gina McKee, Hugh Bonneville and Douglas Henshall... - Ruth NeggaRuth NeggaRuth Negga is an Ethiopian-Irish actress who has starred in Irish films such as Capital Letters , Isolation and Breakfast On Pluto...
- Love/HateLove/Hate (TV series)Love/Hate is an Irish TV drama series broadcast on RTÉ One, commissioned by Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The first episode aired on 3 October 2010. It stars Aidan Gillen , Robert Sheehan Ruth Negga , Ruth Bradley , Killian Scott and Chris Newman...
- Sarah Bolger
Craft / Technical Categories
Costume Design- Joan Bergin - The TudorsThe TudorsThe Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
(Winner)- Consolata Boyle - Tamara DreweTamara Drewe (film)Tamara Drewe is a 2010 comedy film directed by Stephen Frears.The screenplay was written by Moira Buffini, based on the newspaper comic strip of the same name written by Posy Simmonds...
- Joan O'Cleary - Swansong - Story of Occi Byrne
- Susan Scott - Cup Cake
- Consolata Boyle - Tamara Drewe
Director of Photography
- PJ Dillon - The Runway (Winner)
- Tim Fleming - As If I Am Not There
- Donal Gilligan - Love/HateLove/Hate (TV series)Love/Hate is an Irish TV drama series broadcast on RTÉ One, commissioned by Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The first episode aired on 3 October 2010. It stars Aidan Gillen , Robert Sheehan Ruth Negga , Ruth Bradley , Killian Scott and Chris Newman...
- Owen McPolin - The SilenceThe Silence (2010 drama)The Silence is a BBC One 4-part prime-time crime thriller/family drama about a deaf girl who witnesses a murder, first broadcast between 12–15 July 2010. The drama stars deaf actress Genevieve Barr , alongside Dervla Kirwan, Gina McKee, Hugh Bonneville and Douglas Henshall...
Editing
- Emer Reynolds - My Brothers (Winner)
- Dermot Diskin - Love/HateLove/Hate (TV series)Love/Hate is an Irish TV drama series broadcast on RTÉ One, commissioned by Raidió Teilifís Éireann. The first episode aired on 3 October 2010. It stars Aidan Gillen , Robert Sheehan Ruth Negga , Ruth Bradley , Killian Scott and Chris Newman...
- Guy Montgomery - Parked
- Nathan Nugent - As If I Am Not There
- Dermot Diskin - Love/Hate
Make Up & Hair
- Tom McInerney, Dee Corcoran - The TudorsThe TudorsThe Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
(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 LightbodyGary LightbodyGary Lightbody is an Northern Irish musician and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Snow Patrol.- Early life :...
& Jacknife LeeJacknife LeeGarret "Jacknife" Lee is an Irish music producer and mixer. He has worked with a variety of artists, including The Cars, U2, R.E.M., Snow Patrol, Bloc Party, AFI, The Hives, Weezer, Vega4 and Editors.-Biography:...
- My Brothers
Production Design
- Ray Ball - The Runway
- Tamara Conboy - Sensation
- Tom Conroy - The TudorsThe TudorsThe Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
- Susie Cullen - The SilenceThe Silence (2010 drama)The Silence is a BBC One 4-part prime-time crime thriller/family drama about a deaf girl who witnesses a murder, first broadcast between 12–15 July 2010. The drama stars deaf actress Genevieve Barr , alongside Dervla Kirwan, Gina McKee, Hugh Bonneville and Douglas Henshall...
Sound
- Karl Merren, Ken Galvin, Peter Blayney - The SilenceThe Silence (2010 drama)The Silence is a BBC One 4-part prime-time crime thriller/family drama about a deaf girl who witnesses a murder, first broadcast between 12–15 July 2010. The drama stars deaf actress Genevieve Barr , alongside Dervla Kirwan, Gina McKee, Hugh Bonneville and Douglas Henshall...
- Daniel Birch, Robert Flanagan - Circus Fantasticus
- Robert Flanagan, Michelle Cunniffe, Fiadhnait McCann - Essential KillingEssential KillingEssential Killing is a 2010 Polish political thriller film directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Vincent Gallo and Emmanuelle Seigner.- Plot :...
- Patrick Hanlon, Ken Galvin, Niall Brady - Rewind
Television Categories
Children's / Youth Programme- Big City Park (Winner)
- The OctonautsThe OctonautsThe Octonauts is a Children's TV Series, produced by Silvergate Media for Cbeebies and animated by Brown Bag Films. The TV series was based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy of Meomi Design Inc....
- Primary School Musical
- Seacht
- The Octonauts
Current Affairs
- Spotlight: The Iris Robinson Investigation (Winner)
- Prime Time Investigates - Forgotten LivesPrime TimePrime Time is an Irish news analysis, current affairs and politics programme. It is broadcast on RTÉ One on Tuesday and Thursday nights between 21:30 and 22:10. It is currently presented by Miriam O'Callaghan, who has presented the programme since its commencement in 1996...
- The FrontlineThe Frontline (Irish TV series)The Frontline is a topical debate television series in the Republic of Ireland. The show airs for 60 minutes every Monday night on RTÉ One at 22:30. It debuted on Monday, September 21, 2009. The Frontline replaced a similar political analysis show Questions and Answers...
- Tonight with Vincent BrowneTonight with Vincent BrowneTonight with Vincent Browne, formerly Nightly News with Vincent Browne, is an Irish news analysis, current affairs and politics programme. It is broadcast on TV3 on Monday to Thursday nights 23:05 to 23:55. It is presented by the journalist Vincent Browne, noted for his rather acerbic style of...
- Prime Time Investigates - Forgotten Lives
Documentary Series
- Freefall: The Night The Banks Failed (Winner)
- 1916 Seachtar na Cásca
- Ireland's GreatestIreland's GreatestIreland's Greatest was a 2010 public poll by Raidió Teilifís Éireann and associated television documentary series broadcast on RTÉ One, where viewers voted to choose the greatest person in the history of Ireland. The concept was based on the BBC series 100 Greatest Britons...
- 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 SelfYour Bad SelfYour Bad Self is an Irish sketch comedy show which originally aired on RTÉ Two on December 26, 2008 at 21:40 before being developed into a series which aired in 2010.-History:...
(Winner)- The ApprenticeThe Apprentice (Irish TV series)The Apprentice is an Irish reality television series, in which a group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chance to win a job as "apprentice" to business magnate Bill Cullen....
- Feirm Factor
- The Model Scouts
- The Apprentice
Factual Programme
- Operation TransformationOperation Transformation (TV series)Operation Transformation is an Irish health and fitness programme. The show is a cross-media event broadcast via radio, web and television on RTÉ 2fm, RTÉ.ie and RTÉ One since 2008...
(Winner)- Ireland AMIreland AMIreland AM is Ireland's only breakfast television programme. The show is broadcast live every weekday morning by TV3 and 3e.- Early years :...
- Reeling In The YearsReeling In The YearsReeling in the Years is a historical documentary series broadcast in Ireland by RTÉ. Each episode, approximately 25 minutes long, looks back at the news and events of a particular year, from 1962 to 2009. The programme uses news archive footage, along with subtitles as the means of narration, to...
- The Eagles Return
- Ireland AM
Sports Programme
- In Sunshine Or In Shadow
- Graeme McDowell's Major Moment
- Gualainn le Gualainn
- World Cup Live
Other Categories
Short Film- Small Change (Winner)
- Deep End Dance
- Noreen
- Pentecos
Rising Star Award
- Domhnall GleesonDomhnall GleesonDomhnall Gleeson is an Irish actor, director and writer from Dublin. He has acted on both stage and screen, picking up a Tony Award nomination in 2006 for his part in the Broadway production The Lieutenant of Inishmore...
- Antonia Campbell Hughes
- Ian Power
- Juanita WilsonJuanita WilsonJuanita Wilson is an Irish director and writer from Dublin. Her short film The Door received an Irish Film and Television Award in 2009 and an Academy Award nomination in 2010...
Special Irish Language Award
- 1916 Seachtar na Cásca
- An Crisis
- Na Cloigne
- Ros na RúnRos na RúnRos na Rún is an Irish soap opera produced for Irish language TV channel TG4. It broadcasts for 35 weeks of the year, airing 2 episodes each week.It airs in Ireland, Scotland and the United States.-Show history:...
Animation
- The External World
- Anam an Amhráin
- Head Space
- The OctonautsThe OctonautsThe Octonauts is a Children's TV Series, produced by Silvergate Media for Cbeebies and animated by Brown Bag Films. The TV series was based on the children's books written by Vicki Wong and Michael Murphy of Meomi Design Inc....