Ireland has been chosen as the host for the Christian Film and Television Excellence Awards.
The Christian Film & Television Excellence Awards committee has announced that Dublin, Ireland will be the site of their awards presentation to the 2001 television season winners. Mike Dawson, spokesman for the international society, said that it seemed only appropriate that the ceremony commending the BBC Northern Ireland/RTE series (Best TV Series Winner) be held in the country where it was filmed. The winners of the CFT Excellence Awards for Best Actor and Best Actress in a Television Series are Niall Toibin and Aine Ni Mhuiri who are both Dublin residents.
Mr. Toibin and Ms. Ni Mhuiri are being honored for their performances in the final series of Ballykissangel. The BBC Northern Ireland series, Ballykissangel, won the society’s award for Best Television Series beating out the American WB Network’s series 7th Heaven and Touched by an Angel produced by network television heavyweight, CBS. In the motion picture category, actor Michael York took the Best Actor award with Ms. April Grace winning Best Actress for her role in Barry Berman’s film Waterproof, which also won Best Motion Picture. The Dublin awards ceremony is set for the 29th October followed by the ceremony for the CFT Excellence film awards which will be held in California.
Awards results in all categories and details of the society can be found on the ISECFT web site. www.cftExcellence.net
