The Call for Entries for the 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards is now open. Submissions are invited for categories in film, television, shorts and animation and the deadline for receipt of submissions is Friday, November 19th at 5.30pm. The 8th Annual Awards ceremony will be held in Dublin’s Convention Centre on Saturday, 12 February 2011.
The Irish Film & Television Awards are open to talented craftspeople working within the film and television industries in Ireland, as well as those working in the international arena. The winners of the 8th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards will be decided by an official Irish Film and Television Academy vote.
The Awards categories are:
FILM CATEGORIES
Film
Director Film
Script Film
Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film
Actress in a Lead Role in a Feature Film
Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film
Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film
Feature Documentary
INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES
International Film
International Actress
International Actor
TELEVISION DRAMA CATEGORIES
Single Drama / Drama Serial
Drama Series / Soap
Director Television
Script Television
Actor in a Lead Role in Television
Actress in a Lead Role in Television
Actor in a Supporting Role in Television
Actress in a Supporting Role in Television
CRAFT / TECHNICAL CATEGORIES
Costume Design
Director Of Photography
Editing
Make Up & Hair
Original Score
Production Design
Sound
TELEVISION CATEGORIES
Children's / Youth Programme
Current Affairs
Documentary Series
Documentary
Entertainment Programme
News Programme
Factual Programme
Sports
OTHERS
Special Irish Language Award
Animation
Short Film
Rising Star
The IFTAs are recognised as a highlight of the Irish film and television events calendar. At previous IFTA ceremonies, International guests including Juliette Binoche, Charlize Theron, Ralph Fiennes, James McAvoy, Jon Voight and Rene Russo have joined Irish talent such as Brendan Gleeson, Neil Jordan, Michael Fassbender, Jim Sheridan, Saoirse Ronan, John Boorman and Jonathan Rhys Meyers in celebrating Irish creativity in film and television production.
Entrants can submit their projects for consideration and view the IFTA Submissions Rules and Guidelines documents at the IFTA website here.
IFTA officials ask that all submitters read the Rules and Guidelines documents in full before submitting as there have been changes made to the IFTA Submission rules, especially in both the TV and Animation categories.
More at www.ifta.ie/awards