The submission deadline for the 8th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards is fast approaching. 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. Dublin’s Convention Centre will play host to the 8th Annual Awards ceremony which will 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 IFTAs are recognised as a highlight of the Irish film and television events calendar. Last year’s awards ceremony saw Conor McPherson’s ‘The Eclipse’ win in the Film category whilst Jim Sheridan won in the group of Director Film for his work on ‘Brothers’.
Where acting is concerned the Irish Film and Television Academy Members lauded the work of actors including Saoirse Ronan for her role in Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lovely Bones’, Colin Farrell and Dervla Kirwan for their respective roles in Neil Jordan’s ‘Ondine’ and Robert Downey Jr for his lead role in ‘Sherlock Holmes’.
Other winners in 2010 included Frank Deasy for his script work on ‘Father & Son’; Consolata Boyle for the costumes she created for ‘Cheri’ and Mairead McIvor for her editing of the feature film, ‘Savage’.
The 8th Annual Irish Film & Television 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
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
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