The Irish Film and Television Awards Nominations were announced on Thursday, 21st. The event, which will host its inaugural ceremony on Sunday 28 November will be held in RTE studio 4. Set to be hosted by Marian Finucane the show will be produced by Ian McGarry and broadcast live by RTE.
Designed to honour the best of Irelands film and televsion programmes the nominees are:
Best Television Drama
Amongst Women, Parrallel Films for BBC NI & RTE & IFB
Aristocrats, Irish Screen for BBC & WGBH Boston
Ballykissangel IV, Ballykea productions for World Productions, BBC NI
Falling for a Dancer, Parallel Films for BBC NI/RTE/IFB
Best Leading Performance
Liam Cunningham , Falling for a Dancer
Tony Doyle, Amongst Women
Tony Doyle, Ballykissangel
Ger Ryan, Amongst Women
Best Documentary in English
A Year ‘til Sunday, Power Pictures for RTE
It Must be Done Right, De Facto Film & Television for RTE
States of Fear, RTE
Waiting for Harvey, Little Bird for BBC
Best Documentary in Irish
1798 Agus O Shin, Louis Marcus Productions for TG4/RTE
Muince Dreoilin, Power Pictures for TG4/IFB/RTE
Rotha Mor an tSaoil, Faction Films & Glass Machine for TG4/BBCNI/IFB/RTE
Triall Go Chiapas, Vinegar Hill Productions for TG4,IFB,RTE
Best Feature Film
A Love Divided, Parallel Films for RTE, BBC Sctoland, IFB, ACNI
Dancing at Lughnasa, Ferndale Films
Divorcing Jack, Scala Productions
I Went Down, Treasure Films
The General, Merlin Films
Best Screenplay
Stuart Hepburn, A Love Divided
Frank McGuinness, Dancing at Lughnasa
Conor McPherson, I Went Down
John Boorman, The General
Best Actor
Liam Cunningham, A Love Divided
Brendan Gleeson, I Went Down
Brendan Gleeson, The General
Aidan Quinn, This is my Father
Best Actress
Orla Brady, A Love Divided
Brid Brennan, Dancing at Lughnasa
Meryl Streep, Dancing at Lughnasa
Julie Walters, Titanic Town
Best Craft Contribution
Cedric Culliton, Photography, A Love Divided
Kenneth MacMIllan, Photography, Dancing at Lughnasa
Cian de Buitlear, Photography, I Went Down
Seamus Deasy, Photography, The General
Best Short Film
Cosa Nite, Dearbhla Walsh
Flying Saucer Rock n’ Roll , Enda Hughes
Lipservice, Paul Mercier
The Breakfast, Peter Sheridan
Best Entertainment
A Scare at Bedtime, Double Z for RTE
@Last TV, Stopwatch Television for RTE
Don’t Feed the Gondolas, RTE
Patrick Kielty Almost Live, Green Inc for BBC1
The Late Late Show (98/99), RTE
Best News/Currant Affairs/Features
Cursai Ealaine, RTE
Hearts and Minds, BBC NI
O’Gorman’s People, RTE
Primetime, RTE
Would You Believe, RTE
Best Craft Contribution
Amy Roberts, Costume, Amongst Women
Sue Gibson, Photography, Amongst Women
James Keast, Costume, Aristocrats
Kevin Rowley, Photography, Falling for a Dancer