Outstanding Irish Contribution
to Cinema Winner Pierce Brosnan |
The
2nd annual Irish Film and Television Awards took place on Saturday the
30th of October in the Burlington Hotel, in front of a glamorous and outstanding
audience of Irish and international stars, hosted by the inimitable James
Nesbitt.
Dr
Philip Nolan, CEO of eircom, commenting on the shortlist, said:
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“I would like to congratulate every nominee and wish them every success this year. This year’s shortlist of nominees reflects the innate creative talent of Irish people at home and abroad. The calibre of all the entrants - acting, producing and craft - reflects this talent and the investment being made by Ireland as a whole. eircom is very pleased to continue our support for the Awards and the Irish film and television industry. With instant internet services available through broadband, many new and exciting synergies now exist between the film and TV industry and our own communications industry. As Ireland's leading broadband company we look forward to exploring these synergies for the benefit of the Awards and the film and TV industry as a whole.”
This year the People’s Choice Categories expanded from three to five, with a varied choice of national and international categories for the public to wrangle over! The public chose the gorgeous Claire Byrne for Siemens mobile Television Personality of the Year; Song for a Raggy Boy for AIB Best Irish Film and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King for Jameson Best International Film. The public also gave the thumbs up to Johnny Depp for Avica Best International Actor and Keira Knightley for Pantene Best International Actress.
Other winners from the Jury categories included Omagh for Best Film, with Lenny Abrahamson winning Best Director for Adam and Paul. Television winners were strong also, with Holy Cross scooping the Award for Best TV Drama and Show Me the Money winning Best Lifestyle. Irish animation was also given a boost with The Boy Who Had No Story winning both of the categories it was nominated for, Best Animation and Best Children’s/Youth Programme.
Guests on the night included an array of stars from Ireland and abroad, all coming together to celebrate the Irish film and television industries. Greats such as Andie MacDowell, Olivia Williams, Fionnula Flannagan, Gabriel Byrne, Stephen Rea, Niamh Cusak, John Cleese, Brenda Fricker, Alison Doody and Brendan Gleeson were all there to toast the talent and enjoy the evening, as well as budding Irish stars such as Allen Leech, Amy Shiels and Eva Birthistle, who are all set to continue the impressive tradition of Irish acting. There were also a great range of television favourites there, such as the ever glamorous Caroline Morahan and Pamela Flood, Derek Mooney, Hector O'hEoghagain, Miriam O'Callaghan, Grainne Seoige, Claire Byrne, Ardal O'Hanlon and Keith Duffy with Corrie co-star Jimmi Harkishin.
AND THE WINNERS ARE
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Maureen O'Hara
OUTSTANDING IRISH CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA - Pierce Brosnan
WINNERS PEOPLE’S CHOICE 2004
THE AIB PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST IRISH FILM
Winner: Song For A Raggy Boy, Dir: Aisling Walsh
Blind Flight, Dir: Johnny Furse
Bloom, Dir: Sean Walsh
Cowboy’s & Angels, Dir: David Gleeson
Omagh, Dir: Pete Travis
THE SIEMENS MOBILE TV PERSOANLITY OF THE YEAR AWARD
Winner: Claire Byrne, TV3
Gerry Anderson, BBC
Jarlath Burns, TG4
Gerry Kelly, UTV
Derek Mooney, RTE
Grainne Seoige, Sky News Ireland
THE JAMESON BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD
Winner: The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King, Dir: Peter Jackson
Fahrehheit 9/1, Dir: Michael Moore
Lost in Translation, Dir: Sofia Copolla
Mystic River, Dir: Clint Eastwood
The Passion of The Christ, Dir: Mel Gibson
THE PANTENE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS AWARD
Winner: Keira Knightley, King Arthur/Pirates of The Caribbean
Cameron Diaz, Shrek 2
Scarlet Johansson, Lost In Translation
Charlize Theron, Monster
Uma Thurman, Kill Bill Vol 2
THE AVICA PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL ACTOR
Winner: Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean
Jake Gyllenhaal, The Day After Tomorrow
Jude Law, Cold Mountain
Bill Murray, Lost in Transalation
Sean Penn, Mystic River
WINNERS JURY CATEGORIES 2004
BEST IRISH FILM – JURY AWARD
Winner: Omagh
Adam & Paul
Blind Flight
Inside I’m Dancing
Man About Dog
THE IRISH FILM BOARD/NORTHERN IRELAND FILM & TELEVISION COMMISSION AWARD FOR BEST NEW TALENT
Winner: John Simpson, Freeze Frame
Des Bishop, The Des Bishop Work Experience
Pearse Elliott, Man About Dog
Karl Geary, Timbuktu
Allen Leech, Cowboys & Angels
BEST FILM DIRECTOR
Winner: Lenny Abrahamson, Adam & Paul
Paddy Breathnach, Man About Dog
Alan Gilsenan, Timbuktu
Damien O’Donnell, Inside I’m Dancing
Pete Travis, Omagh
BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE FILM
Winner: Gerard McSorley, Omagh
Colin Farrell, A Home at the End of the World
Tom Murphy, Adam & Paul
Stephen Rea, The Halo Effect
Karl Shiels, Capital Letters
BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM
Winner: Eva Birthistle, Ae Fond Kiss
Eva Birthistle, Timbuktu
Michèle Forbes, Omagh
Brenda Fricker, Inside I’m Dancing
Louise Lewis, Adam & Paul
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Mark Garrett, Freeze Frame
Cian de Buitlear, Man about Dog
PJ Dillon, Timbuktu
Donal Gilligan, Omagh
Peter Robertson, Inside I’m Dancing
BEST MUSIC IN A FILM
Winner: Ray Harman, Timbuktu
Go Blimps Go, The Halo Effect
Ray Harman, Timbuktu
Stephen McKeon, Blind Flight
Stephen Rennicks, Adam & Paul
Kevin Shields, Lost in Translation
BEST SCRIPT FOR FILM
Winner: Jeffrey Caine, Inside I’m Dancing
Lance Daly, The Halo Effect
Pearse Elliott, Man About Dog
Guy Hibbert & Paul Greengrass, Omagh
Mark O’Halloran, Adam & Paul
BEST EDITING OF A FILM
Winner: Emer Reynolds, Timbuktu
Dermot Diskin, Man About Dog
Kevin Lavelle, Starfish
Mairead McIvor, Capital Letters
Isobel Stephenson, Adam & Paul
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Winner: Ashleigh Jeffers, Freeze Frame
Tom Conroy, Inside I’m Dancing
Jim Furlong, Cowboys & Angels
Alan Gilsenan, Timbuktu
Paki Smith, Man About Dog
BEST HAIR/MAKEUP
Winner: Dee Corcoran/Ailbhe Lemass, King Arthur
Barbara Conway/Terry Ralph, The Halo Effect
Bernadette Dooley / Morna Ferguson, Laws of Attraction
Tom McInerney, Adam & Paul
Linda Mooney, Man About Dog
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Winner: Grania Preston, Cowboys & Angels
Joan Bergin, Laws of Attraction
Lorna Marie Mugan, Inside I’m Dancing
Lorna Marie Mugan, Man About Dog
Leonie Prendergast, The Halo Effect
BEST SHORT FILM
Winner: Undressing My Mother
Full Circle
Take It Back
Two Fat Ladies
Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
BEST ANIMATION
Winner: The Boy Who Had No Story
Dublin 1
God’s Early Work
The Life & Death of Peter Sellers
Norman Normal
BEST TV DRAMA OR DRAMA SERIES/SOAP
Winner: Holy Cross
The Clinic
Proof
The Return
Ros na Run
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS/NEWS PROGRAMME
Winner: Prime Time: Intellectual Disability
Prime Time: Congo Heart of Africa
Prime Time: Ireland's Teenage Criminals
Prime Time: The Lost Generation
Spotlight: Superdollar Plot
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
Winner: The Bronx Bunny Show
Amu
Close Encounters with Keith Barry
The Des Bishop Work Experience
The Panel
BEST LIFESTYLE PROGRAMME
Winner: Show Me The Money
Manchan sa tSin
The Restaurant
Three 60
Wild Trials
BEST SPORTS PROGRAMME
Winner: Final Words - Hurling '03
Fearless 3 Irish Special Olympians
Go Racing
Martin O'Neill - Man and Bhoy
Ringy
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Battle of the Bogside
Christine’s Children
Imagining Ulysses
Shutdown
Waiting for Houlihan
Who Kidnapped Shergar
BEST CHILDREN’S/YOUTH PROGRAMME
Winner: The Boy Who Had No Story
ATL TV
ID+
S@ttitude
Scope
BEST ACTOR IN A TV DRAMA
Winner: Ciaran Hinds, The Mayor of Casterbridge
Simon Delaney, Pulling Moves
Dylan Moran, Black Books
James Nesbitt, Wall of Silence
David Wilmot, The Clinic
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV DRAMA
Winner: Anne Marie Duff, Shameless
Orla Brady, Proof
Orla Brady, Servants
Amanda Burton, Silent Witness
Niamh Cusack, Too Good to be True
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN FILM/TELEVISION
Winner: Peter O’Toole, Troy
Colum Convey, Holy Cross
Gary Lydon, The Clinic
Ciarán Nolan, Man About Dog
Jim Norton, Proof
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN FILM/TELEVISION
Winner: Susan Lynch, 16 Years of Alcohol
Susan Lynch, Bodies
Rachel Pilkington, The Clinic
Jasmine Russell, Capital Letters
Ger Ryan, The Return
BEST IRISH LANGUAGE SHORT/ANIMATED FILM/PROGRAMME
Winner: Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
Cinegael Paradiso
Leargas Ná Lig Sinn i nDearmad
Ros na Run
Tintown
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