Awards for 2005

IFTA Award

Best Film

WINNER

Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl: Perry Ogden, Martina Niland

NOMINEES

Mickybo and Me: Terry Loane, Mike McGeagh, Mark Huffam
The Mighty Celt: unknown
Tara Road: Noel Pearson
Trouble with Sex: Fintan Connolly, Fiona Bergin

Best Actor in a Feature Film

WINNER

Kinsey: Liam Neeson

NOMINEES

Red Eye: Cillian Murphy
Return to Sender: Aidan Quinn
Wah-Wah: Gabriel Byrne

Best Actress in a Feature Film

WINNER

Trouble with Sex: Renee Weldon

NOMINEES

The Boys & Girl from County Clare: Andrea Corr
Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl: Winnie Maughan
Winter's End: Jill Bradbury

Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film

WINNER

On a Clear Day: Sean McGinley

NOMINEES

Batman Begins: Cillian Murphy
Boy Eats Girl: Tadhg Murphy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: David Kelly

Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film

WINNER

The Boys & Girl from County Clare: Charlotte Bradley

NOMINEES

Boy Eats Girl: Deirdre O'Kane
The Descent: Nora-Jane Noone
Short Order: Tatiana Ouliankina

Best Director

WINNER

Hotel Rwanda: Terry George

NOMINEES

Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl: Perry Ogden
Short Order: Anthony Byrne
Trouble with Sex: Fintan Connolly

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Sahara: Seamus McGarvey

NOMINEES

Flight of the Phoenix: Brendan Galvin
The Mighty Celt: Seamus Deasy
Trouble with Sex: Owen McPolin

Best Costume Design for Film

WINNER

Mickybo and Me: Hazel Webb-Crozier

NOMINEES

Boy Eats Girl: Susan Scott
Short Order: Judith Williams
Trouble with Sex: Marian Smyth

Best Music in a Film

WINNER

Winter's End: Gregory Magee

NOMINEES

The Boys & Girl from County Clare: Fiachra Trench
Short Order: Niall Byrne
Trouble with Sex: Niall Byrne

Best Short Fiction

WINNER

Six Shooter: Martin McDonagh

NOMINEES

George: Rory Bresnihan, John Butler
Jellybaby: Ronan Burke, Rob Burke
Ouch!: Ken Wardrop

Best Documentary in the English Language

WINNER

John McGahern: A Private World

NOMINEES

Haughey
Macintyre's Underworld: Gangster
My Name Is Paul

Best Documentary in the Irish Language

WINNER

Concerto - Do Chaitlín Maude

NOMINEES

The Cleggan Disaster
Cosc Ar Ghneas/A Ban on Sex
Last Chance Journeys: Iran

Best Sports Feature

WINNER

Marooned

NOMINEES

Coach
The Crossing
Final Words: Hurling '04

Best News Programme

WINNER

BBC Newsline

NOMINEES

Nuacht TG4
RTÉ News
Sky News Ireland

Best Animation

WINNER

Backwards Boy

NOMINEES

Agricultural Report
Dick Terrapin
Not There Yet

Best Children's/Youth Programme

WINNER

PicMe

NOMINEES

Go for It
The Island of Inis Cool
What's the Story?

Best International Film

NOMINEE

Batman Begins: Christopher Nolan

Best Production Design for Film

WINNER

Short Order: Eleanor Wood, Laura Bowe

NOMINEES

Boy Eats Girl: Anna Rackard
Mickybo and Me: Tom McCullagh
Trouble with Sex: Laurent Mellet, Steven Kingston

Best Lifestyle Programme

WINNER

Show Me the Money

NOMINEES

Mother Knows Best
Neelo
For episode "KKK".
The Snip

Best Current Affairs Programme

WINNER

Prime Time: Adrian Lydon (presenter), Máire Kearney (producer), Janet Traynor (producer)
For "Home Truths".

NOMINEES

Insight
For "When Hospitals Kill".
Prime Time: Mike Milotte (presenter), Mary Raftery (producer)
For "The Money Pit".
Spotlight: Darragh MacIntyre
For "Dirty Secrets".

Best Entertainment Programme

WINNER

Stew

NOMINEES

Killinaskully
The Panel
Wild Trials

Best Script for Film

WINNER

Hotel Rwanda: Terry George, Keir Pearson

NOMINEES

Mickybo and Me: Terry Loane
The Mighty Celt: Pearse Elliott
Short Order: Anthony Byrne

Breakthrough Talent

WINNER

Pavee Lackeen: The Traveller Girl: Perry Ogden (writer/director)

NOMINEES

Fluent Dysphasia: Daniel O'Hara (writer/director)
Mickybo and Me: Terry Loane (writer/director)
Six Shooter: Martin McDonagh (writer/director)

Best Actor in Television

WINNER

Pure Mule: Tom Murphy

NOMINEES

Love Is the Drug: Allen Leech
Murphy's Law: James Nesbitt
Proof: Finbar Lynch

Best Actress in Television

WINNER

Pure Mule: Dawn Bradfield

NOMINEES

The Clinic: Aisling O'Sullivan
Shameless: Anne-Marie Duff
Fingersmith: Elaine Cassidy

Best Supporting Actor in Television

WINNER

The Clinic: Gary Lydon

NOMINEES

The Clinic: Chris O'Dowd
Pure Mule: Garrett Lombard
The Baby War: John Lynch

Best Supporting Actress in Television

WINNER

Pure Mule: Eileen Walsh

NOMINEES

Love Is the Drug: Eleanor Methven
Showbands: Tina Kellegher
The Baby War: Eva Birthistle

Best Director - TV Drama/Drama Series

WINNER

Pure Mule: Declan Recks

NOMINEES

Pure Mule: Charlie McCarthy
Shameless: Dearbhla Walsh
Fingersmith: Aisling Walsh

Best Sound in Film/TV Drama

WINNER

Pure Mule: Philippe Faujas, Niall Brady, Ken Galvin

NOMINEES

Showbands: Karl Merren, Nikki Moss, Ken Galvin
Boy Eats Girl: Patrick Drummond, Tom Johnson, John Fitzgerald, Stuart Bruce
Short Order: Ray Cross, Nikki Moss, John Fitzgerald, Peter Blayney

Best Editing in Film/TV Drama

WINNER

Shameless: Emer Reynolds

NOMINEES

Love Is the Drug: Ben Yeates
Short Order: J. Patrick Duffner
Trouble with Sex: Ray Roantree

Best TV Drama/Drama Series

WINNER

Love Is the Drug

NOMINEES

Murphy's Law
Pure Mule
Showbands

Audience Award

Best International Actor

WINNER

Sin City: Mickey Rourke

NOMINEES

Batman Begins: Christian Bale
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Johnny Depp
Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Brad Pitt

Best International Actress

WINNER

The Mighty Celt: Gillian Anderson

NOMINEES

Fever Pitch: Drew Barrymore
Garden State: Natalie Portman
War of the Worlds: Dakota Fanning

Best International Film

NOMINEE

Batman Begins: Christopher Nolan

Best Irish Film

WINNER

Rory O'Shea Was Here

NOMINEES

Headrush
Adam & Paul
Mickybo and Me

International Film Award

WINNER

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

NOMINEES

Batman Begins
Crash
Sin City

TV Personality of the Year

WINNER

Mark Cagney

NOMINEES

Stephen Nolan
Grainne Seoige
Aoife Ní Thuairisg
Pat Shortt

Lifetime Achievement Award

WINNER

David Kelly

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