Awards for 2008

IFTA Award

Best Film

WINNER

Garage: Ed Guiney

NOMINEES

Becoming Jane: Douglas Rae, James Flynn
Closing the Ring: Jo Gilbert, Richard Attenborough
Kings: Jackie Larkin, Tom Collins
Shrooms: Paddy McDonald, Robert Walpole

Best International Actor

WINNER

There Will Be Blood: Daniel Day-Lewis

NOMINEES

Atonement: James McAvoy
The Lives of Others: Ulrich Mühe
Posthumously.
Michael Clayton: George Clooney

Best Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film

WINNER

Garage: Pat Shortt

NOMINEES

Jindabyne: Gabriel Byrne
Kings: Colm Meaney
Speed Dating: Hugh O'Conor
Sunshine: Cillian Murphy

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film

WINNER

Kings: Brendan Conroy

NOMINEES

Garage: Conor Ryan
Kings: Donal O'Kelly
Speed Dating: Don Wycherley

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film

WINNER

Atonement: Saoirse Ronan

NOMINEES

When Did You Last See Your Father?: Elaine Cassidy
Garage: Anne-Marie Duff
Strength and Honour: Gail Fitzpatrick

Best Director of Photography

WINNER

Atonement: Seamus McGarvey

NOMINEES

Garage: Peter Robertson
Kings: P.J. Dillon
Northanger Abbey: Ciarán Tanham

Best Director for Film

WINNER

Garage: Lenny Abrahamson

NOMINEES

Boy A: John Crowley
Graveyard Clay: Robert Quinn
Kings: Tom Collins
Shrooms: Paddy Breathnach

Best Costume Design

WINNER

The Tudors: Joan Bergin

NOMINEES

Becoming Jane: Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh
Kings: Maggie Donnelly
My Boy Jack: Lorna Marie Mugan

Best Sound

WINNER

Kings: Ken Galvin, Ronan Hill, Dominic Weaver

NOMINEES

Becoming Jane: Nick Adams, Tom Johnson, Mervyn Moore
Garage: Niall Brady, John Fitzgerald, Robert Flanagan
My Boy Jack: Brendan Deasy, Ken Galvin, Nikki Moss

Best Editing

WINNER

Kings: Dermot Diskin

NOMINEES

Damage: Stephen O'Connell
The Running Mate: Gareth Young
Garage: Isobel Stephenson

Best Original Score

WINNER

Kings: Pol Brennan

NOMINEES

The Running Mate: Stephen McKeon
Graveyard Clay: Jim Lockhart
Garage: Stephen Rennicks

Best Short Film

WINNER

New Boy

NOMINEES

Deep Breaths
Hesitation
No Regrets in the West
The Wednesdays

Best Documentary Series

WINNER

The Hospice

NOMINEES

Flight of the Earls
Mobs Mheiriceá
Scannál
Surgeons

Best Single Documentary

NOMINEES

Ireland's Nazis
Bloody Sunday: A Derry Diary
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Get Collins

Best Entertainment

WINNER

The Podge and Rodge Show

NOMINEES

Dan & Becs
Killinaskully
Naked Camera

Best Children's/Youth Programme

WINNER

Aifric

NOMINEES

The Café
Skunk Fu!
Trí Shúle an Chait

Best Production Design

WINNER

The Tudors: Tom Conroy

NOMINEES

Closing the Ring: Tom McCullagh
Garage: Padraig O'Neill
Kings: David Craig

Best Current Affairs Programme

NOMINEES

Election 2007 - Results Coverage
Spotlight
For "The Pitbull Sting".

Best Hair & Make-Up

WINNER

The Tudors: Jennifer Hegarty, Dee Corcoran

NOMINEES

Prosperity: Tom McInerney, Sandra Kelly
Kings: Muriel Bell, Pamela Smyth
My Boy Jack: Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn

Best Drama Series/Soap

WINNER

The Tudors

NOMINEES

The Clinic
Ros na Rún
Single-Handed

Best News Programme

WINNER

BBC Newsline

NOMINEES

Nuacht TG4
RTÉ News
TV3 News

Best Animation

WINNER

Skunk Fu!

NOMINEES

The Ugly Duckling and Me!
Wobblyland
Ding Dong Denny O'Reilly's History of Ireland

Best Sports Programme

WINNER

Tall, Dark and Ó hAilpín

NOMINEES

20 Moments That Shook Irish Sport
Red Mist
Rugby World Cup 2007

Best Factual Entertainment

WINNER

Diarmuid's Pony Kids

NOMINEES

Hector: Mo Rogha San Oz
Families in Trouble
No Experience Required

Best International Film

WINNER

The Lives of Others

NOMINEES

Atonement
The Bourne Ultimatum
La vie en rose

Best Script for Film

WINNER

Garage: Mark O'Halloran

NOMINEES

Battle in Seattle: Stuart Townsend
Boy A: Mark O'Rowe
Kings: Tom Collins

Best Single Drama/Drama Serial

WINNER

The Running Mate

NOMINEES

Damage
Prosperity
My Boy Jack

Best Actor in a Lead Role in Television

WINNER

The Tudors: Jonathan Rhys Meyers

NOMINEES

The Running Mate: Denis Conway
The Running Mate: Don Wycherley
Celebration: Michael Gambon

Best Actress in a Lead Role in Film/Television

WINNER

The Clinic: Aisling O'Sullivan

NOMINEES

Aifric: Cliona Ní Chiosáin
Brotherhood: Fionnula Flanagan
Prosperity: Siobhan Shanahan
Graveyard Clay: Bríd Ní Neachtain

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Television

WINNER

The Tudors: Nick Dunning

NOMINEES

The Clinic: Gary Lydon
Prosperity: Leroy Harris
The Running Mate: Eamonn Hunt

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Television

WINNER

The Tudors: Maria Doyle Kennedy

NOMINEES

The Clinic: Dawn Bradfield
The Clinic: Amy Huberman
Paddywhackery: Fionnula Flanagan

Best Director for Television

WINNER

Prosperity: Lenny Abrahamson

NOMINEES

Aifric: Paul Mercier
The Running Mate: Declan Recks
The Tudors: Brian Kirk

Best Script for Television

WINNER

Prosperity: Mark O'Halloran

NOMINEES

Damage: Aisling Walsh
Paddywhackery: Daniel O'Hara, Paddy C. Courtney
The Running Mate: Marcus Fleming

Audience Award

Best International Actress

WINNER

P.S. I Love You: Hilary Swank

NOMINEES

Atonement: Keira Knightley
The Brave One: Jodie Foster
Elizabeth: The Golden Age: Cate Blanchett

TV Personality of the Year

WINNER

Kathryn Thomas

NOMINEES

Michelle Doherty
Lorraine Keane
Síle Ní Bhraonán
Stephen Nolan
Julian G. Simmons
Paul Dempsey
Kathy Hoffman

Special Irish Language Award

WINNER

Kings

NOMINEES

Aifric: Micheál Ó Domhnaill
Paddywhackery
Graveyard Clay

Rising Star Award

WINNER

Saoirse Ronan (actress)

NOMINEES

Cecelia Ahern (writer)
Mark Mahon (producer)
Martin McCann (actor)
Marian Quinn (director)

Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema

WINNER

Mel Gibson

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