The 9th annual Irish Film and Television Awards took place last night and a whole host of Irish celebs turned out for the show.
The Irish crime drama Love/Hate took home a total of seven awards on the night, while the Best Film was awarded to The Guard, which isn’t a surprise really – great movie. Everyone from Brendan Gleeson to Michael Fassbender were rubbing shoulders together and a great night was had by all… except the losers of course.
Check out the extensive list below for more of the winners:
Best film: The Guard – Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe (Reprisal Films / Element Pictures)
Best Director – film: John Michael McDonagh – The Guard (Reprisal Films / Element Pictures )
Best Script – film: John Michael McDonagh – The Guard (Reprisal Films / Element Pictures )
Best Actor – film: Michael Fassbender – Shame (Momentum Pictures)
Best Actress – film: Saoirse Ronan – Hanna (Universal Films)
Best Supporting actor – film: Chris O’Dowd – Bridesmaids (Universal Pictures)
Best Supporting actress – film: Fionnula Flanagan – The Guard (Reprisal Films / Element Pictures )
Best Director – television drama: David Caffrey – Love/Hate (Octagon Films)
Best Writer – television drama: Stuart Carolan – Love/Hate (Octagon Films)
Best Actor – television: Aidan Gillen – Love/Hate (Octagon Films)
Best Actress – television: Ruth Negga – Shirley (Prospect Cymru Wales)
Best Supporting actor – television: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – Love/Hate (Octagon Films)
Best Supporting actress – television: Denise McCormack – Love/Hate (Octagon Films)
George Morrison feature documentary award: Bernadette; Notes on a Political Journey- Lelia Doolan, (Digital Quilts)
Special Irish Language Award: Corp + Anam – Paddy Hayes (Magamedia)
Best Animation: The Boy in the Bubble – Kealan O’ Rourke (Igloo Films)
Philips Short Film Award: Foxes – Lorcan Finnegan (Lovely Productions)
Best International film: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal)
Best International actor: Ryan Gosling – Drive (Eclipse Pictures)
Best International actress: Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs (Parallel Film Productions)
Best drama, in association with BAI: Love/Hate – Suzanne McAuley & Steve Mattews (Octagon Films)
Costume design (film / TV drama): Consolata Boyle – The Iron Lady (Eclipse Pictures)
Director of photography (film / TV drama): Seamus McGarvey – We Need To Talk About Kevin (Artificial Eye)
Editing (film / TV drama): Isobel Stephenson – Love/Hate (Octagon Films)
M.A.C make-up & hair (film / TV drama): Lorraine Glynn / Lynn Johnston – Albert Nobbs (Parallel Film Productions)
Original score (film / TV drama): Brian Byrne – Albert Nobbs (Parallel Film Productions)
Production design (film / TV drama): Anna Rackard – Stella Days (Newgrange Pictures)
Sound (film / TV drama): Albert Nobbs – Brendan Deasy, Niall Brady, Michelle Cunniffe, Steve Fanagan (Parallel Film Productions)
Best Director television: Gary Keane – The Writing in the Sky (Real Films)
Best Editing television: Ray Roantree – The Ashes of 9/11 (RTÉ)
Best Sound television: The Writing in the Sky – Killian Fitzgerald/Aza Hand (Real Films)
Children’s / Youth Programme: The Importance of Being Whatever – Martina Niland & David Collins (Accomplice TV)
Current Affairs / News: Prime Time Investigates: The Home Care Scandal – Adrian Lydon (RTÉ)
Documentary series: Waterways – Stephen Rooke (Tile Films)
Documentary: The Blood of the Travellers – Liam McGrath (Scratch Films)
Entertainment programme: Mrs Brown’s Boys – Brendan O’Carroll & Justin Healy (BBC / RTÉ)
Factual programme: The Only Viking in the Village – Anne Heffernan & Bernadine Carraher (Mind the Gap)
Reality programme: ICA Bootcamp (Independent Pictures)
Sports: Eamonn Coghlan – Man on a Mission – (Motive Television)
Irish Film Board Rising Star: John Michael McDonagh
