5th Irish Film & Television Awards
The 5th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards took place on 17 February 2008 at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, honouring Irish film and television released in 2007.Film
Film
- Garage
- * Becoming Jane
- * Closing the Ring
- * Kings
- * Shrooms
International Film
Director Film
Script Film
Mark O'Halloran – Garage* Tom Collins – Kings* Mark O'Rowe – Boy A* Stuart Townsend – Battle in SeattleActor in a Lead Role Film
Actor in a Supporting Role Film
Brendan Conroy – Kings* Donal O'Kelly – Kings* Conor J. Ryan – Garage* Don Wycherley – Speed DatingActress in a Supporting Role Film
International Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood* George Clooney – Michael Clayton* James McAvoy – Atonement* Ulrich Mühe – The Lives of OthersTelevision
Single Drama / Drama Serial
- The Running Mate
- * Damage
- * My Boy Jack
- * Prosperity
Drama Series / Soap
- The Tudors
- * The Clinic
- * Ros na Rún
- * Single-Handed
Director Television
- Lenny Abrahamson – Prosperity
- * Brian Kirk – The Tudors
- * Paul Mercier – Aifric
- * Declan Recks – The Running Mate
Script Television
Mark O'Halloran – Prosperity* Marcus Fleming – The Running Mate* Mark O'Halloran – Prosperity* Daniel O'Hara – Paddy C.Courtney – Paddywhackery* Aisling Walsh – DamageActor in a Lead Role Television
Actor in a Supporting Role Television
Nick Dunning – The Tudors* Leroy Harris – Prosperity* Eamonn Hunt – The Running Mate* Gary Lydon – The ClinicActress in a Lead Role Film/Television
Actress in a Supporting Role Television
Maria Doyle Kennedy – The Tudors* Dawn Bradfield – The Clinic* Fionnula Flanagan – Paddywhackery* Amy Huberman – The ClinicCraft
Costume Design
- Joan Bergin – The Tudors
- * Maggie Donnelly – Kings
- *Lorna Marie Mugan – My Boy Jack
- *Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Becoming Jane
Director of Photography
Seamus McGarvey – Atonement* PJ Dillon – Kings* Seamus McGarvey – Atonement* Peter Robertson – Garage* Ciaran Tanham – Northanger AbbeyEditing
- Dermot Diskin – Kings
- * Stephen O'Connell – Damage
- * Isobel Stephenson – Garage
- * Gareth Young – The Running Mate
Hair & Makeup
Jennifer Hegarty, Dee Corcoran – The Tudors* Kings – Muriel Bell, Pamela Smyth* My Boy Jack – Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn* Prosperity – Tom McInerney, Sandra KellyOriginal Score
Production Design
Tom Conroy – The Tudors* David Craig – Kings* Tom Mc Cullagh – Closing the Ring* Padraig O'Neill – GarageSound
- Ken Galvin, Ronan Hill, Dominic Weaver – Kings
- * Becoming Jane – Nick Adams, Tom Johnson, Mervyn Moore
- * Garage – Niall Brady, John Fitzgerald, Robert Flanagan
- * My Boy Jack – Brendan Deasy, Ken Galvin, Nikki Moss
Other television
Children's / Youth Programme
- Skunk Fu!
- * Aifric
- * The Café
- * Cúla Cairde
Current Affairs Programme
- Prime Time Investigates – Not Seen, Not Heard
- * Election 2007 – Results Coverage
- * Time Investigates – Buyer Beware
- * Prime Time Investigates – Not Seen, Not Heard
- * '
Documentary Series
- The Hospice
- * Imeacht Na N'Iarlaí /Flight of The Earls
- * Mobs Mheirceá
- * Scannal
- * Surgeons
Single Documentary
- At Home with the Clearys
- * Arts Lives: The Undertaking
- * Bloody Sunday – A Derry Diary
- * Get Collins
- * Ireland's Nazis
- *
'Entertainment
Factual Entertainment
- Diarmuid's Pony Kids
- * Families in Trouble
- * Hector – Mo Rogha San Oz
- * No Experience Required
News Programme
- BBC Newsline
- * Nuacht RTÉ/TG4
- * RTÉ News
- * TV3 News @ 5.30
Sport
- Tall, Dark & Ó hAilpín
- * 20 Moments That Shook Irish Sport
- * Red Mist
- * Rugby World Cup 2007
- * Six Nations: Ireland's v England
Other awards
Special Irish Language Award
- Kings
- * Aifric
- * Cré na Cille
- * Paddywhackery
Irish Film Board Rising Star 2008
Animation
Short Film
- New Boy
- * Deep Breaths
- * Hesitation
- * No Regrets
- * The Wednesdays
Pantene People's Choice Award for Best International Actress
Sony Bravia TV Personality of the Year
Kathryn Thomas – RTÉ* Stephen Nolan* Michelle Doherty – Channel 6* Kathy Hoffman – City Channel* Paul Dempsey – Setanta Sports* Síle Ní Bhraonáin – TG4* Lorraine Keane – TV3 Julian Simmons – UTVOutstanding Contribution to World Cinema
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