Winners of the 2nd Annual Irish Film & Television Awards
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 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
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: Kiera 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
Hell’s Kitchen International/Tiger Aspect production for C4 in association with RTÉ & Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board.
Adam & Paul
A Porridge Pictures Production in association with Speers Films and Element Films
Blind Flight
Parallax Independent Productions & Samson Films
Inside I’m Dancing
Octagon Films
Man About Dog
Treasure Entertainment and Potboiler Productions
THE IRISH FILM BOARD/NORTHERN IRELAND FILM & TELEVISION COMMISSION AWARD FOR BEST NEW TALENT
Winner: John Simpson, Freeze Frame
Universal Studios in association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board, Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission and Parallel World Productions / Wildfire Films
Des Bishop, The Des Bishop Work Experience
Stop Watch Productions for RTÉ
Pearse Elliott, Man About Dog
Treasure Entertainment and Potboiler Productions
Karl Geary, Timbuktu
Yellow Asylum Films, Fantastic Films, MR Film
Allen Leech, Cowboys & Angels
Wide Eye Films / Peter Stockhaus Filmproduktion GmbH/ Grosvenor Park UK Productions
BEST FILM DIRECTOR
Winner: Lenny Abrahamson, Adam & Paul
A Porridge Pictures Production in association with Speers Films and Element Films
Paddy Breathnach, Man About Dog
Treasure Entertainment and Potboiler Productions
Alan Gilsenan, Timbuktu
Yellow Asylum Films, Fantastic Films, MR Films
Damien O’Donnell, Inside I’m Dancing
Octagon Films
Pete Travis, Omagh
Hell’s Kitchen International/Tiger Aspect production for C4 in association with RTÉ & Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board.
BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE FILM
Winner: Gerard McSorley, Omagh
Hell’s Kitchen International/Tiger Aspect production for C4 in association with RTÉ & Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board.
Colin Farrell, A Home at the End of the World
Warner Independent Pictures
Tom Murphy, Adam & Paul
A Porridge Pictures Production in association with Speers Films and Element Films
Stephen Rea, The Halo Effect
A Fastnet Films/Ipso Facto Films Co-Production in association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board, Fatface Films, Fullworks and TV3
Karl Shiels, Capital Letters
New Decade Productions
BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM
Winner: Eva Birthistle, Ae Fond Kiss
Sixteen Films, EMC GmbH, Bianca Films and Tornasol Films S.A.
Eva Birthistle, Timbuktu
Yellow Asylum Films, Fantastic Films, MR Films
Michèle Forbes, Omagh
Hell’s Kitchen International/Tiger Aspect production for C4 in association with RTÉ & Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board.
Brenda Fricker, Inside I’m Dancing
Octagon Films
Louise Lewis, Adam & Paul
A Porridge Pictures Production in association with Speers Films and Element Films
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Mark Garrett, Freeze Frame
Universal Studios in association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board, Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission and Parallel World Productions / Wildfire Films
Cian de Buitlear, Man about Dog
Treasure Entertainment and Potboiler Productions
PJ Dillon, Timbuktu
Yellow Asylum Films, Fantastic Films, MR Films
Donal Gilligan, Omagh
Hell’s Kitchen International/Tiger Aspect production for C4 in association with RTÉ & Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board.
Peter Robertson, Inside I’m Dancing
Octagon Films
BEST MUSIC IN A FILM
Winner: Ray Harman, Timbuktu
Yellow Asylum Films, Fantastic Films, MR Films
Go Blimps Go, The Halo Effect
A Fastnet Films/Ipso Facto Films Co-Production in association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board, Fatface Films, Fullworks and TV3
Ray Harman, Timbuktu
Yellow Asylum Films, Fantastic Films, MR Films
Stephen McKeon, Blind Flight
Parallax Independent Productions & Samson Films
Stephen Rennicks, Adam & Paul
A Porridge Pictures Production in association with Speers Films and Element Films
Kevin Shields, Lost in Translation
Momentum Pictures
BEST SCRIPT FOR FILM
Winner: Jeffrey Caine, Inside I’m Dancing
Octagon Films
Lance Daly, The Halo Effect
A Fastnet Films/Ipso Facto Films Co-Production in association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board, Fatface Films, Fullworks and TV3
Pearse Elliott, Man About Dog
Treasure Entertainment and Potboiler Productions
Guy Hibbert & Paul Greengrass, Omagh
Hell’s Kitchen International/Tiger Aspect production for C4 in association with RTÉ & Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board.
Mark O’Halloran, Adam & Paul
A Porridge Pictures Production in association with Speers Films and Element Films
BEST EDITING OF A FILM
Winner: Emer Reynolds, Timbuktu
Yellow Asylum Films, Fantastic Films, MR Films
Dermot Diskin, Man About Dog
Treasure Entertainment and Potboiler Productions
Kevin Lavelle, Starfish
New Starfish Enterprise
Mairead McIvor, Capital Letters
New Decade Productions
Isobel Stephenson, Adam & Paul
A Porridge Pictures Production in association with Speers Films and Element Films
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Winner: Ashleigh Jeffers, Freeze Frame
Universal Studios in association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board, Northern Ireland Film & Television Commission and Parallel World Productions / Wildfire Films
Tom Conroy, Inside I’m Dancing
Octagon Films
Jim Furlong, Cowboys & Angels
Wide Eye Films / Peter Stockhaus Filmproduktion GmbH/ Grosvenor Park UK Productions
Alan Gilsenan, Timbuktu
Yellow Asylum Films, Fantastic Films, MR Films
Paki Smith, Man About Dog
Treasure Entertainment and Potboiler Productions
BEST HAIR/MAKEUP
Winner: Dee Corcoran/Ailbhe Lemass, King Arthur
Touchstone Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films/World 2000
Barbara Conway/Terry Ralph, The Halo Effect
A Fastnet Films/Ipso Facto Films Co-Production in association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board, Fatface Films, Fullworks and TV3
Bernadette Dooley / Morna Ferguson, Laws of Attraction
Element Films/Hell’s Kitchen
Tom McInerney, Adam & Paul
A Porridge Pictures Production in association with Speers Films and Element Films
Linda Mooney, Man About Dog
Treasure Entertainment and Potboiler Productions
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Winner: Grania Preston, Cowboys & Angels
Wide Eye Films / Peter Stockhaus Filmproduktion GmbH/ Grosvenor Park UK Productions
Joan Bergin, Laws of Attraction
Element Films/Hell’s Kitchen
Lorna Marie Mugan, Inside I’m Dancing
Octagon Films
Lorna Marie Mugan, Man About Dog
Treasure Entertainment and Potboiler Productions
Leonie Prendergast, The Halo Effect
A Fastnet Films/Ipso Facto Films Co-Production in association with Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board, Fatface Films, Fullworks and TV3
BEST SHORT FILM
Winner: Undressing My Mother
Venom Film
Full Circle
Sunpath Pictures
Take It Back
A Welcome Home Pictures Film
Two Fat Ladies
Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board and RTÉ present in association with Toytown Films
Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
Dough Productions for TG4
BEST ANIMATION
Winner: The Boy Who Had No Story
A Brown Bag Films production for TG4, RTÉ & Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board on behalf of S4C in association with the Children’s Television Trust International
Dublin 1
Monster Animation & Design
God’s Early Work
A Fat Lisa Production
The Life & Death of Peter Sellers
VooDooDog
Norman Normal
Teleimages Kids & Magma Films
BEST TV DRAMA OR DRAMA SERIES/SOAP
Winner: Holy Cross
BBC NI in association with RTÉ.
The Clinic
Parallel Films for RTÉ
Proof
Subotica Entertainment for RTÉ in association with Denmark’s TV2
The Return
Sally Head Productions
Ros na Run
An Eo Teilifís and Tyrone Productions Production for TG4
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS/NEWS PROGRAMME
Winner: Prime Time: Intellectual Disability
Janet Traynor & Keelin Shanley for RTÉ
Prime Time: Congo Heart of Africa
Any News Inc for RTÉ
Prime Time: Ireland's Teenage Criminals
Neasa Hardiman and Keelin Shanley for RTÉ
Prime Time: The Lost Generation
Niamh O’Connor and Paul Rouse for RTÉ
Spotlight: Superdollar Plot
Andrew Martin and Declan Lawn for BBC Northern Ireland
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
Winner: The Bronx Bunny Show
Double Z Enterprises
Amu
Adare Productions
Close Encounters with Keith Barry
Midas Productions for RTÉ
The Des Bishop Work Experience
Stop Watch Productions for RTÉ
The Panel
Happy Endings Productions for RTÉ.
BEST LIFESTYLE PROGRAMME
Winner: Show Me The Money
Agtel Productions for RTÉ
Manchan sa tSin
A Wonderland Production for TG4
The Restaurant
Vision Independent Productions for RTÉ
Three 60
Animo for RTÉ
Wild Trials
Crossing the Line Films for RTÉ
BEST SPORTS PROGRAMME
Winner: Final Words - Hurling '03
RTÉ
Fearless 3 Irish Special Olympians
Power Pictures for RTÉ
Go Racing
High Flyer
Martin O'Neill - Man and Bhoy
An About-Face Media Production for BBC Northern Ireland
Ringy
A Forefront Production for TG4
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Battle of the Bogside
A Perfect Cousin Production for the BBC
Christine’s Children
Doubleband Films
Imagining Ulysses
Blueprint Pictures for RTÉ
Shutdown
A Mint Production for BBC ONE Northern Ireland
Waiting for Houlihan
An Imagine Limited Production in association with RTÉ
Who Kidnapped Shergar
A Mint Production for C4 and RTÉ
BEST CHILDREN’S/YOUTH PROGRAMME
Winner: The Boy Who Had No Story
A Brown Bag Films production for TG4, RTÉ & Bord Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board on behalf of S4C in association with the Children’s Television Trust International
ATL TV
BBC Northern Ireland
ID+ RTÉ
S@ttitude RTÉ
Scope Stop Watch Productions for RTÉ
BEST ACTOR IN A TV DRAMA
Winner: Ciaran Hinds, The Mayor of Casterbridge
Sally Head Productions
Simon Delaney, Pulling Moves
BBC Northern Ireland
Dylan Moran, Black Books
Assembly Film & TV
James Nesbitt, Wall of Silence
Granada Television
David Wilmot, The Clinic
Parallel Films for RTÉ
BEST ACTRESS IN A TV DRAMA
Winner: Anne Marie Duff, Shameless
Company Pictures
Orla Brady, Proof
Subotica Entertainment for RTÉ in association with Denmark’s TV2
Orla Brady, Servants
Whitby Davison Productions
Amanda Burton, Silent Witness
BBC
Niamh Cusack, Too Good to be True
Carlton Television
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN FILM/TELEVISION
Winner: Peter O’Toole, Troy
Warner Bros Pictures
Colum Convey, Holy Cross
Great Meadow Productions for BBC NI in association with RTÉ.
Gary Lydon, The Clinic
Parallel Films for RTÉ
Ciarán Nolan, Man About Dog
Treasure Entertainment and Potboiler Productions
Jim Norton, Proof
Subotica Entertainment for RTÉ in association with Denmark’s TV2
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN FILM/TELEVISION
Winner: Susan Lynch, 16 Years of Alcohol
Tartan Films
Susan Lynch, Bodies
Hat Trick Productions
Rachel Pilkington, The Clinic
Parallel Films for RTÉ
Jasmine Russell, Capital Letters
New Decade Productions
Ger Ryan, The Return
Sally Head Productions
BEST IRISH LANGUAGE SHORT/ANIMATED FILM/PROGRAMME
Winner: Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
Dough Productions for TG4 & Filmbase
Cinegael Paradiso
A Distinguished Features Production
Leargas Ná Lig Sinn i nDearmad
RTÉ
Ros na Run
An Eo Teilifís and Tyrone Productions Production for TG4
Tintown
Akajava Films
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO IRISH CINEMA
Pierce Brosnan
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Maureen O'Hara