1st Irish Film & Television Awards

The 1st Annual Irish Film & Television Awards was hosted by James Nesbitt on 1 November 2003, honouring Irish film and television released in 2003.

Awards in film
Best Irish Film Jury Award
 * Intermission (Winner)
 * The Actors
 * Chávez: Inside the Coup
 * Dead Bodies
 * Song for a Raggy Boy
 * Veronica Guerin

Best Film Director
 * John Crowley for Intermission (Winner)
 * John Deery for Conspiracy of Silence
 * Robert Quinn for Dead Bodies
 * Liz Gill for Goldfish Memory
 * Aisling Walsh for Song for a Raggy Boy

Best Short Film
 * Meeting Che Guevara and the Man from Maybury Hill (Winner)
 * Eireville
 * The Last Time
 * No, No, No
 * Strangers in the Night

Awards in acting
Best Actor in a Lead Role – Film (Jury Award)
 * Andrew Scott for Dead Bodies (Winner)
 * Colin Farrell for SWAT
 * Michael McElhatton for Spin the Bottle
 * Cillian Murphy for 28 Days Later
 * Aidan Quinn for Song for a Raggy Boy

Best Actor in a Leading Role – Television
 * James Nesbitt for Murphy's Law (Winner)
 * Peadar Cox for Ros na Rún
 * Simon Delaney for Bachelors Walk
 * Ciarán McMenamin for Any Time Now

Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Film/TV
 * David Wilmot for Intermission (Winner)
 * Colin Farrell for Intermission
 * Ciarán Hinds for Veronica Guerin
 * Gerard McSorley for Veronica Guerin
 * Owen Roe for Any Time Now

Best Actress in a Lead Role – Film
 * Angeline Ball for Bloom (Winner)
 * Bronagh Gallagher for Spin the Bottle
 * Maria Doyle Kennedy for Mystics
 * Flora Montgomery for Goldfish Memory
 * Natascha McElhone for Solaris

Best Actress in a Leading Role – Television
 * Angeline Ball for Any Time Now (Winner)
 * Dearbhla Molloy for Home for Christmas
 * Joan Sheehy for Ros na Rún

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Film/TV
 * Ruth McCabe for Any Time Now (Winner)
 * Brenda Fricker for Veronica Guerin
 * Fiona Glascott for Goldfish Memory
 * Deirdre O'Kane for Intermission
 * Ger Ryan for Intermission

Awards in television
Best TV Drama
 * Bachelors Walk (Winner)
 * Any Time Now
 * Home for Christmas
 * On Home Ground
 * Watermelon

Best Entertainment
 * Amu Amigos "Amazon" (Winner)
 * Brian Kennedy on Song
 * Only Fools Buy Horses
 * Ryan Confidential – Colin Farrell
 * The Late Late Show special on Richard Harris

Best Lifestyle
 * Amu Amigos "Amazon" (Winner)
 * Ask Anna
 * The Health Squad
 * Ireland AM
 * Wedding Planners

Best Children's/Youth/Educational/Multicultural/Religious/Regional TV
 * Sampler (Winner)
 * Cracking Crime
 * Ear to the Ground
 * Townlands: "Animal Rescue"
 * Twins

Best Sports TV
 * The Rod Squad (Winner)
 * Breaking Ball
 * End to End: "Armagh Special"
 * La Ochra Gael
 * When Joe Met Sam

Best Current Affairs
 * Prime Time: "Cardinal Secrets" (Winner)
 * Prime Time: "Saturday Night Sunday Morning"
 * Crash
 * Prime Time: "Sue Nation"
 * Fine Gael: "A Family at War"

Awards across TV and film
Best Documentary
 * Oileán Thoraí (Winner)
 * A House Divided
 * Bang! You're Dead
 * Chavez - Inside the Coup
 * Living the Revolution
 * Sing on Forever
 * The Strange Case of the Irish Crown Jewels

Best Irish Language
 * Amu Amigos "Amazon" (Winner)
 * An Charraig Stoite
 * Galtymore
 * Islandman
 * Oilean Thorai

Best Music in TV/Film
 * John McPhillips for Spin the Bottle (Winner)
 * Gavin Little for God's Kitchen
 * Ronan Johnstone for Home for Christmas
 * Niall Byrne for On Home Ground
 * ShinAwil Productions for You're A Star

Best Animation
 * Escape (Winner)
 * The Birth of John the Baptist
 * The Butterfly Collector
 * The Depository
 * Pullin' the Devil by the Tail

Best Script
 * Mark O'Rowe for Intermission (Winner)
 * Conor McPherson for The Actors
 * Derek Landy for Dead Bodies
 * Liz Gill for Goldfish Memory
 * Ian Fitzgibbon for Spin the Bottle

Best Cinematography / TV Photography
 * Peter Robertson for Song for a Raggy Boy (Winner)
 * Ciarán Tanham for Bloom
 * Donal Gilligan for Dead Bodies
 * Ken Byrne for Goldfish Memory
 * Brendan Galvin for Veronica Guerin

Best Editing
 * Dermot Diskin for Dead Bodies (Winner)
 * The Actors
 * Goldfish Memory
 * Spin the Bottle
 * The Strange Case of the Irish Crown Jewels

Best Hair / Make-up
 * Linda Mooney & Carol Dunne for Watermelon (Winner)
 * Lynn Johnston & Lorraine Glynn for Intermission
 * Patsy Giles for Spin the Bottle
 * Dee Corcoran & Ailbhe Lemass for Veronica Guerin

Best Costume Design
 * Kathy Strachan for Spin the Bottle (Winner)
 * Tara Van Zyl for Bloom
 * Lorna Marie Mugan for Intermission
 * Joan Bergin for Veronica Guerin
 * Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh for Watermelon

Best Art Direction
 * Padraig O'Neill for Spin the Bottle (Winner)
 * God's Kitchen for Paki Smith
 * Laurent Mellet for Headrush
 * Mark Geraghty for Home for Christmas
 * Tom Conroy for Intermission

Best Sound / Sound Editing
 * Daniel Birch for Dead Bodies (Winner)
 * Sarah Gaines & Philippe Faujas for Goldfish Memory
 * Paddy Gibbons for The Twilight Hour

Best New Talent
 * Colin O'Donoghue for Home for Christmas (Winner)
 * Jonathan Forbes for Conspiracy of Silence
 * Sonya Supple Gildea for Bodyblow
 * Ian Thullier for Darkroom
 * Sean Walsh for Bloom
 * David Wilmot for Intermission

People's Choice Awards
Best Actor in a Film – Public Vote
 * Colin Farrell (Winner)
 * Aidan Quinn
 * Stuart Townsend
 * Cillian Murphy
 * Pierce Brosnan

UGC Cinemas Best Irish Film – Public Vote
 * Veronica Guerin (Winner)
 * Evelyn
 * Goldfish Memory
 * The Actors
 * Intermission

Best TV Personality – Public Vote
 * Miriam O'Callaghan (Winner)
 * Patrick Kielty
 * Grainne Seoige
 * Julian Simmonds
 * Paidi O'Lionard
 * Hector O'hEochagain
 * John Daly
 * Gerry Kelly

Lifetime achievement award

 * Awarded to Neil Jordan