2nd Irish Film & Television Awards

The 2nd Annual Irish Film & Television Awards were hosted by James Nesbitt on 30 October 2004 at the Burlington Hotel, Dublin, honouring Irish film and television released in 2004.

Awards in film
Best Irish Film – Jury Award
 * Omagh (Winner)
 * Adam & Paul
 * Blind Flight
 * Inside I'm Dancing
 * Man About Dog

Best Director
 * Lenny Abrahamson for Adam & Paul (Winner)
 * Paddy Breathnach for Man About Dog
 * Alan Gilsenan for Timbuktu
 * Damien O'Donnell for Inside I'm Dancing
 * Pete Travis for Omagh

Best Cinematography
 * Mark Garrett for Freeze Frame (Winner)
 * Cian de Buitlear for Man About Dog
 * PJ Dillon for Timbuktu
 * Donal Gilligan for Omagh
 * Peter Robertson for Inside I'm Dancing

Best Music
 * Ray Harman for Timbuktu (Winner)
 * Go Blimps Go for The Halo Effect
 * Stephen McKeon for Blind Flight
 * Stephen Rennicks for Adam & Paul
 * Kevin Shields for Lost in Translation

Best Script
 * Jeffrey Caine for Inside I'm Dancing (Winner)
 * Lance Daly for The Halo Effect
 * Pearse Elliott for Man About Dog
 * Guy Hibbert & Paul Greengrass for Omagh
 * Mark O'Halloran for Adam & Paul

Best Editing
 * Emer Reynolds for Timbuktu (Winner)
 * Dermot Diskin for Man About Dog
 * Kevin Lavelle for Starfish
 * Mairead McIvor for Capital Letters
 * Isobel Stephenson for Adam & Paul

Best Production Design
 * Ashleigh Jeffers for Freeze Frame (Winner)
 * Tom Conroy for Inside I'm Dancing
 * Alan Gilsenan for Timbuktu
 * Jim Furlong for Cowboys & Angels
 * Paki Smith for Man About Dog

Best Hair/Make-up
 * Dee Corcoran / Ailbhe Lemass for King Arthur (Winner)
 * Barbara Conway / Terry Ralph for The Halo Effect
 * Bernadette Dooley / Morna Ferguson for Laws of Attraction
 * Tom McInerney for Adam & Paul
 * Linda Mooney for Man About Dog

Best Costume Design
 * Grania Preston for Cowboys & Angels (Winner)
 * Joan Bergin for Laws of Attraction
 * Lorna Marie Mugan for Inside I'm Dancing
 * Lorna Marie Mugan for Man About Dog
 * Leonie Prendergast for The Halo Effect

Best Short Film
 * Undressing My Mother (Winner)
 * Full Circle (2003 film)
 * Take It Back
 * Two Fat Ladies
 * Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom

Awards across TV and film
Best Animation
 * Animated Tales of the World: The Boy Who Had No Story (Winner)
 * Dublin 1
 * God's Early Work
 * The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
 * Norman Normal 

The Irish Film Board/Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission Award for Best New Talent
 * John Simpson for Freeze Frame (Winner)
 * Des Bishop for The Des Bishop Work Experience
 * Pearse Elliott for Man About Dog
 * Karl Geary for Timbuktu
 * Allen Leech for Cowboys & Angels

Best Documentary
 * Battle of the Bogside (film)|Battle of the Bogside (Winner)
 * Christine's Children
 * Imagining Ulysses
 * Shutdown: The Story of the Ulster Workers Strike
 * Waiting for Houlihan
 * Who Kidnapped Shergar

Best Irish Language Short / Animated Film / Programme
 * Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (Winner)
 * Cinegael Paradiso
 * Léargas: Ná Lig Sinn i nDearmad
 * Ros na Rún
 * Tintown

Awards in television
Best Sports Programme
 * Final Words: Hurling '03 (Winner)
 * Fearless: 3 Irish Special Olympians
 * Go Racing
 * Martin O'Neill: Man and Bhoy
 * Ringy

Best Lifestyle Programme
 * Show Me the Money (Winner)
 * Manchán sa Tsín
 * The Restaurant
 * Three 60
 * Wild Trials

Best Entertainment Programme
 * The Bronx Bunny Show (Winner)
 * Amú
 * Close Encounters with Keith Barry
 * The Des Bishop Work Experience
 * The Panel

Best Current Affairs/News Programme
 * Prime Time: "Intellectual Disability" (Winner)
 * Prime Time: "Congo Heart of Africa"
 * Prime Time: "Ireland's Teenage Criminals"
 * Prime Time: "The Lost Generation"
 * Spotlight: "Superdollar Plot"

Best TV Drama or Drama Series / Soap
 * Holy Cross (Winner)
 * The Clinic
 * Proof
 * The Return
 * Ros na Rún

Best Children's/Youth Programme
 * Animated Tales of the World: The Boy Who Had No Story (Winner)
 * ATL TV
 * ID+
 * Scope
 * Scope

Awards in acting
Best Actor in a Leading Role – Film
 * Gerard McSorley for Omagh (Winner)
 * Colin Farrell for A Home at the End of the World
 * Tom Murphy for Adam & Paul
 * Stephen Rea for The Halo Effect
 * Karl Shiels for Capital Letters

Best Actor in TV Drama
 * Ciarán Hinds for The Mayor of Casterbridge (Winner)
 * Simon Delaney for Pulling Moves
 * Dylan Moran for Black Books
 * James Nesbitt for Wall of Silence
 * David Wilmot for The Clinic

Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Film/TV
 * Peter O'Toole for Troy (Winner)
 * Colum Convey for Holy Cross
 * Gary Lydon for The Clinic
 * Ciarán Nolan for Man About Dog
 * Jim Norton for Proof

Best Actress in a Leading Role – Film
 * Eva Birthistle for Ae Fond Kiss… (Winner)
 * Eva Birthistle for Timbuktu
 * Michèle Forbes for Omagh
 * Brenda Fricker for Inside I'm Dancing
 * Louise Lewis for Adam & Paul

Best Actress in a TV Drama
 * Anne Marie Duff for Shameless (Winner)
 * Orla Brady for Proof
 * Orla Brady for Servants
 * Amanda Burton for Silent Witness
 * Niamh Cusack for Too Good to be True

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Film/TV
 * Susan Lynch for 16 Years of Alcohol (Winner)
 * Susan Lynch for Bodies
 * Rachel Pilkington for The Clinic
 * Jasmine Russell for Capital Letters
 * Ger Ryan for The Return

People's Choice Awards
The AIB People's Choice Awards For Best Irish Film
 * Song for a Raggy Boy (Winner)
 * Blind Flight
 * Bloom
 * Cowboys and Angels 
 * Omagh

The Siemens Mobile TV Personality of the Year Award
 * Claire Byrne (Winner)
 * Gerry Anderson
 * Jarlath Burns
 * Gerry Kelly
 * Derek Mooney
 * Gráinne Seoige

The Jameson People's Choice Award for Best International Film
 * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Winner)
 * Fahrenheit 9/11
 * Lost in Translation
 * Mystic River
 * The Passion of the Christ

The Pantene People's Choice Award for Best International Actress Award
 * Keira Knightley for King Arthur and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Winner)
 * Cameron Diaz for Shrek 2
 * Scarlett Johansson for Lost in Translation
 * Charlize Theron for Monster
 * Uma Thurman for Kill Bill: Volume 2

The Avica People's Choice Award for Best International Actor
 * Johnny Depp for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Winner)
 * Jake Gyllenhaal for The Day After Tomorrow
 * Jude Law for Cold Mountain
 * Bill Murray for Lost in Translation
 * Sean Penn for Mystic River

Outstanding Irish Contribution to Cinema

 * Awarded to Pierce Brosnan

Lifetime achievement award

 * Awarded to Maureen O'Hara