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
 * The Lives of Others
 * Atonement
 * The Bourne Ultimatum
 * La Vie en Rose

Director Film
 * Lenny Abrahamson – Garage
 * Paddy Breathnach – Shrooms
 * Tom Collins – Kings
 * John Crowley – Boy A
 * Robert Quinn – Cré na Cille

Script Film
 * Mark O'Halloran – Garage
 * Tom Collins – Kings
 * Mark O'Rowe – Boy A
 * Stuart Townsend – Battle in Seattle

Actor in a Lead Role Film
 * Pat Shortt – Garage
 * Gabriel Byrne – Jindabyne
 * Colm Meaney – Kings
 * Cillian Murphy – Sunshine
 * Hugh O'Conor – Speed Dating

Actor in a Supporting Role Film
 * Brendan Conroy – Kings
 * Donal O'Kelly – Kings
 * Conor J. Ryan – Garage
 * Don Wycherley – Speed Dating

Actress in a Supporting Role Film
 * Saoirse Ronan – Atonement
 * Elaine Cassidy – And When Did You Last See Your Father
 * Anne Marie Duff – Garage
 * Gail Fitzpatrick – Strength and Honour

International Actor
 * Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood
 * George Clooney – Michael Clayton
 * James McAvoy – Atonement
 * Ulrich Mühe – The Lives of Others

Television
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
 * Daniel O'Hara – Paddy C.Courtney – Paddywhackery
 * Aisling Walsh – Damage

Actor in a Lead Role Television
 * Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors
 * Denis Conway – The Running Mate
 * Michael Gambon – Celebration
 * Don Wycherley – The Running Mate

Actor in a Supporting Role Television
 * Nick Dunning – The Tudors
 * Leroy Harris – Prosperity
 * Eamonn Hunt – The Running Mate
 * Gary Lydon – The Clinic

Actress in a Lead Role Film/Television
 * Aisling O'Sullivan – The Clinic
 * Clíona Ní Chiosáin – Aifric
 * Fionnula Flanagan – Brotherhood
 * Bríd Ní Neachtáin – Cré na Cille
 * Siobhan Shanahan – Prosperity

Actress in a Supporting Role Television
 * Maria Doyle Kennedy – The Tudors
 * Dawn Bradfield – The Clinic
 * Fionnula Flanagan – Paddywhackery
 * Amy Huberman – The Clinic

Craft
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 Abbey

Editing
 * 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 Kelly

Original Score
 * Pol Brennan – Kings
 * Jim Lockhart – Cré na Cille
 * Stephen McKeon – The Running Mate
 * Stephen Rennicks – Garage

Production Design
 * Tom Conroy – The Tudors
 * David Craig – Kings
 * Tom Mc Cullagh – Closing the Ring
 * Padraig O'Neill – Garage

Sound
 * 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
 * Spotlight: The Pitbull Sting

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
 * Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten

Entertainment
 * The Podge & Rodge Show
 * Dan & Becs
 * Killinaskully
 * Naked Camera

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
 * Saoirse Ronan – Actress
 * Cecelia Ahern – Writer
 * Mark Mahon – Producer
 * Martin McCann – Actor
 * Marian Quinn – Director

Animation
 * Skunk Fu!
 * Ding Dong Denny O'Reilly's History of Ireland
 * The Ugly Duckling and Me
 * Wobblyland

Short Film
 * New Boy
 * Deep Breaths
 * Hesitation
 * No Regrets
 * The Wednesdays

Pantene People's Choice Award for Best International Actress
 * Hilary Swank – P.S. I Love You
 * Cate Blanchett – Elizabeth: The Golden Age
 * Jodie Foster – The Brave One
 * Keira Knightley – Atonement

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 – UTV

Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema
 * Mel Gibson