7th Irish Film & Television Awards

The 7th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on 20 February 2010 in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin. It was hosted by Victoria Smurfit and honoured Irish film and television released in 2009.

Awards in film
Best Film
 * The Eclipse (Winner)
 * Ondine
 * The Secret of Kells
 * Zonad
 * Eamon

Director in Film
 * Jim Sheridan – Brothers (Winner)
 * Neil Jordan – Ondine
 * John Carney, Kieran Carney – Zonad
 * Conor McPherson – The Eclipse

Script Film
 * Conor McPherson, Billy Roache – The Eclipse (Winner)
 * Neil Jordan – Ondine
 * John Carney, Kieran Carney – Zonad
 * Margaret Corkery – Eamon

Actor in a lead role
 * Colin Farrell – Ondine (Winner)
 * Ciarán Hinds – The Eclipse
 * Darren Healy – Savage
 * Stephen Rea – Nothing personal

Actress in a lead role
 * Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones (Winner)
 * Janice Byrne – Zonad
 * Amy Kirwan – Eamon
 * Jade Yourell – Happy Ever Afters

Actor in a Supporting Role Film
 * Aidan Quinn – The Eclipse (Winner)
 * Simon Delaney – Happy Ever Afters
 * Michael Fassbender – Fish Tank
 * Michael Gambon – Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince

Actress in a Supporting Role Film
 * Dervla Kirwan – Ondine (Winner)
 * Anne Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy
 * Nora-Jane Noone – Savage
 * Ger Ryan – Happy Ever Afters

Feature Documentary
 * His & Hers (Winner)
 * The Bass Player: A song for dad
 * Colony
 * The Yellow Bittern

International film
Best International Film
 * The Hurt Locker 🇺🇸 (Winner)
 * Avatar 🇺🇸
 * Let the Right One In 🇸🇪
 * Up 🇺🇸

Best International Actress
 * Meryl Streep – It's Complicated
 * Marion Cotillard – Nine
 * Penélope Cruz – Broken Embraces
 * Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air

Best International Actor
 * Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes
 * Sam Rockwell – Moon
 * Vincent Cassel – Mesrine: Killer Instinct
 * Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones

Craft / technical categories (film and television)
Costume Design
 * Consolata Boyle – Chéri (Winner)
 * Joan Bergin – The Tudors
 * Allison Byrne – Cracks
 * Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Ondine

Director of Photography
 * Suzie Lavelle – One Hundred Mornings (Winner)
 * Tom Comerford – Savage
 * Ivan McCullough – The Eclipse
 * Ruairí O'Brien – Five Minutes of Heaven

Editing
 * Mairead McIvor – Savage (Winner)
 * Emer Reynolds – The Eclipse
 * Isobel Stephenson – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend
 * Ken Wardrop – His & Hers

Make Up & Hair
 * The Take – Lorraine Glynn, Morna Ferguson
 * Five Minutes of Heaven – Pamela Smyth
 * The Tudors – Sharon Doyle, Dee Corcoran
 * Zonad – Eileen Buggy, Barbara Conway

Original Score
 * Brian Byrne – Zonad
 * Neil Hannon – Wide Open Spaces
 * The Henry Girls – A Shine of Rainbows
 * Stephen McKeon – Savage

Production Design
 * Anna Rackard – Ondine (Winner)
 * Tom Conroy – The Tudors
 * Susie Cullen – The Take
 * Ashleigh Jeffers – Occupation

Sound
 * Ondine – Brendan Deasy, Tom Johnson, Sarah Gaines (Winner)
 * The Eclipse – Ronan Hill, Jon Stevenson, John Fitzgerald
 * Five Minutes of Heaven – Ronan Hill, Jon Stevenson, John Fitzgerald
 * Savage – Patrick Hanlon, John Fitzgerald, Fiadhnait McCann

Television drama categories
Single Drama / Drama Serial
 * Five Minutes of Heaven Winner
 * Belonging to Laura
 * Best: His Mother's Son
 * Father & Son
 * Rásaí na Gaillimhe

Drama Series / Soap
 * The Clinic Winner
 * Fair City
 * Pure Mule – The Last Weekend
 * Ros na Rún
 * The Tudors

Director Television
 * Thaddeus O'Sullivan – Into the Storm (Winner)
 * Ciaran Donnelly – The Tudors
 * Robert Quinn – Rásaí na Gaillimhe
 * Declan Recks – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend

Script Television
 * Frank Deasy – Father & Son (Winner)
 * Frank McGuinness – A Short Stay in Switzerland
 * Eugene O'Brien – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend
 * James Phelan – Rásaí na Gaillimhe

Actor in a Lead Role – Television
 * Brendan Gleeson – Into the Storm (Winner)
 * Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment
 * Liam Neeson – Five Minutes of Heaven
 * Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors

Actress in a Lead Role – Television
 * Elaine Cassidy – Harper's Island (Winner)
 * Ruth Bradley – Rásaí na Gaillimhe
 * Michelle Fairley – Best: His Mother's Son
 * Charlene McKenna – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend

Actor in a Supporting Role – Television
 * Stephen Rea – Father & Son (Winner)
 * Declan Conlon – Fair City
 * Diarmuid Noyes – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend
 * Owen Roe – Val Falvey, T.D.

Actress in a Supporting Role – Television
 * Sarah Bolger – The Tudors (Winner)
 * Dawn Bradfield – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend 
 * Amy Huberman – The Clinic
 * Tatiana Ouliankina – Belonging to Laura

Television categories
Children's / Youth Programme
 * On The Block – Tory Island (Winner)
 * Aisling's Diary
 * Ballybraddan
 * Seacht

Current Affairs
 * The Frontline (Winner)
 * Paul Williams Investigates: The Battle for the Gasfield
 * Prime Time Investigates: Travellers – On the Edge
 * Spotlight: Stem Cell Tourists

Documentary Series
 * Blood of the Irish (Winner) 
 * Bóthar go dtí an White House
 * I See A Darkness
 * Teorainn

Single Documentary
 * Seamus Heaney: Out Of The Marvellous (Winner)
 * Abuse of Trust: Sins of the Fathers
 * The Forgotten Irish
 * The House

Entertainment Programme
 * Apprentice (Winner)
 * The All Ireland Talent Show
 * The Savage Eye
 * Xposé – The Stephen Gately Tribute

News Programme
 * TV3 News at 5.30 (Winner)
 * BBC Newsline
 * City Channel News

Factual Programme
 * Nightly News with Vincent Browne (Winner)
 * Celebrity Bainisteoir
 * Killers – O'Reilly
 * Welcome to my World

Sports
 * Grand Slam Journey (Winner)
 * GAA Beo
 * Pride of The Parish
 * Shay Elliot

Others
Special Irish Language Award
 * Rásaí na Gaillimhe (Winner)
 * CSÍ
 * Ros na Rún
 * Seacht

Animation
 * The Secret of Kells (Winner)
 * Hasan Everywhere
 * The Polish Language
 * Trolley Boy

Short Film
 * Runners (Winner)
 * If I Should Fall Behind
 * Moore Street Masala
 * Sunshower

Rising Star Award
 * Tomm Moore
 * Margaret Corkery
 * Darren Healy
 * Brendan Muldowney
 * Robert Sheehan
 * Ken Wardrop

Lifetime Achievement Award
 * John Boorman