9th Irish Film & Television Awards

The 9th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on Saturday 11 February 2012 at the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD), honouring Irish film and television released in 2011.

It was hosted by Irish actor Simon Delaney. The Show was broadcast on RTÉ One Television on the night.

The ceremony, hosted by the Academy on Saturday 11 February reached a record audience of 1.143 Million viewers* on RTÉ One, clocking up the highest number of Irish viewers to watch the Awards show.

Among the winners at the Irish Film & Television Awards was Michael Fassbender, who picked up the Best Actor IFTA for his stark performance in Steve McQueen's drama Shame. Speaking after receiving his IFTA, Michel said he was "humbled" and "honoured" to accept the accolade from the Irish Academy.

The Guard, Ireland's most successful independent Irish feature film, won four film Awards on the night; Best Film, Director, Screenwriter and Supporting Actress Fionnula Flanagan.

Irish Actress Fionnula Flanagan received the IFTA Lifetime Achievement award.

The TV series Love/Hate won seven awards including Best Drama and Best Director.

Film categories
The Guard — Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Cark, Flora Fernandez Marengo
 * Film
 * Albert Nobbs — Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Glenn Close
 * Charlie Casanova — Terry McMahon
 * Stella Days — Jackie Larkin, Leslie McKimm

John Michael McDonagh — The Guard
 * Director in Film
 * Rebecca Daly — The Other Side of Sleep
 * Terry McMahon — Charlie Casanova
 * Thaddeus O'Sullivan — Stella Days

John Michael McDonagh — The Guard
 * Script Film
 * John Banville, Glenn Close — Albert Nobbs
 * Terry McMahon — Charlie Casanova
 * Antoine O'Flaherta — Stella Days

Michael Fassbender — Shame
 * Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film
 * Brendan Gleeson — The Guard
 * Ciarán Hinds — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * Martin Sheen — Stella Days

Saoirse Ronan — Hanna
 * Actress in a Lead Role in a Feature Film
 * Aoife Duffin — Behold the Lamb
 * Antonia Campbell Hughes — The Other Side of Sleep
 * Marcella Plunkett — Stella Days

Chris O'Dowd — Bridesmaids
 * Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film
 * Liam Cunningham — The Guard
 * Brendan Gleeson — Albert Nobbs
 * Ciarán Hinds — The Debt

Fionnula Flanagan — The Guard
 * Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film
 * Maria Doyle Kennedy — Albert Nobbs
 * Brenda Fricker — Albert Nobbs
 * Amy Huberman — Stella Days

Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey — Lelia Doolan
 * George Morrison Feature Documentary Award
 * 'Knuckle' — Ian Palmer
 * Men of Arlington — Enda Hughes
 * Off the Beaten Track — Dieter Auner

Corp + Anam – Paddy Hayes
 * Special Irish Language Award
 * Mobs Cheanada — Dathai Keane
 * Ray McAnally – M'Athair — Brian Reddin
 * Seacht — Colin O'Donnell

The Boy in the Bubble – Kealan O'Rourke
 * Animation
 * 23 Degrees 5 Minutes — Darragh O'Connell
 * The Last Train — Alex Sherwood
 * Origin — James Stacey

Foxes – Lorcan Finnegan
 * Philips Short Film Award
 * The Boy in the Bubble — Kealan O' Rourke
 * Cluck — Michael Lavelle
 * Downpour — Claire Dix
 * The Shore — Terry George

International categories
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
 * International Film
 * Bridesmaids
 * Drive
 * Senna

Ryan Gosling — Drive
 * International Actor
 * Don Cheadle — 'The Guard'
 * Leonardo DiCaprio — J. Edgar
 * Gary Oldman — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Glenn Close — Albert Nobbs
 * International Actress
 * Meryl Streep — The Iron Lady
 * Tilda Swinton — We Need to Talk About Kevin
 * Kristen Wiig — Bridesmaids

Television Drama categories
Love/Hate — Suzanne McAuley, Steve Mattews David Caffrey — Love/Hate
 * Best Drama – In Association with BAI
 * Corp + Anam — Paddy Hayes
 * Game of Thrones — Mark Huffam
 * The Borgias — Neil Jordan, James Flynn
 * Director – Television Drama
 * Neil Jordan — The Borgias
 * Brian Kirk — Game of Thrones
 * Daniel O'Hara — Being Human

Stuart Carolan — Love/Hate
 * Writer – Television Drama
 * Neil Jordan — The Borgias
 * Ronan Bennett — Hidden
 * Daire Mac Con Iomaire — Corp + Anam

Aidan Gillen — Love/Hate
 * Actor in a Lead Role – Television
 * Diarmuid de Faoite — Corp + Anam
 * Chris O'Dowd — The Crimson Petal and the White (TV miniseries)
 * David Pearse — Trivia

Ruth Negga — Shirley
 * Actress in a Lead Role – Television
 * Maria Doyle Kennedy — Corp + Anam
 * Michelle Fairley — Game of Thrones
 * Aisling O'Sullivan — Raw

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor — Love/Hate
 * Actor in a Supporting Role – Television
 * Brendan Coyle — Downton Abbey
 * Aidan Gillen — Game of Thrones
 * Robert Sheehan — Misfits

Denise McCormack — Love/Hate
 * Actress in a Supporting Role – Television
 * Eva Birthistle — Strike Back
 * Bronagh Gallagher — The Field of Blood
 * Ruth Negga — Misfits

Craft/Technical categories (Film/TV Drama)
Consolata Boyle — The Iron Lady
 * Costume Design
 * Joan Bergin — Camelot
 * Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh — Neverland
 * Lorna Marie Mugan — Treasure Island

Seamus McGarvey — We Need to Talk About Kevin
 * Director of Photography
 * Seamus Deasy — Neverland
 * Suzie Lavelle — The Other Side of Sleep
 * Robbie Ryan — Wuthering Heights

Isobel Stephenson — Love/Hate
 * Editing
 * Dermot Diskin — Stella Days
 * Tony Kearns — Charlie Casanova
 * Úna Ní Dhonghaíle — Camelot

Lorraine Glynn/ Lynn Johnson — Albert Nobbs
 * M.A.C Make-up & Hair
 * Dee Corcoran/Tom Mc Inerney — Camelot
 * Ailbhe Lemass/Lorraine Glynn — Neverland
 * Joni Galvin/Eileen Buggy — Stella Days

Brian Byrne — Albert Nobbs
 * Original Score
 * Darragh O'Toole — Ballymun Lullaby
 * Stephen McKeon — Legends of Valhalla: Thor
 * Ray Harman — Love/Hate

Anna Rackard – Stella Days
 * Production Design
 * Tom Conroy — Camelot
 * Stephen Daly — Love/Hate
 * John Paul Kelly — The Guard

Albert Nobbs — Brendan Deasy, Niall Brady, Michelle Cunniffe, Steve Fanagan
 * Sound
 * Game of Thrones — Ronan Hill, Sound Post Production Team
 * Love/Hate — Brendan Deasy, Mark Henry, Fiadhnait McCann
 * The Guard — Robert Flanagan, Michelle Cuniffe, Niall Brady

Craft/Technical categories (Television)
Gary Keane – The Writing in the Sky
 * Director – Television
 * Liz Gill — A Story with Me in It
 * Lynda McQuaid — MasterChef Ireland
 * Kieron J. Walsh — The Savage Eye

Peter Robertson – Waterways
 * Director of Photography – Television
 * Richard Kendrick — Two for the Road
 * Michael O'Donovan — The Writing in the Sky
 * Kieron Skyne — Departure Day

Ray Roantree – The Ashes of 9/11
 * Editing – Television
 * Ailbhe Gaffney — MasterChef Ireland
 * Mick Mahon — The Writing in the Sky
 * Emer Reynolds — Broken Tail

The Writing in the Sky – Killian Fitzgerald, Aza Hand
 * Sound – Television
 * Horslips – Rotha Mór an tSaoil — Sam Horgan
 * MasterChef Ireland — Trevor Cunningham
 * Punky — Emma Butt

Television categories
The Importance of Being Whatever – Martina Niland, David Collins
 * Children's/Youth Programme
 * OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory — Noleen Golding
 * Punky — Gerard O'Rourke
 * The Amazing World of Gumball — Anne Tweedy, Peter Lewis

Prime Time Investigates: The Home Care Scandal — Adrian Lydon
 * Current Affairs/News
 * Prime Time Investigates: Carry on Regardless — Bill Malone
 * The Frontline: The Presidential Debate — Michael Hughes
 * State Visit to Ireland of Queen Elizabeth II — John O'Regan

Waterways — Stephen Rooke
 * Documentary Series
 * The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne — Roger Childs
 * Mobs Cheanada — Dathai Keane
 * The Tenements — Jane Kelly

The Blood of the Travellers — Liam McGrath
 * Documentary
 * Father Ted: Small, Far Away – The World of Father Ted — Faye Hill
 * Ray McAnally — Brian Reddin
 * The Irish of 9/11 — Maurice Sweeney

Mrs. Brown's Boys — Brendan O'Carroll, Justin Healy
 * Entertainment Programme
 * Hardy Bucks — Mike Cockayne
 * MasterChef Ireland — Larry Bass
 * The Savage Eye — Sideline Productions

The Only Viking in the Village – Anne Heffernan, Bernadine Carraher'
 * Factual Programme
 * Secret Millionaire — Ronan O. Muirthile
 * Story of Ireland — Mike Connolly
 * The Belfast Blitz — Andrea McCartney

ICA Bootcamp – Independent Pictures
 * Reality Programme
 * Celebrity Bainisteoir — Fiona Looney
 * Head Chef — Billy McGrath
 * The Apprentice — Larry Bass

Eamon Coughlan – Man on a Mission – Motive Television
 * Sports
 * Frank O'Farrell – The Shadow of Busby — Sean Doyle
 * Pilgrims – The Irish at Cheltenham — Maurice Sweeney
 * Rory's Major Breakthrough — Stephen Watson

Shamrock Rovers Europa League Qualifying Goal – Setanta Ireland
 * RTÉ Guide Best TV Moment of the Year