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
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