1st Irish Film & Television Awards

The 1st Annual Irish Film & Television Awards was hosted by James Nesbitt on 1 November 2003, honouring Irish film and television released in 2003.[1][2]

Awards in film

Best Irish Film Jury Award

  • Intermission (Winner)

Best Film Director

  • John Crowley for Intermission (Winner)
    • John Deery for Conspiracy of Silence
    • Robert Quinn for Dead Bodies
    • Liz Gill for Goldfish Memory
    • Aisling Walsh for Song for a Raggy Boy

Best Short Film

  • Meeting Che Guevara and the Man from Maybury Hill (Winner)
    • Eireville
    • The Last Time
    • No, No, No
    • Strangers in the Night

Awards in acting

Best Actor in a Lead Role – Film (Jury Award)

  • Andrew Scott for Dead Bodies (Winner)
    • Colin Farrell for SWAT
    • Michael McElhatton for Spin the Bottle
    • Cillian Murphy for 28 Days Later
    • Aidan Quinn for Song for a Raggy Boy

Best Actor in a Leading Role – Television

Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Film/TV

Best Actress in a Lead Role – Film

Best Actress in a Leading Role – Television

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Film/TV

Awards in television

Best TV Drama

  • Bachelors Walk (Winner)

Best Entertainment

Best Lifestyle

Best Children's/Youth/Educational/Multicultural/Religious/Regional TV

Best Sports TV

  • The Rod Squad (Winner)
    • Breaking Ball
    • End to End: "Armagh Special"
    • La Ochra Gael
    • When Joe Met Sam

Best Current Affairs

  • Prime Time: "Cardinal Secrets" (Winner)
    • Prime Time: "Saturday Night Sunday Morning"
    • Crash
    • Prime Time: "Sue Nation"
    • Fine Gael: "A Family at War"

Awards across TV and film

Best Documentary

  • Oileán Thoraí (Winner)
    • A House Divided
    • Bang! You're Dead
    • Chavez - Inside the Coup
    • Living the Revolution
    • Sing on Forever
    • The Strange Case of the Irish Crown Jewels

Best Irish Language

  • Amu Amigos "Amazon" (Winner)
    • An Charraig Stoite
    • Galtymore
    • Islandman
    • Oilean Thorai

Best Music in TV/Film

Best Animation

Best Script

Best Cinematography / TV Photography

Best Editing

Best Hair / Make-up

  • Linda Mooney & Carol Dunne for Watermelon (Winner)
    • Lynn Johnston & Lorraine Glynn for Intermission
    • Patsy Giles for Spin the Bottle
    • Dee Corcoran & Ailbhe Lemass for Veronica Guerin

Best Costume Design

  • Kathy Strachan for Spin the Bottle (Winner)
    • Tara Van Zyl for Bloom
    • Lorna Marie Mugan for Intermission
    • Joan Bergin for Veronica Guerin
    • Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh for Watermelon

Best Art Direction

  • Padraig O'Neill for Spin the Bottle (Winner)
    • God's Kitchen for Paki Smith
    • Laurent Mellet for Headrush
    • Mark Geraghty for Home for Christmas
    • Tom Conroy for Intermission

Best Sound / Sound Editing

Best New Talent

  • Colin O'Donoghue for Home for Christmas (Winner)
    • Jonathan Forbes for Conspiracy of Silence
    • Sonya Supple Gildea for Bodyblow
    • Ian Thullier for Darkroom
    • Sean Walsh for Bloom
    • David Wilmot for Intermission

People's Choice Awards

Best Actor in a Film – Public Vote

UGC Cinemas Best Irish Film – Public Vote

Best TV Personality – Public Vote

Lifetime achievement award

References

  1. ^ "Irish Film & Television Awards Winners 2003". Irish Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Irish Film and Television Awards: 2003". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
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