# 6th Irish Film & Television Awards

The 6th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on 14 February 2009 at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin, and was hosted by Ryan Tubridy. It honoured Irish film and television released in 2008.

## Awards in Film

Film
* Hunger (Winner)
** 32A
** A Film with Me in It
** The Escapist
** Kisses
Director Film
* Lance Daly – Kisses (Winner)
** Ian Fitzgibbon – A Film with Me in It
** Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
** Declan Recks – Eden
Script Film
* Martin McDonagh – In Bruges (Winner)
** Lance Daly – Kisses
** Mark Doherty – A Film with Me in It
** Enda Walsh – Hunger
Actor in a Lead Role Film
* Michael Fassbender – Hunger (Winner)
** Colin Farrell – In Bruges
** Brendan Gleeson – In Bruges
** Dylan Moran – A Film with Me in It
Actress in a Lead Role Film
* Eileen Walsh – Eden (Winner)
** Jenn Murray – Dorothy
** Kelly O'Neill – Kisses
** Saoirse Ronan – City of Ember
Actor in a Supporting Role Film
* Liam Cunningham – Hunger (Winner)
** Stuart Graham – Hunger
** Gerard McSorley – Anton
** Peter O'Toole – Dean Spanley
Actress in a Supporting Role Film
* Saoirse Ronan – Death Defying Acts (Winner)
** Sarah Bolger – The Spiderwick Chronicles
** Lesley Conroy – Eden
** Ger Ryan – Dorothy
George Morrison Feature Documentary Award
* Waveriders (Winner)
** Gabriel Byrne: Stories From Home
** Saviours
** Seaview
International Film
* In Bruges (Winner)
** The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
** Man on Wire
** WALL-E
International Actor
* Robert Downey Jr. – Iron Man (Winner)
** Casey Affleck – Gone Baby Gone
** Josh Brolin – W.
** Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess
Pantene Best International Actress Award – People's Choice
* Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia! (Winner)
** Angelina Jolie – Changeling
** Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long
** Emma Thompson – Brideshead Revisited

## Awards in Television Drama

Single Drama/Drama Serial
* Whistleblower (Winner)
** George Gently
** The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
** Little White Lie
** School Run
Drama Series / Soap
* The Tudors (Winner)
** The Clinic
** Fair City
** Raw
** Ros na Rún
Director Television
* Ciaran Donnelly – The Tudors (Winner)
** Dermot Boyd – Whistleblower
** Dearbhla Walsh – Little Dorrit
** Kieron J. Walsh – Raw
Script Television
* Graham Linehan – The I.T. Crowd (Winner)
** Stuart Carolan & Barry Murphy – Little White Lie
** Rob Heyland – Whistleblower
** Peter McKenna – The Clinic
Actor in a Lead Role Television
* Aidan Gillen – The Wire (Winner)
** Dominic Mafham – The Clinic
** Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors
** Stanley Townsend – Whistleblower
Actress in a Lead Role Television
* Charlene McKenna – Raw (Winner)
** Elaine Cassidy – Little White Lie
** Charlene McKenna – Whistleblower
** Deirdre O'Kane – Bitter Sweet
Actor in a Supporting Role Television
* Peter O'Toole – The Tudors (Winner)
** Michael Fassbender – The Devil's Whore
** David Herlihy – The Clinic
** John Kavanagh – George Gently
Actress in a Supporting Role Television
* Maria Doyle Kennedy – The Tudors (Winner)
** Orla Brady – Mistresses
** Hilda Fay – Whistleblower
** Amy Huberman – The Clinic

## Craft / Technical Awards

Costume Design
* Joan Bergin – The Tudors (Winner)
** Driscoll Calder – 32A
** Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Brideshead Revisited
** Leonie Prendergast – Kisses
Director of Photography
* PJ Dillon – 32A (Winner)
** Seamus Deasy – A Film with Me in It
** Owen McPolin – Little Dorrit
** Fergal O'Hanlon – Anton
Editing
* J. Patrick Duffner – Kisses (Winner)
** Shane Sutton – Fight or Flight
** Ben Yeates – Raw
** Gareth Young – Eden
Make Up & Hair – sponsored by M·A·C
* Sharon Doyle & Dee Corcoran – The Tudors (Winner)
** Eileen Buggy & Morna Ferguson – George Gently
** Joni Galvin & Muriel Bell – Dorothy
** Liz Byrne – Kisses
Original Score
* David Holmes – Hunger (Winner)
** David Holmes – Cherrybomb
** Stephen McKeon – Niko and the Way to the Stars
** Anna Rice – Anton
Production Design
* Tom McCullagh – Hunger (Winner)
** Tom Conroy – The Tudors
** John Paul Kelly – The Other Boleyn Girl
** David Wilson – Dorothy
Sound
* Ronan Hill & Mervyn Moore – Hunger (Winner)
** Brendan Deasy – A Film with Me in It
** John Fitzgerald, Patrick Drummond & Caoimhe Doyle – Niko and the Way to the Stars
** Paul Maynes, Niall Brady & Garret Farrel – Waveriders

## Awards in Television

Children's / Youth Programme
* Aifric (Winner)
** Aisling's Diary
** Funky Fables
** Quizone
Current Affairs
* Cocaine (Prime Time Investigates) (Winner)
** A Lost Boy (Spotlight)
** Slave Labour Ireland (Prime Time Investigates)
** Teen Bullying (Prime Time Investigates)
Documentary Series
* Bertie (Winner)
** Death or Canada
** How the Irish Have Sex
** Mobs Mhericeá
Single Documentary
* Cromwell in Ireland (Winner)
** Brian Keenan: Back to Beirut
** Patrick McCabe: Blood Relations
** Pimpernel sa Vatican
Entertainment Programme
* The Apprentice (Winner)
** The Panel
** The Podge and Rodge Show
** Tubridy Tonight
Factual Programme
* In the Name of the Fada (Winner)
** Ballet Chancers
** Celebrity Bainisteoir
** Who Do You Think You Are?
Sport
* Troid Fhuilteach (A Bloody Canvas) (Winner)
** Brief Encounters of the Sporting Mind
** Euro 2008
** Road to Croker... With Bertie Ahern

## Others

Animation
* Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (Winner)
** Days Like This
** Niko and the Way to the Stars
** On The Air: Hypnotised Hen
Short Film
* The Door (Winner)
** An Ranger
** Martin
** Of Best Intentions
Special Irish Language
* In the Name of the Fada (Winner)
** Aifric
** Fairytale of Kathmandu
** Seacht
Rising Star Award, sponsored by Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board
* Michael Fassbender – Actor (Winner)
** Sarah Bolger – Actor
** Lance Daly – Writer/Director
** Enda Walsh – Writer
Industry Lifetime Contribution Award
* George Morrison