7th Irish Film & Television Awards

Last updated

7th Irish Film & Television Awards
Date20 February 2010
SiteBurlington Hotel, Dublin
Hosted by Victoria Smurfit
Highlights
Best Film The Eclipse
Best Actor Colin Farrell
Ondine
Best Actress Saoirse Ronan
The Lovely Bones
Most awardsOndine (5)
Most nominationsThe Eclipse (8)
Ondine (8)

The 7th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on 20 February 2010 in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin. [1] It was hosted by Victoria Smurfit and honoured Irish film and television released in 2009. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Awards in film

Best Film

Director in Film

Script Film

Actor in a lead role

Actress in a lead role

Actor in a Supporting Role Film

Actress in a Supporting Role Film

Feature Documentary

International film

Best International Film

Best International Actress

Best International Actor

Craft / technical categories (film and television)

Costume Design

Director of Photography

Editing

Make Up & Hair

Original Score

Production Design

Sound

Television drama categories

Single Drama / Drama Serial

Drama Series / Soap

Director Television

Script Television

Actor in a Lead Role – Television

Actress in a Lead Role – Television

Actor in a Supporting Role – Television

Actress in a Supporting Role – Television

Television categories

Children's / Youth Programme

Current Affairs

Documentary Series

Single Documentary

Entertainment Programme

News Programme

Factual Programme

Sports

Others

Special Irish Language Award

Animation

Short Film

Rising Star Award [5]

Lifetime Achievement Award

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Don Wycherley</span> Irish actor

Don Wycherley is an Irish actor. He played Father Cyril McDuff in Father Ted, Father Aidan O'Connell in Ballykissangel, and Raymond in Bachelors Walk.

Simon Delaney is an Irish actor, director and television presenter. He is known for appearances in a range of films and television series such as RTÉ's comedy-drama Bachelors Walk and CBS' legal drama The Good Wife, and in the films Zonad (2009), Delivery Man (2013) and The Conjuring 2 (2016)

<i>Pure Mule</i> Irish TV series or program

Pure Mule was an Irish six-part drama mini-series aimed at a young audience and broadcast on RTÉ Two as part of RTÉ's autumn schedule in 2005, shot and screened in 2004–2005 in County Offaly.

<i>Seacht</i> (TV series) TV series or program

Seacht is a college drama series following the lives of seven college students at the Arts Department of Queen's University in Belfast.

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.

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.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gavin O'Connor (actor)</span> Irish actor

Gavin O'Connor is an Irish actor who has had roles in TV series such as "The Hunt For Raoul Moat", "Vikings: Valhalla, "The Alienist", "Taken Down",Charlie, "North Sea Connection", The Tudors, Single Handed and films including Dorothy Mills (2008), The Front Line (2006), Headrush (2003) and This Is My Father (1998), This Must Be The Place (2011) and Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008).

Zonad is a comedy film by John and Kieran Carney that premiered in July 2009 at the Galway Film Fleadh. The film went to general release in Ireland March 19, 2010.

Sorcha Ní Chéide, is an Irish actress who works extensively in Irish-language television, stage and screen. She is most famous for her role as "Ríona de Burca" on the long-running Irish language drama, Ros na Rún.

The 8th Irish Film & Television Awards were held on 12 February 2011 in the Convention Centre, Dublin.

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.

Diarmuid Noyes is an Irish theatre, TV, commercial, and film actor, known for his role in the 2011 American science fiction horror telefilm, Roadkill. At fourteen, he starred in the 2002 award-winning Irish short film, Broken Things. He plays Alessandro Farnese in the Tom Fontana television series, Borgia.

The 11th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on Saturday 5 April 2014 in Dublin, honouring Irish film and television released in 2013. The nominations were announced on 27 February 2014. The Awards Ceremony took place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Burlington Road Dublin, and was broadcast on RTÉ One at 9.45pm. The Annual Irish Film & Television Awards are the highlight of Ireland’s entertainment and cultural calendar celebrating the very best of Irish screen talent across film and television. Guests in attendance included Michael Fassbender, Colin Farrell, Jamie Dornan, Steve Coogan, Will Forte, Jeremy Irons, Fionnula Flanagan, Brendan Gleeson, Neil Jordan, Amy Huberman, Colm Meaney, Jack Reynor, Killian Scott, Eva Birthistle, Victoria Smurfit and Outstanding Contribution Honorary Award Winner President Michael D Higgins.

The IFTA Film & Drama Awards are awards given by the Irish Film & Television Academy for Irish television and film, the awards began in 1999. The ceremonies recognise Irish creative talent working in film, drama, and television, and winners receive a cast bronze statuette.

The 13th IFTA Film & Drama Awards took place at the Mansion House on 9 April 2016 in Dublin, honouring Irish film and television released in 2015. Deirdre O'Kane hosted the film awards ceremony.

The 14th IFTA Film & Drama Awards took place at the Mansion House on 8 April 2017 in Dublin, honouring Irish film and television drama released in 2016. Deirdre O'Kane hosted the film awards ceremony.

Charlotte Bradley is an Irish stage and film actress.

The 16th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards took place on 18 October 2020. Because no ceremony was held in 2019, this ceremony honoured films and television drama released in both 2018 and 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no physical ceremony took place; instead, there was a "virtual ceremony" hosted by Deirdre O’Kane.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Irish Film and Television Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Film</span>

For the first and second Irish Film and Television Awards ceremonies, supporting performances for film and television were combined into one category. Up until the 2018–2019 film season, awards were given for films released in Ireland the previous year.

Owen Roe is an Irish stage, film, and television actor. He performed as a satirist on Irish radio. He is also a playwright and has worked as a theatrical director.

References

  1. "IFTA winners are announced in Dublin". RTÉ News. 21 February 2010. Archived from the original on 23 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  2. "Victoria Smurfit to host this year's IFTAs". RTÉ News. 8 February 2010. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  3. "Irish Film & Television Academy Awards (IFTAS)".
  4. "ShowBiz Ireland - The IFTAs Redcarpet 2010..." www.showbiz.ie.
  5. "New talents vie to be IFTA Rising Star". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.
  6. "Winners of the 7th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards". Irish Film & Television Academy. Retrieved 16 April 2010.