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
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