The 7th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on 20 February 2010 in the Burlington Hotel, Dublin. It was hosted by Victoria Smurfit and honoured Irish film and television released in 2009.
Awards in film Best Film The Eclipse (Winner) Ondine The Secret of Kells Zonad Eamon
Director in Film Jim Sheridan – Brothers (Winner) Neil Jordan – Ondine John Carney, Kieran Carney – Zonad Conor McPherson – The Eclipse
Script Film Conor McPherson, Billy Roache – The Eclipse (Winner) Neil Jordan – Ondine John Carney, Kieran Carney – Zonad Margaret Corkery – Eamon
Actor in a lead role Colin Farrell – Ondine (Winner) Ciarán Hinds – The Eclipse Darren Healy – Savage Stephen Rea – Nothing personal
Actress in a lead role Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones (Winner) Janice Byrne – Zonad Amy Kirwan – Eamon Jade Yourell – Happy Ever Afters
Actor in a Supporting Role Film Aidan Quinn – The Eclipse (Winner) Simon Delaney – Happy Ever Afters Michael Fassbender – Fish Tank Michael Gambon – Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince
Actress in a Supporting Role Film Dervla Kirwan – Ondine (Winner) Anne Marie Duff – Nowhere Boy Nora-Jane Noone – Savage Ger Ryan – Happy Ever Afters
Feature Documentary His & Hers (Winner) The Bass Player: A song for dad Colony The Yellow Bittern
International film Best International Film The Hurt Locker (Winner) Avatar Let the Right One In Up
Best International Actress Meryl Streep – It's Complicated Marion Cotillard – Nine Penélope Cruz – Broken Embraces Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Best International Actor Robert Downey Jr. – Sherlock Holmes Sam Rockwell – Moon Vincent Cassel – Mesrine: Killer Instinct Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Craft / technical categories (film and television)
Costume Design Consolata Boyle – Chéri (Winner) Joan Bergin – The Tudors Allison Byrne – Cracks Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh – Ondine
Director of Photography Suzie Lavelle – One Hundred Mornings (Winner) Tom Comerford – Savage Ivan McCullough – The Eclipse Ruairí O'Brien – Five Minutes of Heaven
Editing Mairead McIvor – Savage (Winner) Emer Reynolds – The Eclipse Isobel Stephenson – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend Ken Wardrop – His & Hers
Make Up & Hair The Take – Lorraine Glynn, Morna Ferguson Five Minutes of Heaven – Pamela Smyth The Tudors – Sharon Doyle, Dee Corcoran Zonad – Eileen Buggy, Barbara Conway
Original Score Brian Byrne – Zonad Neil Hannon – Wide Open Spaces The Henry Girls – A Shine of Rainbows Stephen McKeon – Savage
Production Design Anna Rackard – Ondine (Winner) Tom Conroy – The Tudors Susie Cullen – The Take Ashleigh Jeffers – Occupation
Sound Ondine – Brendan Deasy, Tom Johnson, Sarah Gaines (Winner) The Eclipse – Ronan Hill, Jon Stevenson, John Fitzgerald Five Minutes of Heaven – Ronan Hill, Jon Stevenson, John Fitzgerald Savage – Patrick Hanlon, John Fitzgerald, Fiadhnait McCann
Television drama categories
Single Drama / Drama Serial Five Minutes of Heaven Winner Belonging to Laura Best: His Mother's Son Father & Son Rásaí na Gaillimhe
Drama Series / Soap The Clinic Winner Fair City Pure Mule – The Last Weekend Ros na Rún The Tudors
Director Television Thaddeus O'Sullivan – Into the Storm (Winner) Ciaran Donnelly – The Tudors Robert Quinn – Rásaí na Gaillimhe Declan Recks – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend
Script Television Frank Deasy – Father & Son (Winner) Frank McGuinness – A Short Stay in Switzerland Eugene O'Brien – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend James Phelan – Rásaí na Gaillimhe
Actor in a Lead Role – Television Brendan Gleeson – Into the Storm (Winner) Gabriel Byrne – In Treatment Liam Neeson – Five Minutes of Heaven Jonathan Rhys Meyers – The Tudors
Actress in a Lead Role – Television Elaine Cassidy – Harper's Island (Winner) Ruth Bradley – Rásaí na Gaillimhe Michelle Fairley – Best: His Mother's Son Charlene McKenna – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend
Actor in a Supporting Role – Television Stephen Rea – Father & Son (Winner) Declan Conlon – Fair City Diarmuid Noyes – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend Owen Roe – Val Falvey, T.D.
Actress in a Supporting Role – Television Sarah Bolger – The Tudors (Winner) Dawn Bradfield – Pure Mule – The Last Weekend Amy Huberman – The Clinic Tatiana Ouliankina – Belonging to Laura
Television categories
Children's / Youth Programme On The Block – Tory Island (Winner) Aisling's Diary Ballybraddan Seacht
Current Affairs The Frontline (Winner) Paul Williams Investigates: The Battle for the Gasfield Prime Time Investigates: Travellers – On the Edge Spotlight: Stem Cell Tourists
Documentary Series Blood of the Irish (Winner) Bóthar go dtí an White House I See A Darkness Teorainn
Single Documentary Seamus Heaney: Out Of The Marvellous (Winner) Abuse of Trust: Sins of the Fathers The Forgotten Irish The House
Entertainment Programme Apprentice (Winner) The All Ireland Talent Show The Savage Eye Xposé – The Stephen Gately Tribute
News Programme TV3 News at 5.30 (Winner) BBC Newsline City Channel News
Factual Programme Nightly News with Vincent Browne (Winner) Celebrity Bainisteoir Killers – O'Reilly Welcome to my World
Sports Grand Slam Journey (Winner) GAA Beo Pride of The Parish Shay Elliot
Others
Special Irish Language Award Rásaí na Gaillimhe (Winner) CSÍ Ros na Rún Seacht
Animation The Secret of Kells (Winner) Hasan Everywhere The Polish Language Trolley Boy
Short Film Runners (Winner) If I Should Fall Behind Moore Street Masala Sunshower
Rising Star Award Tomm Moore Margaret Corkery Darren Healy Brendan Muldowney Robert Sheehan Ken Wardrop
Lifetime Achievement Award John Boorman
References
External links Official Site