Irish Film and Television Academy Awards - 2006 Nominations
by Andre Soares
The nominees for the 4th Irish Film & Television Academy Awards have been announced.
Neil Jordan’s Breakfast on Pluto, the tale of an Irish transvestite cabaret singer in the London of the 1960s and 1970s, dominated the list with a total of 10 nominations, including best film, best director, best actor (Cillian Murphy) and best script (Jordan and Pat McCabe).
Other top nominees were Brian Kirk’s Middletown, about a borderline fanatical Catholic priest who believes it’s his mission to save the souls of a small Irish town (9 nods); veteran John Boorman’s The Tiger’s Tail (right), about a businessman (best actor nominee Brendan Gleeson) who is being stalked by his down-and-out twin (7 nods); and Ken Loach’s Cannes Film Festival winner The Wind That Shakes the Barley, about fighters in the Irish Republican guerrilla of the early 20th century (7 nods).
All of the aforementioned titles — plus The Front Line, directed by David Gleeson — received best film nominations, though English-born Loach failed to be shortlisted in the 4-name best director category.
Rising star Cillian Murphy received two best actor nods. In addition to his Breakfast on Pluto performance, he was also mentioned for The Wind That Shakes the Barley.
Another double nominee was actress Ruth Negga, cited as best actress for Isolation and best supporting actress for Breakfast on Pluto.
Apart from the multi-language Babel, the choices for best international film were all English-language productions: United 93, Little Miss Sunshine, The Departed (about Boston’s Irish mafia), and, surprisingly, Casino Royale.
Full list of 2006 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards nominees
Full list of 2005 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards winners and nominees
Directors Guild of America (DGA) 2006 Nominations
Online Film Critics Society Awards - 2006 Winners
FORBIDDEN PLANET: 50th Anniversary Two-Disc Special Edition
National Society of Film Critics Awards - 2006
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