Irish Film Awards 2007: Nominations
The nominees for the 2007 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, above, with Gavin Friday) and best screenplay (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, about a businessman (best actor nominee Brendan Gleeson, above, with Kim Cattrall) stalked by his down-and-out twin (7 nods); and Ken Loach’s Cannes Film Festival winner The Wind That Shakes the Barley, about Irish Republican guerrilla fighters in the early 20th century (7 nods).
All of the aforementioned titles — plus The Front Line, directed by David Gleeson — received best film nominations, though the 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 Casino Royale.
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Tags: Breakfast on Pluto, Brendan Gleeson, Cillian Murphy, Film Awards, John Boorman, Ken Loach, Kim Cattrall, Neil Jordan, The Tiger's Tail, The Wind That Shakes the Barley
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hi
i love irish films. please can you tell me if the new film from janey productions called 32A is been released and can i purchase a copy.
many thanks
george hannon
sorry, i don’t have that kind of info.
i’d suggest you contact the film’s distributor.