Irish Film Awards 2008
2008 Irish Film Awards
2008 Irish Film & Television Academy Award nominations: February 1, 2008
2008 Irish Film Award winners: Gaiety Theatre in Dublin on February 17, 2008
(”*” denotes the winner in each category)
Garage was the big winner at the 2007 Irish Film Awards. Directed by Leonard Abrahamson and written by Mark O’Halloran, both of whom won Irish Film Awards in their respective categories, Garage is a dramatic comedy about a lonely and somewhat slow-thinking caretaker (best actor winner Pat Shortt) of a decrepit small-town gas station whose life is drastically changed after a teenager comes to work with him. Also in the cast, Anne-Marie Duff and Conor Ryan.
FILM CATEGORIES
Best Film
Becoming Jane – (Ecosse Films/Octagon)
Closing the Ring – (The Works UK Distribution)
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by Andre Soares | February 20, 2008
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Irish Film Awards 2005
2005 Irish Film Awards
2005 Irish Film & Television Academy Awards winners: November 5, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Perry Ogden’s Pavee Lackeen takes a look at poverty in modern Ireland as seen through the eyes of a young girl and her family
FILM AWARDS
Best Film
Mickybo & Me
The Mighty Celt
* Pavee Lackeen
Tara Road
Trouble with Sex
Best Director
Anthony Byrne — Short Order
Fintan Connolly — Trouble with Sex
* Terry George — Hotel Rwanda
Perry Ogden — Pavee Lackeen
Best Actor
Gabriel Byrne – Wah-Wah
Cillian Murphy – Red Eye
* Liam Neeson – Kinsey
Aidan Quinn – Convicted
Best Actress
Andrea Corr – The Boys & Girl from County Clare
Jillian Bradbury – Winter’s End
Winnie Maughan – Pavee Lackeen
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by Andre Soares | November 5, 2005
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