9th Irish Film & Television Awards


The 9th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on Saturday 11 February 2012 at the Convention Centre Dublin, honouring Irish film and television released in 2011.
It was hosted by Irish actor Simon Delaney. The Show was broadcast on RTÉ One Television on the night.
The ceremony, hosted by the Academy on Saturday 11 February reached a record audience of 1.143 Million viewers* on RTÉ One, clocking up the highest number of Irish viewers to watch the Awards show.
Among the winners at the Irish Film & Television Awards was Michael Fassbender, who picked up the Best Actor IFTA for his stark performance in Steve McQueen's drama Shame. Speaking after receiving his IFTA, Michel said he was "humbled" and "honoured" to accept the accolade from the Irish Academy.
The Guard, Ireland's most successful independent Irish feature film, won four film Awards on the night; Best Film, Director, Screenwriter and Supporting Actress Fionnula Flanagan.
Irish Actress Fionnula Flanagan received the IFTA Lifetime Achievement award.
The TV series Love/Hate won seven awards including Best Drama and Best Director.

Awards

Film categories

; Film
The Guard — Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Cark, Flora Fernandez Marengo
; Director in Film
John Michael McDonagh — The Guard
; Script Film
John Michael McDonagh — The Guard
; Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film
Michael Fassbender — Shame
; Actress in a Lead Role in a Feature Film
Saoirse Ronan — Hanna
; Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film
Chris O'Dowd — Bridesmaids
; Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film
Fionnula Flanagan — The Guard
; George Morrison Feature Documentary Award
Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey — Lelia Doolan
  • 'Knuckle' — Ian Palmer
  • Men of Arlington — Enda Hughes
  • Off the Beaten Track — Dieter Auner
; Special Irish Language Award
Corp + Anam – Paddy Hayes
  • Mobs Cheanada — Dathai Keane
  • Ray McAnally – M'Athair — Brian Reddin
  • Seacht — Colin O'Donnell
; Animation
The Boy in the Bubble – Kealan O'Rourke
  • 23 Degrees 5 Minutes — Darragh O'Connell
  • The Last Train — Alex Sherwood
  • Origin — James Stacey
; Philips Short Film Award
Foxes – Lorcan Finnegan'
; International Film
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
; International Actor
Ryan Gosling — Drive
; International Actress
Glenn Close — Albert Nobbs
; Best Drama – In Association with BAI
Love/Hate — Suzanne McAuley, Steve Mattews
; Director – Television Drama
David Caffrey — Love/Hate
  • Neil Jordan — The Borgias
  • Brian Kirk — Game of Thrones
  • Daniel O'Hara — Being Human
; Writer – Television Drama
Stuart Carolan — Love/Hate
; Actor in a Lead Role – Television
Aidan Gillen — Love/Hate
  • Diarmuid de Faoite — Corp + Anam
  • Chris O'Dowd — The Crimson Petal and the White
  • David Pearse — Trivia
; Actress in a Lead Role – Television
Ruth Negga — Shirley
; Actor in a Supporting Role – Television
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor — Love/Hate
; Actress in a Supporting Role – Television
Denise McCormack — Love/Hate
; Costume Design
Consolata Boyle — The Iron Lady
; Director of Photography
Seamus McGarvey — We Need to Talk About Kevin
; Editing
Isobel Stephenson — Love/Hate
; M.A.C Make-up & Hair
Lorraine Glynn/ Lynn Johnson — Albert Nobbs
; Original Score
Brian Byrne — Albert Nobbs
; Production Design
Anna Rackard – Stella Days
; Sound
Albert Nobbs — Brendan Deasy, Niall Brady, Michelle Cunniffe, Steve Fanagan
; Director – Television
Gary Keane – The Writing in the Sky
; Director of Photography – Television
Peter Robertson – Waterways
; Editing – Television
Ray Roantree – The Ashes of 9/11
; Sound – Television
The Writing in the Sky – Killian Fitzgerald, Aza Hand
; Children's/Youth Programme
The Importance of Being Whatever – Martina Niland, David Collins
; Current Affairs/News
Prime Time Investigates: The Home Care Scandal — Adrian Lydon
; Documentary Series
Waterways — Stephen Rooke
; Documentary
The Blood of the Travellers — Liam McGrath
; Entertainment Programme
Mrs. Brown's Boys — Brendan O'Carroll, Justin Healy
; Factual Programme
'The Only Viking in the Village – Anne Heffernan, Bernadine Carraher'
  • Secret Millionaire — Ronan O. Muirthile
  • Story of Ireland — Mike Connolly
  • The Belfast Blitz — Andrea McCartney
; Reality Programme
ICA Bootcamp – Independent Pictures
  • Celebrity Bainisteoir — Fiona Looney
  • Head Chef — Billy McGrath
  • The Apprentice — Larry Bass
; Sports
Eamon Coughlan – Man on a Mission – Motive Television
  • Frank O'Farrell – The Shadow of Busby — Sean Doyle
  • Pilgrims – The Irish at Cheltenham — Maurice Sweeney
  • Rory's Major Breakthrough — Stephen Watson
; RTÉ Guide Best TV Moment of the Year
Shamrock Rovers Europa League Qualifying Goal – Setanta Ireland''