1st Irish Film & Television Awards

1st Irish Film & Television Awards
Date	November 1, 2003
Site	Burlington Hotel, Dublin
Hosted by	James Nesbitt
Highlights
Best Film	Intermission
Best Actor	Andrew Scott; Dead Bodies
Best Actress	Angeline Ball; Bloom
Most awards	Intermission (4)
Most nominations	Intermission (12)

The 1st Annual Irish Film & Television Awards was hosted by James Nesbitt on 1 November 2003, honouring Irish film and television released in 2003.[1][2]

Awards in film

Best Irish Film Jury Award

Intermission (Winner)
- The Actors
- Chávez: Inside the Coup
- Dead Bodies
- Song for a Raggy Boy
- Veronica Guerin

Best Film Director

John Crowley for Intermission (Winner)
- John Deery for Conspiracy of Silence
- Robert Quinn for Dead Bodies
- Liz Gill for Goldfish Memory
- Aisling Walsh for Song for a Raggy Boy

Best Short Film

Meeting Che Guevara and the Man from Maybury Hill (Winner)
- Eireville
- The Last Time
- No, No, No
- Strangers in the Night

Awards in acting

Best Actor in a Lead Role – Film (Jury Award)

Andrew Scott for Dead Bodies (Winner)
- Colin Farrell for SWAT
- Michael McElhatton for Spin the Bottle
- Cillian Murphy for 28 Days Later
- Aidan Quinn for Song for a Raggy Boy

Best Actor in a Leading Role – Television

James Nesbitt for Murphy's Law (Winner)
- Peadar Cox for Ros na Rún
- Simon Delaney for Bachelors Walk
- Ciarán McMenamin for Any Time Now

Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Film/TV

David Wilmot for Intermission (Winner)
- Colin Farrell for Intermission
- Ciarán Hinds for Veronica Guerin
- Gerard McSorley for Veronica Guerin
- Owen Roe for Any Time Now

Best Actress in a Lead Role – Film

Angeline Ball for Bloom (Winner)
- Bronagh Gallagher for Spin the Bottle
- Maria Doyle Kennedy for Mystics
- Flora Montgomery for Goldfish Memory
- Natascha McElhone for Solaris

Best Actress in a Leading Role – Television

Angeline Ball for Any Time Now (Winner)
- Dearbhla Molloy for Home for Christmas
- Joan Sheehy for Ros na Rún

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Film/TV

Ruth McCabe for Any Time Now (Winner)
- Brenda Fricker for Veronica Guerin
- Fiona Glascott for Goldfish Memory
- Deirdre O'Kane for Intermission
- Ger Ryan for Intermission

Awards in television

Best TV Drama

Bachelors Walk (Winner)
- Any Time Now
- Home for Christmas
- On Home Ground
- Watermelon

Best Entertainment

Amu Amigos "Amazon" (Winner)
- Brian Kennedy on Song
- Only Fools Buy Horses
- Ryan Confidential – Colin Farrell
- The Late Late Show special on Richard Harris

Best Lifestyle

Amu Amigos "Amazon" (Winner)
- Ask Anna
- The Health Squad
- Ireland AM
- Wedding Planners

Best Children's/Youth/Educational/Multicultural/Religious/Regional TV

Sampler (Winner)
- Cracking Crime
- Ear to the Ground
- Townlands: "Animal Rescue"
- Twins

Best Sports TV

The Rod Squad (Winner)
- Breaking Ball
- End to End: "Armagh Special"
- La Ochra Gael
- When Joe Met Sam

Best Current Affairs

Prime Time: "Cardinal Secrets" (Winner)

Awards across TV and film

Best Documentary

Oileán Thoraí (Winner)
- A House Divided
- Bang! You're Dead
- Chavez - Inside the Coup
- Living the Revolution
- Sing on Forever
- The Strange Case of the Irish Crown Jewels

Best Irish Language

Amu Amigos "Amazon" (Winner)
- An Charraig Stoite
- Galtymore
- Islandman
- Oilean Thorai

Best Music in TV/Film

John McPhillips for Spin the Bottle (Winner)
- Gavin Little for God's Kitchen
- Ronan Johnstone for Home for Christmas
- Niall Byrne for On Home Ground
- ShinAwil Productions for You're A Star

Best Animation

Escape (Winner)
- The Birth of John the Baptist
- The Butterfly Collector
- The Depository
- Pullin' the Devil by the Tail

Best Script

Mark O'Rowe for Intermission (Winner)
- Conor McPherson for The Actors
- Derek Landy for Dead Bodies
- Liz Gill for Goldfish Memory
- Ian Fitzgibbon for Spin the Bottle

Best Cinematography / TV Photography

Peter Robertson for Song for a Raggy Boy (Winner)
- Ciarán Tanham for Bloom
- Donal Gilligan for Dead Bodies
- Ken Byrne for Goldfish Memory
- Brendan Galvin for Veronica Guerin

Best Editing

Dermot Diskin for Dead Bodies (Winner)
- The Actors
- Goldfish Memory
- Spin the Bottle
- The Strange Case of the Irish Crown Jewels

Best Hair / Make-up

Linda Mooney & Carol Dunne for Watermelon (Winner)
- Lynn Johnston & Lorraine Glynn for Intermission
- Patsy Giles for Spin the Bottle
- Dee Corcoran & Ailbhe Lemass for Veronica Guerin

Best Costume Design

Kathy Strachan for Spin the Bottle (Winner)
- Tara Van Zyl for Bloom
- Lorna Marie Mugan for Intermission
- Joan Bergin for Veronica Guerin
- Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh for Watermelon

Best Art Direction

Padraig O'Neill for Spin the Bottle (Winner)
- God's Kitchen for Paki Smith
- Laurent Mellet for Headrush
- Mark Geraghty for Home for Christmas
- Tom Conroy for Intermission

Best Sound / Sound Editing

Daniel Birch for Dead Bodies (Winner)
- Sarah Gaines & Philippe Faujas for Goldfish Memory
- Paddy Gibbons for The Twilight Hour

Best New Talent

Colin O'Donoghue for Home for Christmas (Winner)
- Jonathan Forbes for Conspiracy of Silence
- Sonya Supple Gildea for Bodyblow
- Ian Thullier for Darkroom
- Sean Walsh for Bloom
- David Wilmot for Intermission

People's Choice Awards

Best Actor in a Film – Public Vote

Colin Farrell (Winner)

UGC Cinemas Best Irish Film – Public Vote

Veronica Guerin (Winner)
- Evelyn
- Goldfish Memory
- The Actors
- Intermission

Best TV Personality – Public Vote

Miriam O'Callaghan (Winner)
- Patrick Kielty
- Grainne Seoige
- Julian Simmonds
- Paidi O'Lionard
- Hector O'hEochagain
- John Daly
- Gerry Kelly

Lifetime achievement award

Awarded to Neil Jordan

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References

"Irish Film & Television Awards Winners 2003". Irish Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 11 January 2009.
"Irish Film and Television Awards: 2003". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 11 January 2009.

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[1] "Irish Film & Television Awards Winners 2003". Irish Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 11 January 2009.

[2] "Irish Film and Television Awards: 2003". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 11 January 2009.

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