11th Irish Film & Television Awards

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11th Irish Film & Television Awards
Date April 5, 2014 (2014-04-05)
Site DoubleTree by Hilton, Burlington Road, Dublin
Host Simon Delaney and Laura Whitmore
Highlights
Best Film Calvary
Best Direction Neil Jordan
Byzantium
Best Actor Brendan Gleeson
Calvary
Best Actress Saoirse Ronan
Byzantium
Most awards Byzantium (3)
Calvary (3)
Philomena (3)
Most nominations Love/Hate (8)
Television coverage
Channel RTÉ One

The 11th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on Saturday 5 April 2014 in Dublin.[1] The nominations were announced on 27 February 2014. The Awards Ceremony took place at the DoubleTree by Hilton Burlington Road Dublin, and was broadcast on RTÉ One at 9.45pm. The Annual Irish Film & Television Awards are the highlight of Ireland’s entertainment and cultural calendar celebrating the very best of Irish screen talent across film and television. Guests in attendance included Michael Fassbender, Colin Farrell, Jamie Dornan, Steve Coogan, Will Forte, Jeremy Irons, Fionnula Flanagan, Brendan Gleeson, Neil Jordan, Amy Huberman, Colm Meaney, Jack Reynor, Killian Scott, Eva Birthistle, Victoria Smurfit and Outstanding Contribution Honorary Award Winner President Michael D Higgins.

Simon Delaney and Laura Whitmore co-hosted the event.[2][3][4][5]

The President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, received an honorary award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the Irish film and television industry.[6]

The big winners on the night were the films Calvary, Byzantium and Philomena which all picked up three awards each. Calvary took the highest accolade, Best Film, along with Best Actor for Brendan Gleeson and Best Script for its writer-director John Michael McDonagh. Touching true story Philomena won the award for Best International Film and Actress (for Judi Dench) along with Costume Design for Consolata Boyle. Philomena Lee, whose true life story inspired the film was in attendance at the Ceremony. Vampire horror Byzantium’s awards included the prestigious Best Director for Neil Jordan, Best Actress for Saoirse Ronan and Makeup & Hair.


Awards

Awards were presented in 42 categories.[7][8][9][10]

Film categories

Film
  • Byzantium- Alan Moloney, Stephen Woolley, Parallel Films, Number 9 Films
  • Calvary - James Flynn, Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo, Octagon Films, Reprisal Films
  • Run & Jump - Tamara Angie, David Collins, Martina Niland, Samson Films
  • The Sea - David Collins, Samson Films
  • The Stag - Robert Walpole, Rebecca O'Flanagan, Treasure Entertainment
Director in Film
Script Film
Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film
Actress in a Lead Role in a Feature Film
Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film
Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film
Irish Film Board Rising Star
George Morrison Feature Documentary Award
  • Broken Song - Zucca Films
  • Here Was Cuba - Crossing the Line Films
  • Natan - Screenworks
  • The Summit - Image Now Films
Special Irish Language Award
Animation
  • Doc McStuffins - Brown Bag
  • Henry Hugglemonster - Brown Bag
  • The Octonauts - Brown Bag
  • Tilly & Friends - Jam Media
Philips Short Film Award

International categories

International Film sponsored by American Airlines
International Actor
International Actress

Television Drama categories

Best Drama – In Association with the BAI
Writer – Television Drama
Director – Television Drama
Actor in a Lead Role – Television
Actress in a Lead Role – Television
Actor in a Supporting Role – Television
Actress in a Supporting Role – Television

Craft/Technical categories (Film/TV Drama)

Costume Design
Director of Photography
Editing
Make-up & Hair Sponsored by M·A·C
  • Byzantium
  • Ripper Street
  • The Fall
  • Vikings
Original Score
Production Design
Sound

Craft/Technical categories (Television)

Director – Television
Director of Photography — Television
Editing – Television
  • Mick Mahon - John Sheahan: A Dubliner
  • Mick Mahon - We Got Game
  • Emer Reynolds - The Secret Life of the Shannon
  • Ray Roantree - Looking After No. 1
Sound – Television
  • 1916: Seachtar Dearmadta
  • John Sheahan: A Dubliner
  • R.O.G.
  • The Secret Life of the Shannon

Television categories

Children's/Youth Programme
Current Affairs/News
Documentary
  • Danny Boy: The Ballad that Bewitched the World
  • Donal Walsh - My Story
  • The Disappeared
  • The Scholarship - Class of 2018
Documentary Series
Entertainment Programme
Factual Programme
  • John Sheahan: A Dubliner
  • Nationwide
  • Seamus Heaney - Postscript - Iarscríbhinn
  • The Zoo
Reality Programme
Sports
  • Batmen
  • Páidí Ó Sé - Rí an Pharóiste
  • R.O.G: The Ronan O'Gara Documentary
  • We Got Game

Honorary award

Honorary award for Outstanding Contribution to the Film and TV industry

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