4th Irish Film & Television Awards

4th Irish Film & Television Awards
4th Irish Film & Television Awards
Date	10 February 2007
Site	Royal Dublin Society
Hosted by	Ryan Tubridy
Highlights
Best Film	The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Best Actor	Cillian Murphy; Breakfast on Pluto
Best Actress	Eva Birthistle; Middletown
Most awards	Breakfast on Pluto (4); Stardust (4)
Most nominations	Breakfast on Pluto (10)
	← 3rd; Irish Film & Television Awards; 5th →;

The 4th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on 10 February 2007 and was hosted by Ryan Tubridy at the Royal Dublin Society Main Hall, Dublin, honouring Irish film and television released in 2006.^[1]^[2]

Awards in film

Best Film

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Winner)
- Breakfast on Pluto
- The Front Line
- Middletown
- Small Engine Repair

Best International Film

Little Miss Sunshine (Winner)
- Babel
- Casino Royale
- The Departed
- United 93

Best Director

Neil Jordan — Breakfast on Pluto (Winner)
- John Boorman — In My Country
- David Gleeson — The Front Line
- Brian Kirk — Middletown

Best Script

Neil Jordan & Pat McCabe for Breakfast on Pluto (Winner)
- Daragh Carville for Middletown
- David Gleeson for The Front Line
- Niall Heery for Small Engine Repair

Best Cinematography

Seamus Deasy for The Tiger's Tail (Winner)
- Seamus McGarvey for World Trade Center
- Declan Quinn for Breakfast on Pluto
- Robbie Ryan for Isolation

Best Music

Stephen McKeon for The Tiger's Tail (Winner)
- Niall Byrne for Small Engine Repair
- Patrick Cassidy for The Front Line
- Glen Hansard for Once

Best Production Design

Mark Geraghty for Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Winner)
- Tom Conroy for Breakfast on Pluto
- Ashleigh Jeffers for Middletown
- Mark Lowry for Small Engine Repair

Best Costume Design

Consolata Boyle for The Queen (Winner)
- Joan Bergin for The Prestige
- Eimer Ni Mhaldomhnaigh for Breakfast on Pluto
- Maeve Patterson for The Tiger's Tail

Best Hair & Makeup

Lorraine Glynn, Lynn Johnson for Breakfast on Pluto (Winner)
- Martina McCarthy, Denise Watson for The Tiger's Tail
- Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn for Middletown

Awards in acting

Best Actor in a Lead Role – Film

Cillian Murphy for Breakfast on Pluto (Winner)
- Pierce Brosnan for The Matador
- Colin Farrell for Miami Vice
- Brendan Gleeson for Studs
- Cillian Murphy for The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Best Actress in a Lead Role – Film

Eva Birthistle for Middletown
- Gemma Doorly for A Song For Rebecca
- Pauline McLynn for Gypo
- Ruth Negga for Isolation

Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Film

Liam Cunningham for The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Winner)
- Pádraic Delaney for The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- Gerard McSorley for Middletown
- Stephen Rea for Breakfast on Pluto

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Film

Fionnula Flanagan for Transamerica (Winner)
- Sinéad Cusack for The Tiger's Tail
- Orla Fitzgerald for The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- Ruth Negga for Breakfast on Pluto

Best Actor in a Lead Role – Television

Ciarán Hinds for Rome (Winner)
- Liam Cunningham for Showbands
- Michael McElhatton for Hide & Seek
- James Nesbitt for Murphy's Law

Best Actress in a Lead Role – Television

Ger Ryan for Stardust (Winner)
- Ruth Bradley for Legend
- Anne-Marie Duff for The Virgin Queen
- Aisling O'Sullivan for The Clinic

Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Television

Gary Lydon for The Clinic (Winner)
- Liam Cunningham for Murphy's Law
- Allen Leech for Legend
- Christopher O'Dowd for Showbands

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Television

Ruth Bradley for Stardust (Winner)
- Leigh Arnold for The Clinic
- Gemma Craven for The Clinic
- Tina Kellegher for Showbands

Awards in television

Best Single Drama/Drama Serial

Stardust (Winner)
- Fallout
- Hide & Seek
- Legend

Best Drama Series/Soap

The Clinic (Winner)
- Murphy's Law
- Ros na Rún
- Showbands

Best Current Affairs/News Programme

Prime Time Investigates: "Sex Traffic" (Winner)

Best Children's/Youth

Aifric (Winner)
- Dustin's Daily News
- Trí Shúle an Chait
- The Ugly Duckling & Me

Best Entertainment

Naked Camera (Winner)

Best Factual Entertainment

In Search of the Pope's Children (Winner)
- Des Bishop: Joy in the Hood
- Rip-Off Republic
- Wild Trials

Best Sports Feature

Mícheál: The Sound of Sunday (Winner)
- Brian Kerr's World Cup Story
- The Dubs: Story of A Season
- Leagues Apart with Ardal O'Hanlon

Best Single Documentary

Flann O'Brien: The Lives of Brian (Winner)
- The Brothers
- The Ghosts of Duffy's Cut
- No Go: The Free Derry Story
- Tails from America

Best Documentary Series

The Legend of Liam Clancy (Winner)
- The Family Silver: "Bawnmore"
- Junior Doctors
- Made in America (TV series)|Made in America

Best Irish Language

Maírtín Ó Cadhain: Rí an Fhocail (Winner)
- Aifric
- An Gealigoir Nocht
- Ros na Rún

Awards across film and television

The IFB & NIFTC Breakthrough Talent Award

Niall Heery (writer/director) for Small Engine Repair (Winner)
- Pádraic Delaney (actor) for The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- Orla Fitzgerald (actress) for The Wind That Shakes the Barley
- Domhnall Gleeson (actor) for Studs
- Brian Kirk (director) for Middletown
- Lucy Kennedy (TV presenter) for The Podge and Rodge Show

Best Editing in Film / TV Drama

Stephen O'Connell for Stardust (Winner)
- Dermot Diskinfor Showbands
- Cúán MacConghail for Studs
- Ray Roantree for Fallout

Best Sound in Film / TV Drama

Peter Blayney, Patrick Drummond, John Fitzgerald, Mervyn Moore for Lassie (Winner)
- Michelle Cunniffe, John Fitzgeral, Nikki Moss, Simon Willis for Middletown
- Sarah Gaines, Peter Blayney, Jon Stevenson & Dan Birch for Stardust
- Brendan Deasy for The Tiger's Tail

Best Short Film

Joyriders (Winner)
- Bongo Bong
- The Faeries of Blackheath Woods
- The White Dress

Best Short Animation

Horn Ok Please (Winner)
- Badly Drawn Roy
- The Faeries of Blackheath Woods
- The White Dress

People's choice awards

AIB Best Irish Film People's Choice

The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Winner)
- Breakfast on Pluto
- Lassie
- Studs

Pantene Best International Actress People's Choice

Helen Mirren for The Queen (Winner)
- Penélope Cruz for Volver
- Eva Green for Casino Royale
- Kate Winslet for The Holiday

Best International Actor People's Choice

Leonardo DiCaprio for The Departed (Winner)
- Sacha Baron Cohen for Borat
- Daniel Craig for Casino Royale
- Ian McKellen for X-Men: The Last Stand

TV Personality of the Year

Bill O'Herlihy (Winner)
- Eamonn Holmes
- Gerry Kelly
- Taragh Loughrey Grant
- Daithí O'Sé

Lifetime achievement award

Awarded to Gay Byrne

IFTA Industry Contribution Award

Awarded to Nuala Moiselle

References

"The 4th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards Winners". Irish Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
"Irish Film and Television Awards: 2007". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 17 January 2009.

^ "Top actors to hand out film awards". Irish Examiner. 7 February 2007.
^ Caden, Sarah (11 February 2007). "Style-winner Miriam 'does not wake up wondering what to wear'". Sunday Independent (Ireland). Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[1] "Top actors to hand out film awards". Irish Examiner. 7 February 2007.

[2] Caden, Sarah (11 February 2007). "Style-winner Miriam 'does not wake up wondering what to wear'". Sunday Independent (Ireland). Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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