1st Irish Film & Television Awards

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]

1st Irish Film & Television Awards
Date	1 November 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)

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) Prime Time: "Saturday Night Sunday Morning" Crash Prime Time: "Sue Nation" Fine Gael: "A Family at War"

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) Aidan Quinn Stuart Townsend Cillian Murphy Pierce Brosnan 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

References

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.