4th Irish Film & Television Awards

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.

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)
  • BBC Newsline Special: "Death of George Best"
  • Prime Time Investigates: "A National Emergency"
  • Prime Time Investigates: "Homelessness"

Best Children's/Youth

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

Best Entertainment

• Naked Camera (Winner)
  • Jokerman: Tommy Tiernan in America
  • The Panel
  • The Podge & Rodge Show

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