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.

1st Irish Film & Television Awards
Date	1 November 2003 (2003-11-01)
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