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Irish Film and Television Academy Awards 2012: Winners: THE GUARD

Brendan Gleeson, The Guard

The Guard and the other winners for the 2012 Irish Film and Television Academy Awards have been announced. The 9th Annual Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) “sole aim is to celebrate Ireland’s notably talented film and television community. The ceremony is considered to be one of Ireland’s most prestigious awards event, and can be viewed as the Irish equivalent to the American Oscars.”

The full listing of the 2012 Irish Film and Television Awards winners is below.

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FILM CATEGORIES

BEST FILM
The Guard – Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez Marengo, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe (Reprisal Films / Element Pictures)

DIRECTOR FILM
John Michael McDonagh – The Guard (Reprisal Films / Element Pictures )

SCRIPT FILM
John Michael McDonagh – The Guard (Reprisal Films / Element Pictures )

ACTOR – FILM
Michael Fassbender – Shame (Momentum Pictures)

ACTRESS – FILM
Saoirse Ronan – Hanna (Universal Films)

SUPPORTING ACTOR – FILM
Chris O’Dowd – Bridesmaids (Universal Pictures)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS – FILM
Fionnula Flanagan – The Guard (Reprisal Films / Element Pictures )

GEORGE MORRISON FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Bernadette; Notes on a Political Journey – Lelia Doolan, (Digital Quilts)

SPECIAL IRISH LANGUAGE AWARD
Corp + Anam – Paddy Hayes (Magamedia)

ANIMATION
The Boy in the Bubble – Kealan O’ Rourke (Igloo Films)

PHILIPS SHORT FILM AWARD
Foxes – Lorcan Finnegan (Lovely Productions)

INTERNATIONAL CATEGORIES

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INTERNATIONAL FILM
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal)

INTERNATIONAL ACTOR
Ryan Gosling – Drive (Eclipse Pictures)

INTERNATIONAL ACTRESS
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs (Parallel Film Productions)

TELEVISION DRAMA CATEGORIES

BEST DRAMA, IN ASSOCIATION WITH BAI
Love/Hate – Suzanne McAuley & Steve Mattews (Octagon Films)

DIRECTOR TELEVISION DRAMA
David Caffrey – Love/Hate (Octagon Films)

WRITER TELEVISION DRAMA
Stuart Carolan – Love/Hate (Octagon Films)

ACTOR – TELEVISION
Aidan Gillen – Love/Hate (Octagon Films)

ACTRESS – TELEVISION
Ruth Negga – Shirley (Prospect Cymru Wales)

SUPPORTING ACTOR – TELEVISION
Tom Vaughan-Lawlor – Love/Hate (Octagon Films)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS – TELEVISION
Denise McCormack – Love/Hate (Octagon Films)

CRAFT / TECHNICAL CATEGORIES (FILM / TV DRAMA)

COSTUME DESIGN (FILM / TV DRAMA)
Consolata Boyle – The Iron Lady (Eclipse Pictures)

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY (FILM / TV DRAMA)
Seamus McGarvey – We Need To Talk About Kevin (Artificial Eye)

EDITING (FILM / TV DRAMA)
Isobel Stephenson – Love/Hate (Octagon Films)

M.A.C MAKE-UP & HAIR (FILM / TV DRAMA)
Lorraine Glynn / Lynn Johnston – Albert Nobbs (Parallel Film Productions)

ORIGINAL SCORE (FILM / TV DRAMA)
Brian Byrne – Albert Nobbs (Parallel Film Productions)

PRODUCTION DESIGN (FILM / TV DRAMA)
Anna Rackard – Stella Days (Newgrange Pictures)

SOUND (FILM / TV DRAMA)
Albert Nobbs – Brendan Deasy, Niall Brady, Michelle Cunniffe, Steve Fanagan (Parallel Film Productions)

CRAFT & TECHNICAL CATEGORIES (TELEVISION)

DIRECTOR TELEVISION
Gary Keane – The Writing in the Sky (Real Films)

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY TELEVISION
Peter Robertson – Waterways (Tile Films)

EDITING TELEVISION
Ray Roantree – The Ashes of 9/11 (RTÉ)

SOUND TELEVISION
The Writing in the Sky – Killian Fitzgerald/Aza Hand (Real Films)

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

CHILDREN’S / YOUTH PROGRAMME
The Importance of Being Whatever – Martina Niland & David Collins (Accomplice TV)

CURRENT AFFAIRS / NEWS
Prime Time Investigates: The Home Care Scandal – Adrian Lydon (RTÉ)

DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Waterways – Stephen Rooke (Tile Films)

DOCUMENTARY
The Blood of the Travellers – Liam McGrath (Scratch Films)

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
Mrs Brown’s Boys – Brendan O’Carroll & Justin Healy (BBC / RTÉ)

FACTUAL PROGRAMME
The Only Viking In The Village – Anne Heffernan & Bernadine Carraher (Mind the Gap)

REALITY PROGRAMME
ICA Bootcamp (Independent Pictures)

SPORTS
Eamonn Coghlan – Man on a Mission – (Motive Television)

IRISH FILM BOARD RISING STAR
John Michael McDonagh

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Fionnula Flanagan

Source: Chinokino

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Rollo Tomasi

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, TV show, short film, Blu-ray, and 4K-Ultra reviews. His reviews are published in IMDb's External Reviews and in Google News. Previously you could find his work at Empire Movies, Blogcritics, and AltFilmGuide. Now you can find his work at FilmBook.
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