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	...Best Art Direction
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	...Best Short Film
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Irish Film and Television Awards: 2003

IFTA Award

Date:	1 November
Host:	James Nesbitt (I)

Best Film Director


Winner:
	Intermission (2003) - John Crowley (III)
Other Nominees:
	Conspiracy of Silence (2003) - John Deery Dead Bodies (2003) - Robert Quinn (I) Goldfish Memory (2003) - Elizabeth Gill (II) Song for a Raggy Boy (2003) - Aisling Walsh (I)

Best Actor in a Film


Winner:
	Dead Bodies (2003) - Andrew Scott (I)
Other Nominees:
	28 Days Later... (2002) - Cillian Murphy S.W.A.T. (2003) - Colin Farrell (I) Song for a Raggy Boy (2003) - Aidan Quinn (I) Spin the Bottle (2003) - Michael McElhatton

Best Actress in a Film


Winner:
	Bloom (2003/I) - Angeline Ball
Other Nominees:
	Goldfish Memory (2003) - Flora Montgomery Mystics (2002) - Maria Doyle Kennedy Solaris (2002) - Natascha McElhone Spin the Bottle (2003) - Bronagh Gallagher

Best Art Direction


Winner:
	Spin the Bottle (2003) - Padraig O'Neill
Other Nominees:
	God's Kitchen (2003) - Paki Smith Headrush (2003) - Laurent Mellet Home for Christmas (2002) (TV) - Mark Geraghty Intermission (2003) - Tom Conroy (II)

Best Costume Design


Winner:
	Spin the Bottle (2003) - Kathy Strachan
Other Nominees:
	Bloom (2003/I) - Tara Van Zyl Intermission (2003) - Lorna Marie Mugan Veronica Guerin (2003) - Joan Bergin Watermelon (2003) (TV) - Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh

Best Editing


Winner:
	Dead Bodies (2003) - Dermot Diskin
Other Nominees:
	Actors, The (2003) Goldfish Memory (2003) Spin the Bottle (2003) Strange Case of the Irish Crown Jewels, The (2003) (TV)

Best Sound/Sound Editing


Winner:
	Dead Bodies (2003) - Daniel Birch
Other Nominees:
	Goldfish Memory (2003) - Sarah Gaines; Philippe Faujas Twilight Hour: Visions of Ireland's Haunted Past, The (2003) - Paddy Gibbons

Best Short Film


Winner:
	Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill (2003)
Other Nominees:
	Eireville (2002) Last Time, The (2002) No, No, No (2003) Strangers in the Night (2002)

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Oileán Thoraí (2002)
Other Nominees:
	Bang! You're Dead (2002) Chavez: Inside the Coup (2003) (TV) House Divided, A (2003) (TV) Living the Revolution (2002) Sing on Forever (2003) (TV) Strange Case of the Irish Crown Jewels, The (2003) (TV)

Best New Talent


Winner:
	Home for Christmas (2002) (TV) - Colin O'Donoghue
Other Nominees:
	Bloom (2003/I) - Sean Walsh (II) Bodyblow (2003) - Sonya Gildea Conspiracy of Silence (2003) - Jonathan Forbes Darkroom (2003) (TV) - Ian Thuillier Intermission (2003) - David Wilmot (I)

Best Current Affairs/News Programme


Winner:
	"Prime Time" (1996/II) - Mary Raftery (producer); Mick Peelo (correspondent) - For the feature "Cardinal Secrets".
Other Nominees:
	"Fine Gael: A Family at War" (2003) "Prime Time" (1996/II) - Eddie Doyle (II) (producer); Keelin Shanley (correspondent) - For the feature "Saturday Night Sunday Morning". "Prime Time" (1996/II) - Michael Kealy (producer); Ken O'Shea (correspondent) - For the feature "Sue Nation". Crash (2003) (TV)

Best Script


Winner:
	Intermission (2003) - Mark O'Rowe
Other Nominees:
	Actors, The (2003) - Conor McPherson Dead Bodies (2003) - Derek Landy Goldfish Memory (2003) - Elizabeth Gill (II) Spin the Bottle (2003) - Ian Fitzgibbon; Michael McElhatton

Best Lifestyle Programme


Winner:
	"Amú" (2003) - For "Amu Amigos Amazon".
Other Nominees:
	"Ask Anna" (2002) "Health Squad" (2002) "Ireland AM" (1999) Wedding Planners (2003) (TV)

Best Animation


Winner:
	Escape (2003)
Other Nominees:
	Butterfly Collector, The (2003) Depository, The (2003) Pullin' the Devil by the Tail (2003)

Best Hair/Make-Up


Winner:
	Watermelon (2003) (TV) - Linda Mooney (I); Carole Dunne
Other Nominees:
	Intermission (2003) - Lynn Johnson (I); Lorraine Glynn Spin the Bottle (2003) - Patsy Giles Veronica Guerin (2003) - Dee Corcoran; Ailbhe Lemass

Best Irish Language


Winner:
	"Amú" (2003) - For "Amu Amigos Amazon".
Other Nominees:
	Charraig Stoite, An (2003) Islandman: The Story of the Last Trading Skipper of a Galway Hooker (2003) Oileán Thoraí (2002)

Best Irish Film


Winner:
	Intermission (2003)
Other Nominees:
	Actors, The (2003) Chavez: Inside the Coup (2003) (TV) Dead Bodies (2003) Song for a Raggy Boy (2003) Veronica Guerin (2003)

Best Entertainment Programme


Winner:
	"Amú" (2003) - Adare Productions [ie] - For "Amu Amigos Amazon".
Other Nominees:
	"Late Late Show, The" (1962) - For the special on Richard Harris (I). "Only Fools Buy Horses" (2003)

Best Actor in a TV Drama


Winner:
	James Nesbitt (I) - For the "Murphy's Law" series of films.
Other Nominees:
	"Any Time Now" (2002) - Ciar�n McMenamin "Bachelors Walk" (2001) - Simon Delaney (I) "Ros na Rún" (1996) - Peadar Cox

Best Actress in a TV Drama


Winner:
	"Any Time Now" (2002) - Angeline Ball
Other Nominees:
	"Ros na Rún" (1996) - Joan Sheehy Home for Christmas (2002) (TV) - Dearbhla Molloy

Best Supporting Actor in Film/TV


Winner:
	Intermission (2003) - David Wilmot (I)
Other Nominees:
	"Any Time Now" (2002) - Owen Roe Intermission (2003) - Colin Farrell (I) Veronica Guerin (2003) - Ciar�n Hinds Veronica Guerin (2003) - Gerard McSorley

Best Supporting Actress in Film/TV


Winner:
	"Any Time Now" (2002) - Ruth McCabe (I)
Other Nominees:
	Goldfish Memory (2003) - Fiona Glascott Intermission (2003) - Deirdre O'Kane Intermission (2003) - Ger Ryan Veronica Guerin (2003) - Brenda Fricker

Best Cinematography/TV Photography


Winner:
	Song for a Raggy Boy (2003) - Peter Robertson (II)
Other Nominees:
	Bloom (2003/I) - Ciar�n Tanham Dead Bodies (2003) - Donal Gilligan Goldfish Memory (2003) - Ken Byrne (I) Veronica Guerin (2003) - Brendan Galvin

Best Music in TV/Film


Winner:
	Spin the Bottle (2003) - John McPhillips
Other Nominees:
	"On Home Ground" (2001) - Niall Byrne (II) "You're a Star" (2002) - ShinAwil Productions [ie] God's Kitchen (2003) - Gavin Little Home for Christmas (2002) (TV) - R�n�n Johnston

Best Childrens/Youth/Educational/Multicultural/Religious/Regional TV


Nominees:
	"Townlands" (2002) - For episode "Animal Rescue".

Best TV Drama


Winner:
	"Bachelors Walk" (2001)
Other Nominees:
	"Any Time Now" (2002) "On Home Ground" (2001) Home for Christmas (2002) (TV) Watermelon (2003) (TV)

Audience Award

Best Actor in a Film


Winner:
	Colin Farrell (I)
Other Nominees:
	Pierce Brosnan Cillian Murphy Aidan Quinn (I) Stuart Townsend

Best Irish Film


Winner:
	Veronica Guerin (2003)
Other Nominees:
	Actors, The (2003) Evelyn (2002) Goldfish Memory (2003) Intermission (2003)

Best TV Personality


Winner:
	Miriam O'Callaghan
Other Nominees:
	John Daly (VII) Gerry Kelly (II) Patrick Kielty P�id� O Lion�ird Grainne Seoige Julian Simmons Hector � hEochag�in

Lifetime Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Neil Jordan (I)