The 9th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on Saturday 11 February 2012 at the

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(CCD), honouring Irish film and

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released in 2011."IFTA Announces Nominees for the 9th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards"
. ''IFTA.ie''. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012. It was hosted by Irish actor

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. The Show was broadcast on RTÉ One Television on the night. The ceremony, hosted by the Academy on Saturday 11 February reached a record audience of 1.143 Million viewers* on RTÉ One, clocking up the highest number of Irish viewers to watch the Awards show."IFTA 2012 Winners Announced"
10 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012. Among the winners at the Irish Film & Television Awards was Michael Fassbender, who picked up the Best Actor IFTA for his stark performance in Steve McQueen's drama

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. Speaking after receiving his IFTA, Michel said he was "humbled" and "honoured" to accept the accolade from the Irish Academy.

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, Ireland's most successful independent Irish feature film, won four film Awards on the night; Best Film, Director, Screenwriter and Supporting Actress

Fionnula Flanagan Fionnghuala Manon "Fionnula" Flanagan (born 10 December 1941) is an Irish stage, television, and film actress. For her contributions to the entertainment industry, she was given the IFTA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. Flanagan is known f ...

. Irish Actress

received the IFTA Lifetime Achievement award. The TV series '' Love/Hate'' won seven awards including Best Drama and Best Director.

Awards

Film categories

; Film '' ''The Guard'' — Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Chris Cark, Flora Fernandez Marengo'' * ''

Albert Nobbs ''Albert Nobbs'' is a 2011 drama film directed by Rodrigo García and starring Glenn Close. The screenplay, by Close, John Banville and Gabriella Prekop, is based on the 1927 novella ''Albert Nobbs'' by George Moore. The film received mixed ...

'' — Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn,

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* ''Charlie Casanova'' — Terry McMahon * '' Stella Days'' — Jackie Larkin, Leslie McKimm ; Director in Film ''

John Michael McDonagh John Michael McDonagh (born 7 November 1967) is a screenwriter and film director with Irish and British nationality. He wrote and directed ''The Guard'' (2011) and '' Calvary'' (2014), both films starring Brendan Gleeson, receiving a BAFTA Awar ...

— ''The Guard'''' *

Rebecca Daly Rebecca Daly (born 1980) is an Irish people, Irish film director, screenwriter, and actress. Early life Daly was born in West Sussex and grew up in an Irish family in Haywards Heath. They later moved to Naas, Ireland. She studied theatre studie ...

— ''The Other Side of Sleep'' * Terry McMahon — ''Charlie Casanova'' *

Thaddeus O'Sullivan Thaddeus O'Sullivan (born 2 May 1947) is an Irish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter. Early career In the early eighties O'Sullivan was among a group of filmmakers who co-founded 'Spectre' a collective that included John Ellis (media a ...

— ''Stella Days'' ; Script Film ''

— ''The Guard'''' *

John Banville William John Banville (born 8 December 1945) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, adapter of dramas and screenwriter. Though he has been described as "the heir to Proust, via Nabokov", Banville himself maintains that W. B. Yeats and Henry ...

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'' * Terry McMahon — ''Charlie Casanova'' * Antoine O'Flaherta — ''Stella Days'' ; Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film '' Michael Fassbender — Shame'' *

Brendan Gleeson Brendan Gleeson (born 29 March 1955) is an Irish actor and film director. He is the recipient of three IFTA Awards, two British Independent Film Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award and four times fo ...

— ''The Guard'' *

Ciarán Hinds Ciarán Hinds (; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor. Born in Belfast, Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including '' The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover'' (1989), '' Persuasion'' (1 ...

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' is a 1974 spy novel by British author John le Carré. It follows the endeavours of taciturn, aging spymaster George Smiley to uncover a Soviet mole in the British Secret Intelligence Service. The novel has receive ...

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Martin Sheen Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films ''The Subject Was Roses'' (1968) and ''Badlands'' (1973), and later achieved wid ...

— ''Stella Days'' ; Actress in a Lead Role in a Feature Film ''

Saoirse Ronan Saoirse Una Ronan ( , ; born 12 April 1994) is an American-born Irish actress. Primarily known for her work in period dramas since adolescence, she has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations fo ...

— Hanna'' * Aoife Duffin — ''Behold the Lamb'' * Antonia Campbell Hughes — ''The Other Side of Sleep'' * Marcella Plunkett — ''Stella Days'' ; Actor in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film ''

Chris O'Dowd Christopher O'Dowd (born 9 October 1979) is an Irish actor and comedian. He received wide attention as Roy Trenneman, one of the lead characters in the Channel 4 comedy ''The IT Crowd'', which ran for four series between 2006 and 2010. He has ...

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Liam Cunningham Liam Cunningham (born 2 June 1961) is an Irish actor. He is known for playing Davos Seaworth in the HBO epic-fantasy series ''Game of Thrones''. Cunningham has been nominated for the London Film Critics' Circle Award, the British Independe ...

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— '' The Debt'' ; Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film ''

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Maria Doyle Kennedy Maria Josephine Doyle Kennedy (born 25 September 1964) is an Irish singer and actress. With a singing and acting career that has spanned more than 30 years, she has established herself as one of Ireland's most prolific artists and entertainers. ...

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Brenda Fricker Brenda Fricker (born 17 February 1945) is an Irish actress, whose career has spanned six decades on stage and screen. She has appeared in more than 30 films and television roles. In 1990, she became the first Irish actress to win an Academy Awar ...

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Amy Huberman Amy Huberman (born 20 March 1979) is an Irish actress and writer, which is known for her role as Daisy in the RTÉ drama series '' The Clinic''. In 2018, she began writing and starring in the comedy series ''Finding Joy''. Early life Huberman g ...

— ''Stella Days'' ; George Morrison Feature Documentary Award ''Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey —

Lelia Doolan Lelia Doolan (born 1934) is an Irish television producer. Doolan was born in Cork in 1934. She studied French and German at University College Dublin, where she won a scholarship to study at the Brecht Theatre in Germany. She presented and act ...

'' * ' Knuckle' — Ian Palmer * ''Men of Arlington'' — Enda Hughes * ''Off the Beaten Track'' — Dieter Auner ; Special Irish Language Award ''Corp + Anam – Paddy Hayes'' * ''Mobs Cheanada'' — Dathai Keane * ''Ray McAnally – M'Athair'' — Brian Reddin * ''

Seacht ''Seacht'' (; Irish language, Irish for "seven") is a college drama series following the lives of seven college students (Brian, Caroline, Pete, Joanne, Eithne, Linda, Decko, Paddy, and Marcas) at the Arts Department of Queen's University Belfast ...

'' — Colin O'Donnell ; Animation ''The Boy in the Bubble – Kealan O'Rourke'' * ''23 Degrees 5 Minutes'' — Darragh O'Connell * ''The Last Train'' — Alex Sherwood * ''Origin'' — James Stacey ; Philips Short Film Award ''Foxes –

Lorcan Finnegan ''Vivarium'' is a 2019 horror film directed by Lorcan Finnegan, from a story by Finnegan and Garret Shanley. An international co-production between Ireland, Denmark, and Belgium, it stars Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris, and Éanna ...

'' * ''The Boy in the Bubble'' — Kealan O' Rourke * ''Cluck'' — Michael Lavelle * ''Downpour'' — Claire Dix * '' The Shore'' —

Terry George Terence George (born 20 December 1952) is an Irish screenwriter and director. Much of his film work (e.g. ''The Boxer'', '' Some Mother's Son'', and ''In the Name of the Father'') involves "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland. He was nominated f ...

International categories

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'' * '' Drive'' * '' Senna'' ; International Actor Ryan Gosling — '' Drive'' *

Don Cheadle Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (; born November 29, 1964) is an American actor. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including two Grammy Awards, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also earned nom ...

— '' ''The Guard'''' * Leonardo DiCaprio — ''

J. Edgar ''J. Edgar'' is a 2011 American biographical drama film based on the career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, directed, produced and scored by Clint Eastwood. Written by Dustin Lance Black, the film focuses on Hoover's life from the 1919 Palme ...

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Gary Oldman Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Known for his versatility and intense acting style, he has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and three British Academy ...

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Meryl Streep Mary Louise Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her generation", Streep is particularly known for her versatility and accent adaptability. She has received numerous accolades throu ...

— '' The Iron Lady'' *

Tilda Swinton Katherine Matilda Swinton (born 5 November 1960) is a British actress. Known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition t ...

— '' We Need to Talk About Kevin'' *

Kristen Wiig Kristen Carroll Wiig (; born August 22, 1973) is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Born in Canandaigua, New York, she was raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Rochester, New York. She moved to Los Angeles, where she jo ...

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Television Drama categories

; Best Drama – In Association with BAI '' Love/Hate'' — Suzanne McAuley, Steve Mattews * ''Corp + Anam'' — Paddy Hayes * '' Game of Thrones'' —

Mark Huffam Mark Huffam CBE, is a Northern Irish film and television producer. He was a producer on '' The Martian'', ''Johnny English'', and the television series '' Game of Thrones''. He was awarded CBE in 2011 at Her Majesty, The Queen's Birthday Honou ...

* '' The Borgias'' —

Neil Jordan Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer. His first book, ''Night in Tunisia (short story collection), Night in Tunisia'', won a Somerset Maugham Award and the Guardian ...

, James Flynn ; Director – Television Drama ''

David Caffrey David Caffrey is an Irish film director. His most recent film is ''Grand Theft Parsons'' starring Johnny Knoxville and Christina Applegate. The film is an account of an urban myth about the death of country rock legend, Gram Parsons. Filmography ...

— Love/Hate'' *

— '' The Borgias'' *

Brian Kirk Brian Kirk is an Irish film and television director who has directed episodes of '' Game of Thrones'', FX's '' The Riches'' and Showtime's '' Brotherhood'' and ''The Tudors''. He also directed the television film '' My Boy Jack'' starring Da ...

— '' Game of Thrones'' * Daniel O'Hara — '' Being Human'' ; Writer – Television Drama '' Stuart Carolan — Love/Hate'' *

— '' The Borgias'' *

Ronan Bennett Ronan Bennett (born 14 January 1956) is an Irish novelist and screenwriter. Background Bennett, the son of William H. and Geraldine Bennett, was born in England, but was raised in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland, in a devout Roman Catholic famil ...

— '' Hidden'' * Daire Mac Con Iomaire — ''Corp + Anam'' ; Actor in a Lead Role – Television ''

Aidan Gillen Aidan Murphy (born 24 April 1968), better known as Aidan Gillen (), is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Awards and has been nominated for a British Academy Television Award, a British Independent Film Award, ...

— Love/Hate'' * Diarmuid de Faoite — ''Corp + Anam'' *

— ''The Crimson Petal and the White (TV miniseries)'' * David Pearse — ''Trivia'' ; Actress in a Lead Role – Television ''

Ruth Negga Ruth Negga ( ; born 7 January 1981) is an Ethiopian-Irish actress known for the AMC television series ''Preacher'' and the film ''Loving''. For her portrayal of Mildred Loving in the latter, Negga received several major nominations from the Ac ...

— Shirley'' *

— ''Corp + Anam'' *

Michelle Fairley Michelle Fairley (born 1964–1965) is an actress from Northern Ireland. She is best known for playing Catelyn Stark in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2013). She has since appeared in the USA Network series '' Suits'' (2013), the ...

— '' Game of Thrones'' *

Aisling O'Sullivan Aisling O'Sullivan (born in Tralee, County Kerry) is an Irish actress. Career O'Sullivan attended the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin and joined the Abbey Theatre in 1991. Theatre In 2011 and 2012, she toured Ireland with Druid, playing the ...

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'' ; Actor in a Supporting Role – Television ''

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (born 4 November 1977) is an Irish actor. He is best known in Ireland for his roles as Nigel 'Nidge' Delaney in the RTÉ One series '' Love/Hate'' (2010–2014), and is known internationally for his role as Ebony Maw in '' Av ...

— Love/Hate'' *

Brendan Coyle David "Brendan" Coyle (born 2 December 1962) is an English-Irish actor. He won the Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for ''The Weir'' in 1999. He also played Nicholas Higgins in the miniseries '' North & South'', Robert T ...

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Downton Abbey ''Downton Abbey'' is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States o ...

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— '' Game of Thrones'' *

Robert Sheehan Robert Sheehan (born 7 January 1988) is an Irish actor. He is best known for television roles such as Nathan Young in ''Misfits'', Darren Treacy in '' Love/Hate'', and Klaus Hargreeves in ''The Umbrella Academy,'' as well as film roles such a ...

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'' ; Actress in a Supporting Role – Television ''Denise McCormack — Love/Hate'' *

Eva Birthistle Eva Birthistle (born 1974) is an Irish actress and writer. She is best known for her role in '' Ae Fond Kiss...'' and since 2015 has starred in ''The Last Kingdom''. She won the London Film Critics Circle British or Irish Actress of the Year A ...

— '' Strike Back'' *

Bronagh Gallagher Bronagh Gallagher (born 26 April 1972) is an Irish singer and actress from Northern Ireland. Gallagher had her first acting role in the 1989 television movie '' Dear Sarah''. In 2020, she was listed at number 33 on ''The Irish Times'' list of I ...

— ''The Field of Blood'' *

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Craft/Technical categories (Film/TV Drama)

; Costume Design ''Consolata Boyle — The Iron Lady'' * Joan Bergin — ''

Camelot Camelot is a castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur. Absent in the early Arthurian material, Camelot first appeared in 12th-century French romances and, since the Lancelot-Grail cycle, eventually came to be described as th ...

'' * Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh — ''Neverland'' * Lorna Marie Mugan — ''Treasure Island'' ; Director of Photography '' Seamus McGarvey — We Need to Talk About Kevin'' * Seamus Deasy — ''Neverland'' * Suzie Lavelle — ''The Other Side of Sleep'' * Robbie Ryan — ''Wuthering Heights'' ; Editing ''Isobel Stephenson — Love/Hate'' * Dermot Diskin — ''Stella Days'' * Tony Kearns — ''Charlie Casanova'' *

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'' ; M.A.C Make-up & Hair ''Lorraine Glynn/ Lynn Johnson —

'' * Dee Corcoran/Tom Mc Inerney — ''

'' * Ailbhe Lemass/Lorraine Glynn — ''

Neverland Neverland is a fictional island featured in the works of J. M. Barrie and those based on them. It is an imaginary faraway place where Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, the Lost Boys, and some other imaginary beings and creatures live. Altho ...

'' * Joni Galvin/ Eileen Buggy — ''Stella Days'' ; Original Score ''Brian Byrne —

'' * Darragh O'Toole — ''Ballymun Lullaby'' * Stephen McKeon — ''Legends of Valhalla: Thor'' * Ray Harman — '' Love/Hate'' ; Production Design ''Anna Rackard – Stella Days'' * Tom Conroy — ''

'' * Stephen Daly — '' Love/Hate'' * John Paul Kelly — ''

'' ; Sound ''

— Brendan Deasy, Niall Brady, Michelle Cunniffe, Steve Fanagan'' * '' Game of Thrones'' — Ronan Hill, Sound Post Production Team * '' Love/Hate'' — Brendan Deasy, Mark Henry, Fiadhnait McCann * ''

'' — Robert Flanagan, Michelle Cuniffe, Niall Brady

Craft/Technical categories (Television)

; Director – Television ''Gary Keane – The Writing in the Sky'' * Liz Gill — ''A Story with Me in It'' * Lynda McQuaid — ''

MasterChef Ireland ''MasterChef Ireland'' is an RTÉ television cooking game show based on the international format created by Franc Roddam. As of late 2016 the series has moved to TV3, the fourth season is expected to air as part of the TV3 Autumn 2016 schedul ...

'' * Kieron J. Walsh — ''The Savage Eye'' ; Director of Photography – Television ''Peter Robertson – Waterways'' * Richard Kendrick — ''Two for the Road'' * Michael O'Donovan — ''The Writing in the Sky'' * Kieron Skyne — ''Departure Day'' ; Editing – Television ''Ray Roantree – The Ashes of 9/11'' * Ailbhe Gaffney — ''

'' * Mick Mahon — ''The Writing in the Sky'' * Emer Reynolds — ''Broken Tail'' ; Sound – Television ''The Writing in the Sky – Killian Fitzgerald, Aza Hand'' * — Sam Horgan * ''

'' — Trevor Cunningham * ''Punky'' — Emma Butt

Television categories

; Children's/Youth Programme ''The Importance of Being Whatever – Martina Niland, David Collins'' * ''OMG! Jedward's Dream Factory'' — Noleen Golding * '' Punky'' — Gerard O'Rourke * ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' — Anne Tweedy, Peter Lewis ; Current Affairs/News ''Prime Time Investigates: The Home Care Scandal — Adrian Lydon'' * ''Prime Time Investigates: Carry on Regardless'' — Bill Malone * ''The Frontline: The Presidential Debate'' — Michael Hughes * ''State Visit to Ireland of Queen Elizabeth II'' — John O'Regan ; Documentary Series ''Waterways — Stephen Rooke'' * ''The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne'' — Roger Childs * ''Mobs Cheanada'' — Dathai Keane * ''The Tenements'' — Jane Kelly ; Documentary ''The Blood of the Travellers — Liam McGrath'' * ''Father Ted: Small, Far Away – The World of Father Ted'' — Faye Hill * ''Ray McAnally'' — Brian Reddin * ''The Irish of 9/11'' — Maurice Sweeney ; Entertainment Programme ''

Mrs. Brown's Boys ''Mrs. Brown's Boys'' is an Irish television sitcom created by and starring Brendan O'Carroll and produced in the United Kingdom by BBC Scotland in partnership with BOC-PIX and Irish broadcaster RTÉ. The series stars O'Carroll as Agnes ...

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Brendan O'Carroll Brendan O'Carroll (born 17 September 1955) is an Irish actor, comedian, director, producer and writer. He is best known for portraying foul-mouthed matriarch Agnes Brown on stage and in the BBC and RTÉ television sitcom '' Mrs. Brown's Boys''. ...

, Justin Healy'' * ''

Hardy Bucks ''Hardy Bucks'' is an Irish comedy series, filmed in mockumentary style and following the fictional exploits of a group of twentysomething slackers living in small-town Ireland. It started out as an online series of largely improvised scenes. ...

'' — Mike Cockayne * ''

'' — Larry Bass * ''

The Savage Eye ''The Savage Eye'' is a 1959 "dramatized documentary" film that superposes a dramatic narration of the life of a divorced woman with documentary camera footage of Los Angeles. The film was written, produced, directed, and edited by Ben Maddow, Sid ...

'' — Sideline Productions ; Factual Programme ''The Only Viking in the Village – Anne Heffernan, Bernadine Carraher * ''Secret Millionaire'' — Ronan O. Muirthile * ''Story of Ireland'' — Mike Connolly * ''The Belfast Blitz'' — Andrea McCartney ; Reality Programme ''ICA Bootcamp – Independent Pictures'' * ''Celebrity Bainisteoir'' — Fiona Looney * ''

Head Chef A chef de cuisine (, French for ''head of kitchen'') or head chef is a chef that leads and manages the kitchen and chefs of a restaurant or hotel. A chef patron (feminine form ''chef patronne'') (French for ''boss chef'') or executive chef ...

'' — Billy McGrath * ''

The Apprentice ''The Apprentice'' is a reality talent game show franchise originally aired in 2004 in the United States. Created by U.S.-based British producer Mark Burnett, the show depicts contestants from around the country with various professional backg ...

'' — Larry Bass ; Sports ''Eamon Coughlan – Man on a Mission – Motive Television'' * ''Frank O'Farrell – The Shadow of Busby'' — Sean Doyle * ''Pilgrims – The Irish at Cheltenham'' — Maurice Sweeney * ''Rory's Major Breakthrough'' — Stephen Watson ; RTÉ Guide Best TV Moment of the Year ''Shamrock Rovers Europa League Qualifying Goal – Setanta Ireland''

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