Neil Jordan's Breakfast On Pluto leads with a total of ten nominations, followed closely by Brian Kirk's Middletown with nine. Ken Loach's The Wind That Shakes the Barley and John Boorman's The Tiger's Tail have captured seven nominations each. Breakfast on Pluto, The Wind That Shakes the Barley and Middletown are Best Film contenders alongside Niall Heery's Small Engine Repair and David Gleeson's The Front Line.
The acting shortlist features some of Ireland 's internationally recognised screen talent. Cillian Murphy has received two nominations in the Best Actor category, for his performances in Breakfast on Pluto and The Wind That Shakes the Barley. He is joined in the shortlist by Colin Farrell for Miami Vice, Pierce Brosnan for The Matador, and Brendan Gleeson for Studs. Actor Liam Cunningham has been nominated for three acting awards across the Film-TV spectrum (The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Showbands, and Murphy's Law). Younger actors Padraic Delaney, Ruth Negga and Ruth Bradley received two nominations each.
Along with Brosnan and Farrell other Irish talent working abroad is well represented. Fionnula Flanagan is nominated for Transamerica and Pauline McLynn is nominated for Gypo, while in the craft categories Irish cinematographer Seamus McGarvey is nominated for World Trade Center, and costume designers Joan Bergin and Consolata Boyle are named for their work on The Prestige and The Queen respectively.
The five features in the running for Best International Film are Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Babel , Martin Scorsese's The Departed, Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris' Little Miss Sunshine, Paul Green grass' United 93 and Martin Campbell's Casino Royale.
The award ceremony, covering 32 categories, will take place on Feb 9 in Dublin. According to the organisers the number of submissions rose again this year, reflecting the growing expertise of Irish people working in the film and television industry at home and abroad.
2006 Irish Film & Television Awards Nominees
AWARDS IN FILM
Best Film
Breakfast on Pluto
The Front Line
Middletown
Small Engine Repair
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Best International Film
Babel
Casino Royale
The Departed
Little Miss Sunshine
United 93
Best Director
John Boorman - The Tiger's Tail
David Gleeson - The Front Line
Neil Jordan - Breakfast on Pluto
Brian Kirk - Middletown
Best Script
Daragh Carville - Middletown
David Gleeson - The Front Line
Niall Heery - Small Engine Repair
Neil Jordan & Pat McCabe - Breakfast on Pluto
Best Cinematography
Seamus Deasy - The Tiger's Tail
Seamus McGarvey - World Trade Center
Declan Quinn - Breakfast on Pluto
Robbie Ryan - Isolation
Best Music
Niall Byrne - Small Engine Repair
Patrick Cassidy - The Front Line
Glen Hansard - Once
Stephen McKeon - The Tiger's Tail
Best Production Design
Tom Conroy - Breakfast on Pluto
Mark Geraghty - Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Ashleigh Jeffers - Middletown
Mark Lowry - Small Engine Repair
Best Costume Design
Joan Bergin - The Prestige
Consolata Boyle - The Queen
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh - Breakfast on Pluto
Maeve Patterson - The Tiger's Tail
Best Hair & Makeup
Martina McCarthy, Denise Watson - The Tiger's Tail
Lorraine Glynn, Lynn Johnson - Breakfast on Pluto
Morna Ferguson, Lorraine Glynn - Middletown
AWARDS IN ACTING
Best Actor in a Lead Role - Film
Pierce Brosnan - The Matador
Colin Farrell - Miami Vice
Brendan Gleeson - Studs
Cillian Murphy - Breakfast on Pluto
Cillian Murphy - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Best Actress in a Lead Role - Film
Eva Birthistle - Middletown
Gemma Doorly - A Song for Rebecca
Pauline McLynn - Gypo
Ruth Negga - Isolation
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Film
Liam Cunningham - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Padraic Delaney - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Gerard McSorley - Middletown
Stephen Rea - Breakfast on Pluto
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Film
Sinead Cusack - The Tiger's Tail
Orla Fitzgerald - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Fionnula Flanagan - Transamerica
Ruth Negga - Breakfast on Pluto
AWARDS ACROSS FILM & TELEVISION
The IFB & NIFTC Breakthrough Talent Award
Padraic Delaney - Actor (The Wind That Shakes the Barley)
Orla Fitzgerald - Actress (The Wind That Shakes the Barley)
Domhnall Gleeson - Actor (Studs)
Niall Heery - Writer/Director (Small Engine Repair)
Brian Kirk - Director ( Middletown )
Lucy Kennedy - TV Presenter (The Podge and Rodge Show)
Best Editing in Film / TV Drama
Dermot Diskin - Showbands
Cuan MacConghail - Studs
Stephen O'Connell - Stardust
Ray Roantree - Fallout
Best Sound in Film / TV Drama
Peter Blayney, Patrick Drummond, John Fitzgerald, Mervyn Moore - Lassie
Michelle Cunniffe, John Fitzgerald, Nikki Moss, Simon Willis - Middletown
John Fitzgerald, Peter Blayney, Jon Stevenson & Dan Birch - Stardust
Brendan Deasy - The Tiger's Tail
Best Short Film
Bongo Bong
The Faeries of Blackheath Woods
Joyriders
The White Dress
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