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.Awards in film
Best Irish Film Jury Award
- Intermission
- * The Actors
- * Chávez: Inside the Coup
- * Dead Bodies
- * Song for a Raggy Boy
- * Veronica Guerin
Best Film Director
Best Short Film
- Meeting Che Guevara and the Man from Maybury Hill
* Eireville* The Last Time* No, No, No* Strangers in the NightAwards in acting
Best Actor in a Lead Role – Film
Best Actor in a Leading Role – Television
James Nesbitt for Murphy's Law * Peadar Cox for Ros na Rún* Simon Delaney for Bachelors Walk* Ciarán McMenamin for Any Time NowBest Actor in a Supporting Role – Film/TV
Best Actress in a Lead Role – Film
Angeline Ball for Bloom * Bronagh Gallagher for Spin the Bottle* Maria Doyle Kennedy for Mystics* Flora Montgomery for Goldfish Memory* Natascha McElhone for SolarisBest Actress in a Leading Role – Television
Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Film/TV
Ruth McCabe for Any Time Now * Brenda Fricker for Veronica Guerin* Fiona Glascott for Goldfish Memory* Deirdre O'Kane for Intermission* Ger Ryan for IntermissionAwards in television
Best TV Drama
- Bachelors Walk
- * Any Time Now
- * Home for Christmas
- * On Home Ground
- * Watermelon
Best Entertainment
Best Lifestyle
* Ask Anna* The Health Squad* Ireland AM* Wedding PlannersBest Children's/Youth/Educational/Multicultural/Religious/Regional TV
- Sampler
- * Cracking Crime
- * Ear to the Ground
- * Townlands: "Animal Rescue"
- * Twins
Best Sports TV
- The Rod Squad
- * Breaking Ball
- * End to End: "Armagh Special"
- * La Ochra Gael
- * When Joe Met Sam
Best Current Affairs
- Prime Time: "Cardinal Secrets"
- * Prime Time: "Saturday Night Sunday Morning"
- * Crash
- * Prime Time: "Sue Nation"
- * Fine Gael: "A Family at War"
Awards across TV and film
Best Documentary
Best Irish Language
- Amu Amigos "Amazon"
- * An Charraig Stoite
- * Galtymore
- * Islandman
- * Oilean Thorai
Best Music in TV/Film
Best Animation
Best Script
Mark O'Rowe for Intermission * Conor McPherson for The Actors* Derek Landy for Dead Bodies* Liz Gill for Goldfish Memory* Ian Fitzgibbon for Spin the BottleBest Cinematography / TV Photography
Song for a Raggy Boy * Ciarán Tanham for Bloom* Donal Gilligan for Dead Bodies* Ken Byrne for Goldfish Memory* Brendan Galvin for Veronica GuerinBest Editing
Dermot Diskin for Dead Bodies * The Actors* Goldfish Memory* Spin the Bottle* The Strange Case of the Irish Crown JewelsBest Hair / Make-up
Best Costume Design
Kathy Strachan for Spin the Bottle * Tara Van Zyl for Bloom* Lorna Marie Mugan for Intermission* Joan Bergin for Veronica Guerin* Eimer Ní Mhaoldomhnaigh for WatermelonBest Art Direction
Spin the Bottle * God's Kitchen for Paki Smith* Laurent Mellet for Headrush* Mark Geraghty for Home for Christmas* Tom Conroy for IntermissionBest Sound / Sound Editing
Daniel Birch for Dead Bodies * Sarah Gaines & Philippe Faujas for Goldfish Memory* Paddy Gibbons for The Twilight HourBest New Talent
Best Actor in a Film – Public Vote
UGC Cinemas Best Irish Film – Public Vote
- Veronica Guerin
- * Evelyn
- * Goldfish Memory
- * The Actors
- * Intermission
Best TV Personality – Public Vote