The 8th Irish Film & Television Awards were held on 12 February 2011 in the Convention Centre, Dublin. It was hosted by actor Simon Delaney and honoured Irish film and television released in 2010. The Awards show was broadcast live on RTÉ Onetelevision in Ireland. Irish producer Morgan O'Sullivan was presented with the Outstanding Contribution to Industry Award. The Bosnianwar dramaAs If I Am Not There won the best film, script and director awards. Martin McCann scooped the lead actor award for his performance in Swansong – Story of Occi Byrne while Amy Huberman received the lead actress award for Rewind. Pierce Brosnan and Saoirse Ronan both won awards for their supporting roles in the international features The Ghost and The Way Back respectively, while Stephen Rea and Ruth McCabe received IFTAs for their performances in the television drama Single Handed. In television drama, the fourth and final series of The Tudors was named best drama series/soap which followed awards for the series' craft team in costume design Joan Bergin and make-up and Hair. Live Aid biopic When Harvey Met Bob received the IFTA for single drama/ drama serial and its star Domhnall Gleeson was announced the winner of the rising star award and lead actor television awards. In the international categories, David Fincher's The Social Network won the IFTA for international film with its star Jesse Eisenberg winning for best international actor. Annette Bening received the international actress award for her performance in The Kids Are All Right. The Republic of Telly's premiere of the Rubberbandits' Horse Outside took the people's choice award for best TV moment of the year. The late Gerry Ryan was honoured when his daughter accepted an award on his behalf for Operation Transformation, which won Best Factual Programme.
Awards
Awards in Film
Best Film
As If I Am Not There
*Perrier's Bounty
*Sensation
*Swansong
*The Runway
Director in Film
Juanita Wilson – As If I Am Not There
*PJ Dillon – Rewind
*Tom Hall – Sensation
*Ian Power – The Runway
Script Film
Juanita Wilson- As If I Am Not There
*Will Collins – My Brothers
*Conor McDermottroe – Swansong – Story of Occi Byrne
*Mark O'Rowe – Perrier's Bounty
Actor in a lead role – Film
Martin McCann – Swansong – Story of Occi Byrne
*Colm Meaney – Parked
*Cillian Murphy – Perrier's Bounty
*Liam Neeson – Chloe
Actor in a Supporting Role – Film
Pierce Brosnan – The Ghost
*Colin Farrell – The Way Back
*Brendan Gleeson – Perrier's Bounty
*Cillian Murphy – Inception
Actress in a Supporting Role – Film
Saoirse Ronan – The Way Back
*Kerry Condon – The Runway
*Marcella Plunkett – Swansong – Story of Occi Byrne
*Vanished in the Mountains: Ireland's Missing Women
Entertainment Programme
Your Bad Self
*The Apprentice
*Feirm Factor
*The Model Scouts
Factual Programme
Operation Transformation
*Ireland AM
*Reeling in the Years
*The Eagles Return
Sports Programme
In Sunshine Or in Shadow
*Graeme McDowell's Major Moment
*Gualainn le Gualainn
* World Cup Live
Other Categories
There was a single award for lead actress; the Irish Film and Television Academy claimed that they had "not received sufficient submissions" to have separate awards. Actress in a lead role – Film/TV
