The 9th Irish Film & Television Awards took place on Saturday 11 February 2012 at the Convention Centre Dublin (CCD), honouring Irish film and television released in 2011.
It was hosted by Irish actor Simon Delaney. 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.
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 Shame. Speaking after receiving his IFTA, Michel said he was "humbled" and "honoured" to accept the accolade from the Irish Academy.
The Guard, Ireland's most successful independent Irish feature film, won four film Awards on the night; Best Film, Director, Screenwriter and Supporting Actress Fionnula Flanagan.
Irish Actress Fionnula Flanagan 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 — Alan Moloney, Bonnie Curtis, Julie Lynn, Glenn Close
Charlie Casanova — Terry McMahon
Stella Days — Jackie Larkin, Leslie McKimm
Director in Film
John Michael McDonagh — The Guard
Rebecca Daly — The Other Side of Sleep
Terry McMahon — Charlie Casanova
Thaddeus O'Sullivan — Stella Days
Script Film
John Michael McDonagh — The Guard
John Banville, Glenn Close — Albert Nobbs
Terry McMahon — Charlie Casanova
Antoine O'Flaherta — Stella Days
Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film
Michael Fassbender — Shame
Brendan Gleeson — The Guard
Ciarán Hinds — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Martin Sheen — Stella Days
Actress in a Lead Role in a Feature Film
Saoirse Ronan — 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 — Bridesmaids
Liam Cunningham — The Guard
Brendan Gleeson — Albert Nobbs
Ciarán Hinds — The Debt
Actress in a Supporting Role in a Feature Film
Fionnula Flanagan — The Guard
Maria Doyle Kennedy — Albert Nobbs
Brenda Fricker — Albert Nobbs
Amy Huberman — Stella Days
George Morrison Feature Documentary Award
Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey — Lelia Doolan
'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 — 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
The Boy in the Bubble — Kealan O' Rourke
Cluck — Michael Lavelle
Downpour — Claire Dix
The Shore — Terry George
International categories
International Film
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Bridesmaids
Drive
Senna
International Actor
Ryan Gosling — Drive
Don Cheadle — The Guard
Leonardo DiCaprio — J. Edgar
Gary Oldman — Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
International Actress
Glenn Close — Albert Nobbs
Meryl Streep — The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton — We Need to Talk About Kevin
Kristen Wiig — Bridesmaids
Television Drama categories
Best Drama – In Association with BAI
Love/Hate — Suzanne McAuley, Steve Mattews Corp + Anam — Paddy Hayes
Game of Thrones — Mark Huffam
The Borgias — Neil Jordan, James Flynn
Director – Television DramaDavid Caffrey — Love/Hate
Neil Jordan — The Borgias
Brian Kirk — Game of Thrones
Daniel O'Hara — Being Human
Writer – Television Drama
Stuart Carolan — Love/Hate
Neil Jordan — The Borgias
Ronan Bennett — Hidden
Daire Mac Con Iomaire — Corp + Anam
Actor in a Lead Role – Television
Aidan Gillen — Love/Hate
Diarmuid de Faoite — Corp + Anam
Chris O'Dowd — The Crimson Petal and the White (TV miniseries) David Pearse — Trivia