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THE IFTAS HAPPENED last night.
You won’t have a chance to see the ceremony on TV until next Monday night – but the event went ahead, following a long red carpet preamble, in Dublin’s Mansion House.
The awards are being split into two this year. Last night it was the ‘film and drama’ ceremony. The other TV awards being presented in October.
RTÉ pulled out of showing the bash in 2015, after last year’s ceremony was branded “embarrassing” by viewers. TV3 announced back in March that it was coming on board as broadcast partner.
On the night – the Love/Hate cast, and alumni of the gangland drama, were the big winners, claiming the following:
Aiden Gillen, who formerly played a mob boss in the hit show, won Best Lead Actor in a Drama for ‘Charlie’.
You’ll find the full list of winners on the IFTA site – but here’s a quick round-up of some of the main victors in the film category:
Veteran director Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, The Boxer, In America, In the Name of the Father) also received the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Sean Bean.
The awards were presented by Caroline Morahan.
Love Hate must have fought off some stiff competition, not!.
Who won this years “Mel Gibson award for making a film in Ireland years ago in the hope that if we present it Mel Gibson will show up?”
Sean Bean.
Is the IFTAS kinda like the SORTAS?
Or the HAVETAS even
Wow, red carpet for z listers. I must demand it for myself now
I will make sure I am a long ways away from a TV next Monday night.
Love /Hate in diamonds on the back/neck ?? Chav/Naff/Vomit
Good man nidge I knew you where wearing a vest
Hope the knacker gets it
I reckon reruns of love/hate will be cleaning up at the iftas for the next few years as well. There being nothing else of substance on irish TV. Even love/hate was kind of sh/t
Given the fact that it’s the Irish film and television awards, I don’t see what else they could have called it. Tool.
And the love/hate perpetual award goes to…….. red rock… Only kidding its love/hate again for the 50th year running. Next up we have the best aspiring “model/singer/big brother/rugby wag” award
Its the only place where Nigde gets to use his d4 accent and we all go “jaysus didn’t know he talked liked dat”.
At the very least couldn’t they have come with a better name than IFTA, it’s such a blatant rip-off of BAFTA.
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