09/01/2009

Steve McQueen’s Hunger [+see also:
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32A [+see also:
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In the Actor In a Lead Role category, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson are nominated for In Bruges with Michael Fassbender (Hunger) and Dylan Moran (A Film With Me In It) being the other nominees. Jenn Murray (Dorothy), Kelly O’Neill (Kisses), Saoirse Ronan (City Of Ember) and Eileen Walsh (Eden) are the Actress In a Lead Role nominees.

Liam Cunningham and Stuart Graham (Hunger) are nominated for Actor In a Supporting Role with Peter O’Toole (Dean Spanley [+see also:
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The new Feature Documentary category sees Dambé - The Mali Project, Gabriel Byrne - Stories from Home, Saviours, Seaview and Waveriders as nominees. Hunger was also nominated in the Music, Production Design and Sound categories.

IFTA CEO Aine said, “Ireland has a fantastic resource of creative talent and 2008 has been another strong year of world-class Irish production across a very interesting mix of genres and styles.”

The ceremony will take place on February 14.