The critically-acclaimed Garage picked up the IFTA for:

• Best Film
• Best Director Film: Lenny Abrahamson
• Best Script for Film: Mark O’Halloran
• Actor in a Lead Role: Pat Shortt.

It was nominated in the following categories:

• Actor in a supporting Role Film: Conor J Ryan
• Actor in a supporting film role : Anne Marie Duff
• Director of photography: Peter Robertson
• Editing: Isobel Stephenson
• Original Score: Stephen Rennicks
• Production Design: Padraig O’Neill
• Sound: Niall Brady, John Fitzgerald, Robert Flanagan

Lenny and Mark proved their skills once again in the Television category with their gritty drama Prosperity, which garnered a total of 4 nominations and 2 wins. Prosperity, a series of 4 one hour dramas for RTÉ deals with working-class lives in the Celtic Tiger era, tells four powerful, moving and funny stories set on the same day, with each episode examining the life of a single character.

Prosperity won the IFTA for:

• Director Television: Lenny Abrahamson
• Script Television : Mark O’Halloran

It was also nominated in the following categories:

• Drama Serial
• Actor in a supporting role: Leroy Harris
• Actress in a Lead Role: Siobhan Shanahan
• Hair & Make-up: Tom McInerney, Sandra Kelly

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