Post by earl on Feb 14, 2008 17:34:34 GMT
Ulster television viewers will be able to watch the glitz and glamour of this year's Irish Film and Television Awards for the first time ever.
The fifth annual IFTAs ceremony will be broadcast on BBC2 Northern Ireland next Wednesday.
The broadcast will include highlights from the ceremony and exclusive footage from the red carpet outside Dublin's Gaiety Theatre.
Northern Ireland audiences will be interested to see how films such as bilingual movie Kings, Lord Attenborough's Closing The Ring and Shrooms - all of which were shot in the province - fare in the awards.
In addition, Stephen Nolan, Julian Simmons and Michelle Doherty are in the running for the Sony Bravia TV Personality of the Year award and Northern Ireland productions Spotlight, Bloody Sunday - a Derry Diary, Imreacht Na l'arlai/Flight of the Earls and BBC Newsline among nominees.
West Belfast actor Martin McCann has been nominated for the Rising Star Award while cinematographer Seamus McGarvey is hoping to take home another IFTA this year for his work on Atonement.
The IFTAs take place on Sunday at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. Among the guests expected to attend are Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Colin Farrell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brendan Gleeson and Coleraine actress Jayne Wisener, who will present an award.
