3rd Irish Film & Television Awards#Awards in acting

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| award = Irish Film & Television Awards

| date = 5 November 2005

| site =Royal Dublin Society

| host = James Nesbitt

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| best_film = Pavee Lackeen

| best_british =

| best_actor = Liam Neeson

| best_actor_film = Kinsey

| best_actress = Renee Weldon

| best_actress_film = Trouble With Sex

| most_wins = Pure Mule (5)

| most_nominations = Pure Mule (8)
Short Order (8)
Trouble With Sex (8)

| channel =

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| last = 2nd

| next = 4th

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The 3rd Annual Irish Film & Television Awards was hosted by James Nesbitt on 5 November 2005 at the Royal Dublin Society, Dublin, honouring Irish film and television released in 2005.{{Cite web

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Awards in film

Best Film

Best Short Fiction Award

Martin McDonagh for Six Shooter (Winner)
Rory Bresnihan & John Butler for George
Ronan Burke and Rob Burke for Jellybaby
Ken Wardrop for Ouch

Best Animation Award Winner

Cúilín Dualach (Winner)
Agricultural Report
Dick Terrapin
Not There Yet

Best Director

Terry George for Hotel Rwanda (Winner)
Anthony Byrne for Short Order
Fintan Connolly for Trouble With Sex
Perry Ogden for Pavee Lackeen

Best Cinematography

Seamus Deasy for The Mighty Celt (Winner)
Brendan Galvin for The Flight of the Phoenix
Seamus McGarvey for Sahara
Owen McPolin for Trouble With Sex

Best Music

Gregory Magee for Winter's End (Winner)
Niall Byrne for Short Order
Niall Byrne for Trouble With Sex
Fiachra Trench for The Boys & Girl From County Clare

Best Script

Anthony Byrne for Short Order (Winner)
Pearse Elliott for The Mighty Celt
Terry George for Hotel Rwanda
Terry Loane for Mickybo and Me

Best Production Design

Eleanor Wood & Laura Bowe for Short Order (Winner)
Laurent Mellet for Trouble With Sex
Tom McCullagh for Mickybo and Me
Anna Rackard for Boy Eats Girl

Best Costume Design

Hazel Webb-Crozier for Mickybo and Me (Winner)
Susan Scott for Boy Eats Girl
Marian Smyth for Trouble With Sex
Judith Williams for Short Order

Awards across TV and film

Best Documentary in the English Language

John McGahern: A Private World (Winner)
Macintyre's Underworld: Gangsters
Haughey
My Name Is Paul

Best Documentary in the Irish Language

Concerto – Do Chaitlín Maude (Winner)
An Bathadh Mór
Cosc Ar Ghnéas
Iran: An Bealach In Airde

Best Editing in Film / TV Drama

Emer Reynolds for Shameless (Winner)
J. Patrick Duffner for Short Order
Ray Roantree for Trouble With Sex
Ben Yates for Love Is the Drug

Best Sound in Film / TV Drama Award Winner

Philippe Faujas, Niall Brady & Ken Galvin for Pure Mule (Winner)
Patrick Drummond, Tom Johnson, John Fitzgerald & Stuart Bruce for Boy Eats Girl
Ray Cross, Nikki Moss, John Fitzgerald John Fitzgerald & Peter Blayney for Short Order
Karl Merre, Nicky Moss & Ken Galvinfod for Showbands