London Film Critics Circle Awards 2008

The 29th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2008, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 4 February 2009. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Winners and nominees

Film of the Year

The Wrestler

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Frost/Nixon
• Milk
• WALL-E

British Film of the Year

Slumdog Millionaire

• Happy-Go-Lucky
• Hunger
• In Bruges
• Man on Wire

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Waltz with Bashir • Israel

• Gomorrah • Italy
• I've Loved You So Long • France
• The Orphanage • Spain
• Persepolis • France

Director of the Year

David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler
• Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
• Clint Eastwood - Changeling
• Gus Van Sant - Milk

British Director of the Year

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

• Terence Davies - Of Time and the City
• Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
• Steve McQueen - Hunger
• Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight

Screenwriter of the Year

Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

• Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
• Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
• David Hare - The Reader

Breakthrough British Filmmaker

Steve McQueen - Hunger

• Joanna Hogg - Unrelated
• Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
• James Watkins - Eden Lake
• Rupert Wyatt - The Escapist

Actor of the Year

Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

• Josh Brolin - W.
• Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
• Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
• Sean Penn - Milk

Actress of the Year

Kate Winslet - The Reader and Revolutionary Road

• Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
• Angelina Jolie - Changeling
• Meryl Streep - Doubt

British Actor of the Year

Michael Fassbender - Hunger

• Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess
• Ben Kingsley - Elegy
• Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
• Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon

British Actress of the Year

Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long

• Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
• Tilda Swinton - Julia
• Kate Winslet - The Reader and Revolutionary Road

British Supporting Actor of the Year

Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky

• Liam Cunningham - Hunger
• Toby Jones - Frost/Nixon and W.
• Peter O'Toole - Dean Spanley
• Mark Strong - Body of Lies

British Supporting Actress of the Year

Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

• Hayley Atwell - The Duchess
• Kristin Scott Thomas - Easy Virtue
• Emma Thompson - Brideshead Revisited
• Alexis Zegerman - Happy-Go-Lucky

Young British Performer of the Year

Thomas Turgoose - Somers Town and Eden Lake

• Asa Butterfield - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
• Georgia Groome - Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
• Bill Milner - Son of Rambow
• Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
• Will Poulter - Son of Rambow

Dilys Powell Award

• Judi Dench

References