2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Explained

34th LAFCA Awards
Date:	December 9, 2008
Award1 Type:	Best Picture
Award1 Winner:	WALL-E
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The 34th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2008. Pixar's animated film WALL-E won the Best Film award and became the first-ever animated film to do so; however, the film lost the Best Animated Film award to Waltz with Bashir.^{[1] [2]}

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • WALL-E
  • Runner-up: The Dark Knight
• Best Director:
  • Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
  • Runner-up: Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
• Best Actor:
  • Sean Penn – Milk
  • Runner-up: Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
• Best Actress:
  • Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Runner-up: Melissa Leo – Frozen River
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (posthumously)
  • Runner-up: Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Penélope Cruz – Elegy and Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Runner-up: Viola Davis – Doubt
• Best Screenplay:
  • Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman – Synecdoche, New York
• Best Cinematography:
  • Yu Lik-wai – Still Life (Sanxia haoren)
  • Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Production Design:
  • Mark Friedberg – Synecdoche, New York
  • Runner-up: Nathan Crowley – The Dark Knight
• Best Music Score:
  • A. R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire
  • Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • Still Life (Sanxia haoren) – China/Hong Kong
  • Runner-up: The Class (Entre les murs) – France
• Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
  • Man on Wire
  • Runner-up: Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
• Best Animation:
  • Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • James Benning – RR and Casting a Glance
• New Generation Award:
  • Steve McQueen – Hunger

External links

• 34th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Notes and References

1. News: Chang. Justin. L.A. critics wired for ‘Wall-E’. 28 December 2017. Variety. 9 December 2008.
2. Web site: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for 2008. Billington. Alex. FirstShowing.net. 9 December 2008. 28 December 2017.