London Film Critics Circle Awards 2008 Explained

29th London Film Critics Circle Awards

4 February 2009

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Film of the Year:
The Wrestler ----
British Film of the Year:
Slumdog Millionaire

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: London Critics Circle Film Awards nominees. awardsdaily.
2. News: Slumdog Millionaire leads London critics' nominations. The Guardian. Ben. Child. 19 December 2008.
3. News: London critics pick 'Slumdog'. Variety.
4. Web site: 'Wrestler' rules London crix awards. incontention.com.