San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2008 Explained

7th SFFCC Awards

December 15, 2008

----Best Picture:
Milk

The 7th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were given on 15 December 2008.

Winners

Best Picture:
- Milk
Best Director:
- Gus Van Sant – Milk
Best Original Screenplay:
- Milk – Dustin Lance Black
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
Best Actor (tie):
- Sean Penn – Milk
- Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Best Actress:
- Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Supporting Actor:
- Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress:
- Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Best Foreign Language Film:
- Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) • Sweden
Best Documentary:
- My Winnipeg
Best Cinematography:
- The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
Marlon Riggs Award (for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community):
- Rob Nilsson – 9@Night