London Film Critics Circle Awards 2008
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29th London Film Critics Circle Awards
4 February 2009
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]
Contents
- 1 Winners and nominees
- 1.1 Film of the Year
- 1.2 British Film of the Year
- 1.3 Foreign Language Film of the Year
- 1.4 Director of the Year
- 1.5 British Director of the Year
- 1.6 Screenwriter of the Year
- 1.7 Breakthrough British Filmmaker
- 1.8 Actor of the Year
- 1.9 Actress of the Year
- 1.10 British Actor of the Year
- 1.11 British Actress of the Year
- 1.12 British Supporting Actor of the Year
- 1.13 British Supporting Actress of the Year
- 1.14 Young British Performer of the Year
- 1.15 Dilys Powell Award
- 2 References
Winners and nominees
Film of the Year
British Film of the Year
Foreign Language Film of the Year
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
- Joanna Hogg - Unrelated
- Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
- James Watkins - Eden Lake
- Rupert Wyatt - The Escapist
Actor of the Year
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
- 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
- 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
