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London Film Critics Circle Awards 2008

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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.

Contents

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

    London Film Critics Circle Awards 2008 Wikipedia