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.
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 • IsraelGomorrah • Italy I've Loved You So Long • France The Orphanage • Spain Persepolis • France
Director of the YearDavid 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
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