29th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards



29th BSFC Awards December 14, 2008

Best Film (TIE): Slumdog Millionaire and WALL-E The 29th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2008, were given on December 14, 2008.

Winners



 * Best Film (TIE):
 * Slumdog Millionaire
 * WALL-E
 * Runner-up: Milk
 * Best Actor (TIE):
 * Sean Penn – Milk
 * Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
 * Runner-up (TIE): Richard Jenkins – The Visitor and Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
 * Best Actress:
 * Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
 * Runner-up: Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
 * Runner-up: Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
 * Best Supporting Actress:
 * Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
 * Runner-up: Viola Davis – Doubt
 * Best Director:
 * Gus Van Sant – Milk and Paranoid Park
 * Best Screenplay:
 * Dustin Lance Black – Milk
 * Runner-up: Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
 * Best Cinematography:
 * Christopher Doyle and Rain Kathy Li – Paranoid Park
 * Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
 * Best Documentary:
 * Man on Wire
 * Runner-up: Young @ Heart
 * Best Foreign-Language Film:
 * Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) • Sweden
 * Runner-up: Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) • Israel
 * Best Animated Film:
 * WALL-E
 * Runner-up: Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir)
 * Best Editing:
 * Chris Dickens – Slumdog Millionaire
 * Best New Filmmaker:
 * Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
 * Best Ensemble Cast:
 * Tropic Thunder
 * Runner-up: The Visitor