4th Globes de Cristal Awards

The 4th Globes de Cristal Award ceremony honoured the best French movies, actors, actresses, plays, concerts, novels, singers, TV series, exhibitions and fashion designers of 2008 and took place on 2 February 2009 at Le Lido in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Jacques Attali.

Winners and nominees
The winners are denoted in bold.

Cinema

 * Mesrine – Jean-François Richet
 * The Class – Laurent Cantet
 * Love Me No More – Jean Becker
 * A Christmas Tale – Arnaud Desplechin
 * The First Day of the Rest of Your Life – Rémi Bezançon


 * Vincent Cassel – Mesrine
 * Albert Dupontel – Love Me No More
 * Mathieu Amalric – Mesrine
 * Roschdy Zem – The Girl from Monaco
 * Kad Merad – Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis


 * Sylvie Testud – Sagan
 * Catherine Deneuve – A Christmas Tale
 * Nathalie Baye – A French Gigolo
 * Catherine Frot – Mark of an Angel
 * Yolande Moreau – Séraphine

Television

 * Sagan – Diane Kurys
 * Résolution 819 – Giacomo Battiato
 * Plus belle la vie – Hubert Besson
 * Mafiosa – Hugues Pagan
 * Hard – Cathy Verney


 * 9/3 Mémoire d'un territoire – Yamina Benguigui

Theater

 * The Life Before Us – Didier Long


 * Le soldat rose – Louis Chedid & Dominique Burgaug


 * Valérie Lemercier – Valérie Lemercier au Palace


 * Blanche Neige – Angelin Preljocaj

Literature

 * Où on va, papa ? – Jean-Louis Fournier


 * Une vie de chat – Philippe Geluck

Music

 * Anaïs Croze – The Love Album (2008 album)


 * Julien Doré – Ersatz

Others

 * Picasso et les Maîtres au Grand Palais


 * Andrée Putman


 * Isabel Marant

Special

 * Roberto Alagna