Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2008



4th AFCA Awards

Best Film:

The Dark Knight

The 4th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2008, were announced on December 16, 2008.

Top 10 Films

 * 1) The Dark Knight
 * 2) Slumdog Millionaire
 * 3) Milk
 * 4) Synecdoche, New York
 * 5) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 * 6) The Wrestler
 * 7) WALL-E
 * 8) Frost/Nixon
 * 9) Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
 * 10) Gran Torino

Winners

 * Best Film:
 * The Dark Knight
 * Best Director:
 * Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
 * Best Actor:
 * Sean Penn – Milk
 * Best Actress:
 * Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
 * Best Supporting Actress:
 * Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
 * Best Original Screenplay:
 * Synecdoche, New York – Charlie Kaufman
 * Best Adapted Screenplay:
 * The Dark Knight – Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
 * Best Cinematography:
 * The Fall – Colin Watkinson
 * Best Original Score:
 * The Dark Knight – James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer
 * Best Foreign Language Film:
 * Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) • Sweden
 * Best Documentary:
 * Man on Wire
 * Best Animated Feature:
 * WALL-E
 * Best First Film:
 * Nacho Vigalondo – Timecrimes (Los cronocrímenes)
 * Breakthrough Artist Award:
 * Danny McBride – The Foot Fist Way, Pineapple Express, and Tropic Thunder
 * Austin Film Award:
 * Crawford – David Modigliani