London Film Critics Circle Awards 2008



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.

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