Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2008



12th TFCA Awards December 17, 2008

Best Film:  Wendy and Lucy  The 12th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were given on December 17, 2008.

Winners
Runners-Up: Sean Penn – Milk and Jean-Claude Van Damme – JCVD
 * Best Actor:
 * Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Runners-Up: Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married and Meryl Streep – Doubt
 * Best Actress:
 * Michelle Williams – Wendy and Lucy

Runners-Up: Kung Fu Panda, Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir
 * Best Animated Film:
 * WALL-E

Runners-Up: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire and Andrew Stanton – WALL-E
 * Best Director:
 * Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married

Runners-Up: Standard Operating Procedure and Up the Yangtze
 * Best Documentary Film:
 * Man on Wire

Runners-Up: Rachel Getting Married and WALL-E
 * Best Film:
 * Wendy and Lucy

Runners-Up: The Band's Visit and Frozen River
 * Best First Feature:
 * Ballast

Runners-Up: A Christmas Tale • France, The Class • France and I've Loved You So Long • France/Germany
 * Best Foreign Language Film:
 * Let the Right One In • Sweden

Runners-Up: Doubt – John Patrick Shanley and Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
 * Best Screenplay:
 * Rachel Getting Married – Jenny Lumet

Runners-Up: Josh Brolin – Milk, Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder and Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
 * Best Supporting Actor:
 * Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Runners-Up: Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Viola Davis – Doubt
 * Best Supporting Actress:
 * Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married

Runners-Up: Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) and Up the Yangtze
 * Rogers Canadian Film Award:
 * My Winnipeg