London Film Critics Circle Awards 2008
29th London Film Critics Circle Awards
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Film of the Year:
The Wrestler
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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.
Winners and nominees
Film of the Year
The WrestlerBritish Film of the Year
Slumdog MillionaireForeign Language Film of the Year
Waltz with Bashir • IsraelDirector 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 WrestlerActress 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''