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.[1][2][3][4]

Winners and nominees

Film of the Year

The Wrestler

British Film of the Year

Slumdog Millionaire

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Waltz with Bashir • Israel

Director of the Year

David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

British Director of the Year

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

Screenwriter of the Year

Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire

Breakthrough British Filmmaker

Steve McQueen – Hunger

Actor of the Year

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Actress of the Year

Kate Winslet – The Reader and Revolutionary Road

British Actor of the Year

Michael Fassbender – Hunger

British Actress of the Year

Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long

British Supporting Actor of the Year

Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky

British Supporting Actress of the Year

Tilda Swinton – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Young British Performer of the Year

Thomas Turgoose – Somers Town and Eden Lake

Dilys Powell Award

References

  1. ^ "London Critics Circle Film Awards nominees". awardsdaily.
  2. ^ Child, Ben (19 December 2008). "Slumdog Millionaire leads London critics' nominations". The Guardian.
  3. ^ "London critics pick 'Slumdog'". Variety.
  4. ^ "'Wrestler' rules London crix awards". incontention.com.