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2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Annual US film awards ceremony

Annual US film awards ceremony

FieldValue
name34th LAFCA Awards
dateDecember 9, 2008
award1_typeBest Picture
award1_winnerWALL-E
previous33rd
mainLAFCA Awards
next35th

The 34th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2008. Pixar's animated film WALL-E won the Best Film award and became the first-ever animated film to do so; however, the film lost the Best Animated Film award to Waltz with Bashir.

Winners

  • Best Picture:
    • ** WALL-E **
    • Runner-up: The Dark Knight
  • Best Director:
    • Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
    • Runner-up: Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
  • Best Actor:
    • Sean Penn – Milk
    • Runner-up: Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
  • Best Actress:
    • Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
    • Runner-up: Melissa Leo – Frozen River
  • Best Supporting Actor:
    • Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (posthumously)
    • Runner-up: Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Best Supporting Actress:
    • Penélope Cruz – Elegy and Vicky Cristina Barcelona
    • Runner-up: Viola Davis – Doubt
  • Best Screenplay:
    • Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
    • Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman – Synecdoche, New York
  • Best Cinematography:
    • Yu Lik-wai – Still Life (Sanxia haoren)
    • Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
  • Best Production Design:
    • Mark Friedberg – Synecdoche, New York
    • Runner-up: Nathan Crowley – The Dark Knight
  • Best Music Score:
    • A. R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire
    • Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Best Foreign-Language Film:
    • Still Life (Sanxia haoren) – China/Hong Kong
    • Runner-up: The Class (Entre les murs) – France
  • Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
    • Man on Wire
    • Runner-up: Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
  • Best Animation:
    • Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)
  • The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
    • James Benning – RR and Casting a Glance
  • New Generation Award:
    • Steve McQueen – Hunger

References

References

  1. (9 December 2008). "L.A. critics wired for ‘Wall-E’". Variety.
  2. Billington, Alex. (9 December 2008). "Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for 2008".
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