2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
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.[1][2]
| 34th LAFCA Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 9, 2008 |
| Highlights | |
| Best Picture | WALL-E |
Winners
Danny Boyle, Best Director winner
Sean Penn, Best Actor winner
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Sally Hawkins, Best Actress winner
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Heath Ledger, Best Supporting Actor winner
Penélope Cruz, Best Supporting Actress winner
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Mike Leigh, Best Screenplay winner
- 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:
- 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:
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References
- Chang, Justin (9 December 2008). "L.A. critics wired for 'Wall-E'". Variety. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- Billington, Alex (9 December 2008). "Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for 2008". FirstShowing.net. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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