Online Film Critics Society Awards 2008

12th Online Film Critics Society Awards

January 19, 2009

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Best Picture:

WALL-E

The 12th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were given on 19 January 2009.

Winners and nominees

Best Picture

'' WALL-E''
*'' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''
*'' The Dark Knight''
*'' Slumdog Millionaire''
*''The Wrestler''

Best Director

Christopher Nolan – '' The Dark Knight''
* Darren Aronofsky – ''The Wrestler''
* Danny Boyle – '' Slumdog Millionaire''
*David Fincher – '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button''
* Andrew Stanton – '' WALL-E''

Best Actor

Mickey Rourke – ''The Wrestler''
*Benicio del Toro – '' Che''
*Richard Jenkins – '' The Visitor''
*Frank Langella – '' Frost/Nixon''
*Sean Penn – ''Milk''

Best Actress

Michelle Williams – ''Wendy and Lucy''
* Anne Hathaway – '' Rachel Getting Married''
* Sally Hawkins – ''Happy-Go-Lucky''
* Meryl Streep – ''Doubt''
*Kate Winslet – ''Revolutionary Road''

Best Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger – '' The Dark Knight''
*Robert Downey Jr. – ''Tropic Thunder''
*Philip Seymour Hoffman – ''Doubt''
* Eddie Marsan – ''Happy-Go-Lucky''
* Michael Shannon – ''Revolutionary Road''

Best Supporting Actress

Marisa Tomei – ''The Wrestler''
* Amy Adams – ''Doubt''
* Penélope Cruz – '' Vicky Cristina Barcelona''
* Viola Davis – ''Doubt''
*Kate Winslet – ''The Reader''

Best Original Screenplay

'' WALL-E'' – Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon
*'' In Bruges'' – Martin McDonagh
*''Milk'' – Dustin Lance Black
*''Synecdoche, New York'' – Charlie Kaufman
*''The Wrestler'' – Robert D. Siegel

Best Adapted Screenplay

'' Let the Right One In'' – John Ajvide Lindqvist
*'' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' – Eric Roth
*'' The Dark Knight'' – Jonathan Nolan & Christopher Nolan
*'' Frost/Nixon'' – Peter Morgan
*'' Slumdog Millionaire'' – Simon Beaufoy

Best Foreign Language Film

'' Let the Right One In''
*''A Christmas Tale''
*'' The Counterfeiters''
*''I've Loved You So Long''
*'' Waltz with Bashir''

Best Documentary

'' Man on Wire''
*'' Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father''
*''Encounters at the End of the World''
*''I.O.U.S.A.''
*'' My Winnipeg''

Best Animated Feature

'' WALL-E''
*''Bolt''
*''Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who''
*'' Kung Fu Panda''
*'' Waltz with Bashir''

Best Cinematography

'' The Dark Knight'' – Wally Pfister
*''Australia'' – Mandy Walker
*'' Che'' – Peter Andrews
*'' The Fall'' – Colin Watkinson
*'' Slumdog Millionaire'' – Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Editing

'' Slumdog Millionaire'' – Chris Dickens
*'' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' – Kirk Baxter & Angus Wall
*'' The Dark Knight'' – Lee Smith
*''Milk'' – Elliot Graham
*'' WALL-E'' – Stephen Schaffer

Best Original Score

'' The Dark Knight'' – James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer
*'' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' – Alexandre Desplat
*''Milk'' – Danny Elfman
*'' Slumdog Millionaire'' – A. R. Rahman
*'' WALL-E'' – Thomas Newman

Breakthrough Filmmaker

Tomas Alfredson – '' Let the Right One In''
*Charlie Kaufman – ''Synecdoche, New York''
* Kurt Kuenne – '' Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father''
*Martin McDonagh – '' In Bruges''
*Steve McQueen – '' Hunger''

Breakthrough Performer

Lina Leandersson – '' Let the Right One In''
*Russell Brand – '' Forgetting Sarah Marshall''
* Kåre Hedebrant – '' Let the Right One In''
* Dev Patel – '' Slumdog Millionaire''
* Brandon Walters – ''Australia''

References

{{Online Film Critics Society Awards

2008 film awards
2008