2009 LONDON EVENING STANDARD British Film Awards
2009 Evening Standard British Film Award nominations: Jan. 13, 2009
2009 Evening Standard British Film Award winners: Feb. 1, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Steve McQueen's widely acclaimed (in the UK) Hunger — which has been all but ignored by American critics and assorted US-based award-giving groups — took the 2009 Evening Standard award for best film. Slumdog Millionaire, which has been the critics' and everybody else's darling on this side of the Atlantic, wasn't even nominated for best film. Danny Boyle, however, was nominated for best director though he lost to Stephen Daldry for The Reader. Starring Michael Fassbender (above), Hunger chronicles the last six weeks in the life of Irish National Liberation Army member Bobby Sands, who went on a hunger strike in 1981 during which he was elected a Member of Parliament.
BEST FILM
Frost/Nixon
* Hunger
Unrelated
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
* Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
Lenny Abrahamson (Garage)
BEST ACTOR (tie)
Michael Fassbender (Hunger)
* Michael Sheen (Frost/Nixon)
* Pat Shortt (Garage)
BEST ACTRESS
Samantha Morton (Mister Lonely)
* Tilda Swinton (Julia)
Kate Winslet (The Reader,Revolutionary Road)
BEST SCREENPLAY
* Martin McDonagh (In Bruges)
Mark O'Halloran (Garage)
Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon)
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Roger Deakins (cinematographer of No Country for Old Men, In the Valley of Elah, The Reader with Chris Menges)
* Mark Digby (production designer of Slumdog Millionaire)
Joe Walker (editor of Hunger and The Escapist)
MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER
* Joanna Hogg (director, Unrelated)
Dev Patel (actor, Slumdog Millionaire)
Rupert Wyatt (writer-director, The Escapist)
PETER SELLERS AWARD FOR COMEDY
* Sally Hawkins for her performance in Happy-Go-Lucky
Eddie Marsan for his performance in Happy-Go-Lucky
Chris Waitt for his documentary A Complete History of My Sexual Failures
ALEXANDER WALKER SPECIAL AWARD: Mike Leigh
LONDON EVENING STANDARD Awards: 2005 2006 2007 2008
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Oscar 2009: Presenters Unannounced
North Texas Film Critics Awards 2009
Stephen Daldry over Danny Boyle????????????
That's WEIRD.