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Women Film Journalists Awards 2008



2008 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards

2008 Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award winners: Dec. 15, 2008

("*" denotes the winner in each category)

 

Dev Patel in Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle

 

Best Film
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
* Slumdog Millionaire

Best Foreign Film
A Christmas Tale
I've Loved You So Long
* Tell No One

Best Documentary (tie)
* Man On Wire – James Marsh
Standard Operating Procedure – Errol Morris
* Trouble The Water – Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Best Director
* Danny BoyleSlumdog Millionaire
Mike LeighHappy-Go-Lucky
Gus Van SantMilk

Best Actor
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Mickey RourkeThe Wrestler
* Sean PennMilk

Best Actress (tie)
* Sally HawkinsHappy-Go-Lucky
Meryl StreepDoubt
* Kate WinsletThe Reader/Revolutionary Road
Michelle WilliamsWendy and Lucy

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Downey JrTropic Thunder
* Heath LedgerThe Dark Knight
Eddie MarsanHappy-Go-Lucky

Best Actress In Supporting Role
Penélope CruzVicky Christina Barcelona
* Viola DavisDoubt
Taraji P. HensonThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Ensemble Cast
A Christmas Tale
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
* Rachel Getting Married

Best Screenplay, Original
Ballast – Lance Hammer
Frozen River – Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky – Mike Leigh
The Visitor – Tom McCarthy
* WALL-EAndrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon

Best Screenplay, Adapted
* Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
The ReaderDavid Hare
Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy

Best Editing
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Frost/Nixon – Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
Shine A Light – David Tedeschi

 

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

Best Woman Director
Isabel Coixet – Elegy
* Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
Kimberly Peirce – Stop Loss
Kelly ReichardtWendy and Lucy

Best Woman Screenwriter
Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
* Jenny LumetRachel Getting Married
Kelly Reichardt – Wendy and Lucy

Best Breakthrough Performance
Rebecca HallVicky Christina Barcelona
* Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Melissa LeoFrozen River

Best Newcomer
Zoe Kazan – Revolutionary Road
David Kross – The Reader
* Misty Upham – Frozen River

Women’s Image Award
* Kristin Scott Thomas
Meryl Streep
Emma Thompson

Hanging in There Award for Persistence
Courtney Hunt
Ellen Kuras
* Melissa Leo
Kristin Scott Thomas

Actress Defying Age and Ageism
* Catherine DeneuveA Christmas Tale
Meryl Streep – Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson – Last Chance Harvey

Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry
* Sheila Nevins, Producing/Programming at HBO
Kathleen Kennedy, Producer, The Curious Tale of Benjamin Button
Kate Winslet for her performances in The Reader and Revolutionary Road

Lifetime Achievement Award
* Catherine Deneuve
Dame Judi Dench
Meryl Streep

AWFJ Award For Humanitarian Activism
Angelina Jolie
* All of the Women in Pray The Devil Back To Hell
Courtney Hunt

 

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Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards: 2008

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