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)
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 Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
Gus Van Sant – Milk
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
* Sean Penn – Milk
Best Actress (tie)
* Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep – Doubt
* Kate Winslet – The Reader/Revolutionary Road
Michelle Williams – Wendy and Lucy
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Downey Jr – Tropic Thunder
* Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Actress In Supporting Role
Penélope Cruz – Vicky Christina Barcelona
* Viola Davis – Doubt
Taraji P. Henson – The 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-E – Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon
Best Screenplay, Adapted
* Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
The Reader – David 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 Reichardt – Wendy and Lucy
Best Woman Screenwriter
Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
* Jenny Lumet – Rachel Getting Married
Kelly Reichardt – Wendy and Lucy
Best Breakthrough Performance
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Christina Barcelona
* Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Melissa Leo – Frozen 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 Deneuve – A 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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