Vancouver Film Critics Awards 2009

2009 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
2009 Vancouver Film Critics Circle award nominations: Jan. 4, 2009
2009 Vancouver Film Critics Circle award winners: The Railway Club in Vancouver, Jan. 12, 2009
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Sean Penn in Milk
 

BEST FILM
* Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E 
BEST CANADIAN FILM
* C’est pas moi, je le jure!
Heaven on Earth
The Necessities of Life
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* The Edge of Heaven
Let the Right One In
Tell No One
BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM
* Fifty Dead Men Walking
Edison and Leo
Stone of Destiny
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
* David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gus Van Sant, Milk
BEST DIRECTOR [...]

by Deborah Arthur | January 12, 2009   
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Utah Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 Utah Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Utah Film Critics winners: December 19, 2008
 

Christian Bale, Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight

 
Best Picture: The Dark Knight
Runner-up: Rachel Getting Married
Best Non-English Language Feature: Let the Right One In
Runner-up: Waltz With Bashir
Best Documentary Feature: Man on Wire
Runners-up: Encounters at the End of the World; Waltz With Bashir
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Runner-up: Kung Fu Panda
Best Director: Andrew Stanton, WALL-E
Runner-up: Christopher Nolan, The Dark Knight
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Runners-up: Richard Jenkins, The Visitor; Sean Penn, Milk
Best Actress: Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Runner-up: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight (no runner-up)
Best Supporting Actress: Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Runners-up: Frances McDormand, Burn After Reading; Misty Upham, Frozen River; [...]

by Deborah Arthur | December 19, 2008   
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Toronto Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Toronto Film Critics Association Award winners: December 16, 2008
2008 Toronto Film Critics Association Award best Canadian film winner: January 6, 2009
 

Michelle Williams in Wendy and Lucy
 

BEST PICTURE: Wendy and Lucy
Runners-up: Rachel Getting Married; WALL-E
ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD: My Winnipeg, directed by Guy Maddin
Runners-up: Continental: A Film Without Guns, directed by Stéphane Lafleur and Up the Yangtze, directed by Yung Chang
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: Let the Right One In
Runners-up: A Christmas Tale; The Class; I’ve Loved You So Long
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Man on Wire
Runners-up: Standard Operating Procedure; Up the Yangtze
BEST FIRST FEATURE: Ballast, directed by Lance Hammer
Runners-up: The Band’s Visit, directed by Eran Kolirin; Frozen River, directed by Courtney Hunt
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: WALL-E (Disney/Pixar)
Runners-up: Kung-Fu [...]

by Deborah Arthur | December 16, 2008   
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Washington D.C. Film Critics Awards 2008

2008 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association winners: December 7, 2008
 

Dev Patel, Freida Pinto in Slumdog Millionaire
 

Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire, Fox Searchlight
Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In, Magnolia Pictures and Magnet Releasing
Best Documentary: Man on Wire, Magnolia
Best Animated Feature: Wall-E, Disney & Pixar
Best Director: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
Best Actress: Meryl Streep (Doubt)
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Best Supporting Actress: Rosemarie DeWitt (Rachel Getting Married)
Best Ensemble: Doubt, Miramax
Best Breakthrough Performance: Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Original Screenplay: Jenny Lumet (Rachel Getting Married)
Best Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Paramount
 
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Site [...]

by Andre Soares | December 7, 2008   
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