2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Winners
For the first time in its 34-year history, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association has bestowed its best picture award on an animated film, the Disney/Pixar production Wall-E.
Other surprises included Berlin Film Festival winner Sally Hawkins (above) as best actress for Happy-Go-Lucky, which means that Hawkins is now a potential Oscar contender; Jia Zhangke’s 2006 Venice Film Festival-winning Chinese drama Still Life as best foreign-language film and for the year’s best cinematography, for Lik Wai Yu; and Happy-Go-Lucky for best screenplay (Mike Leigh, who also directed the film).
Non-surprises were Heath Ledger (above) as best supporting actor for The Dark Knight; James Marsh’s widely acclaimed Man on Wire as best documentary; and National Board of Review winner Penélope [...]
by Deborah Arthur | December 9, 2008
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Tags: Film Awards, Happy-Go-Lucky, Heath Ledger, Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, Mike Leigh, Penélope Cruz, Sally Hawkins, Slumdog Millionaire, Still Life, WALL-E, Waltz with Bashir
Los Angeles Film Critics Awards 2008
2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award winners: Dec. 9, 2008
Best Film: Wall-E directed by Andrew Stanton
Runner-up: The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan
Best Foreign-Language Film: Still Life directed by Jia Zhangke
Runner-up: The Class directed by Laurent Cantet
Best Documentary: Man on Wire directed by James Marsh
Runner-up: Waltz with Bashir directed by Ari Folman
Best Animated Film: Waltz with Bashir
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Runner-up: David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Runner-up: Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
Runner-up: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Elegy
Runner-up: Viola Davis, Doubt
Best supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Runner-up: Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Screenplay: Mike Leigh, [...]
by Deborah Arthur | December 9, 2008
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Tags: Danny Boyle, Film Awards, Heath Ledger, Los Angeles Film Critics Awards, Man on Wire, Penélope Cruz, Sally Hawkins, Sean Penn, Still Life, WALL-E, Waltz with Bashir
Asian Film Awards 2007
2007 Asian Film Awards
2007 Asian Film Award nominations: January 29, 2007
2007 Asian Film Award winners: Grand Hall, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, March 20, 2007
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Best Film
Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia / Curse of the Golden Flower, Hong Kong / China
Fong juk / Exiled, Hong Kong
* Gwoemul / The Host, South Korea
Bushi no ichibun / Love and Honor, Japan
Opera Jawa, Indonesia / Austria
Sanxia Haoren / Still Life, China
Best Director
HONG Sang-soo, Haebyonui yoin / Woman on the Beach, South Korea
* JIA Zhangke, Sanxia Haoren / Still Life, China
Jafar PANAHI, Offside, Iran
Johnnie TO, Exiled, Hong Kong
TSAI Ming-liang, I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone, Taiwan / France / Austria
Apichatpong WEERASETHAKUL, Sang sattawat / Syndromes and [...]
by Andre Soares | January 29, 2007
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Tags: Asian Film Awards, Film Awards, Jia Zhangke, Josephine Siao, Memories of Matsuko, Men at Work, Miki Nakatani, Song Kang-Ho, Still Life, The Host
