29th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

The 29th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2008, were given on December 14, 2008.

29th BSFC Awards

December 14, 2008

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Best Film (TIE):
Slumdog Millionaire
and
WALL-E

Winners

Gus Van Sant, Best Director winner

Sean Penn, Best Actor co-winner

Mickey Rourke, Best Actor co-winner

Sally Hawkins, Best Actress winner

Heath Ledger, Best Supporting Actor winner

Penélope Cruz, Best Supporting Actress winner

• Best Film (TIE):
  • Slumdog Millionaire
  • WALL-E
  • Runner-up: Milk
• Best Actor (TIE):
  • Sean Penn – Milk
  • Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
  • Runner-up (TIE): Richard Jenkins – The Visitor and Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
• Best Actress:
  • Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
  • Runner-up: Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
  • Runner-up: Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Runner-up: Viola Davis – Doubt
• Best Director:
  • Gus Van Sant – Milk and Paranoid Park
• Best Screenplay:
  • Dustin Lance Black – Milk
  • Runner-up: Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
• Best Cinematography:
  • Christopher Doyle and Rain Kathy Li – Paranoid Park
  • Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Documentary:
  • Man on Wire
  • Runner-up: Young @ Heart
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) • Sweden
  • Runner-up: Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) • Israel
• Best Animated Film:
  • WALL-E
  • Runner-up: Waltz with Bashir (Vals Im Bashir)
• Best Editing:
  • Chris Dickens – Slumdog Millionaire
• Best New Filmmaker:
  • Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
• Best Ensemble Cast:
  • Tropic Thunder
  • Runner-up: The Visitor

External links

• Past Winners

References

• Boston critics hand out honors Variety
• Pair tops Boston critics' list Boston Globe