New York Film Critics Online Awards 2008

8th NYFCCO Awards

December 15, 2008

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Best Film:
Slumdog Millionaire

The 8th New York Film Critics Online Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2008, were given on 15 December 2008.^[1]

Top 10 films

(in alphabetical order)

• Che
• A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Dark Knight
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• Milk
• Rachel Getting Married
• Slumdog Millionaire
• WALL-E
• The Wrestler

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Sean Penn – Milk as Harvey Milk
• Best Actress:
  • Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky as Pauline "Poppy" Cross
• Best Animated Film:
  • WALL-E
• Best Cast:
  • Milk
• Best Cinematography
  • Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle
• Best Debut Director:
  • Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
• Best Director:
  • Danny Boyle & Loveleen Tandan – Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Documentary Film:
  • Man on Wire
• Best Film:
  • Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Film Music or Score:
  • Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile) • Romania
• Best Screenplay:
  • Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight as The Joker posthumously
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
• Breakthrough Performer:
  • Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky

References

1. Rich, Katey (14 December 2008). "New York Film Critics Online Dig Slumdog". CinemaBlend. Retrieved 10 August 2017.

Preceded by NYFCO Awards 2007 (7th)

New York Film Critics Online Awards 2008

Succeeded by NYFCO Awards 2009 (9th)