Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: 2008

CFCA Award

Date:

(announced: 18 December)

Best Picture


Winner:
	WALL·E (2008)
Other Nominees:
	Milk (2008/I) Slumdog Millionaire (2008) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) The Dark Knight (2008)

Best Actor


Winner:
	The Wrestler (2008) - Mickey Rourke
Other Nominees:
	Frost/Nixon (2008) - Frank Langella Gran Torino (2008) - Clint Eastwood Milk (2008/I) - Sean Penn (I) The Visitor (2007/I) - Richard Jenkins (I)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Rachel Getting Married (2008) - Anne Hathaway (I)
Other Nominees:
	Changeling (2008) - Angelina Jolie Doubt (2008/I) - Meryl Streep Frozen River (2008) - Melissa Leo Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) - Sally Hawkins (I)

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	The Dark Knight (2008) - Heath Ledger - Posthumously.
Other Nominees:
	Doubt (2008/I) - Philip Seymour Hoffman Rachel Getting Married (2008) - Bill Irwin (I) Revolutionary Road (2008) - Michael Shannon (V) Tropic Thunder (2008) - Robert Downey Jr.

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	The Reader (2008) - Kate Winslet
Other Nominees:
	Doubt (2008/I) - Amy Adams (III) Doubt (2008/I) - Viola Davis (I) Rachel Getting Married (2008) - Rosemarie DeWitt Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) - Pen�lope Cruz

Best Director


Winner:
	Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Danny Boyle
Other Nominees:
	Milk (2008/I) - Gus Van Sant The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - David Fincher The Dark Knight (2008) - Christopher Nolan (I) WALL·E (2008) - Andrew Stanton (I)

Best Screenplay, Original


Winner:
	WALL·E (2008) - Andrew Stanton (I); Jim Reardon
Other Nominees:
	In Bruges (2008) - Martin McDonagh Milk (2008/I) - Dustin Lance Black Rachel Getting Married (2008) - Jenny Lumet Synecdoche, New York (2008) - Charlie Kaufman

Best Screenplay, Adapted


Winner:
	Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Simon Beaufoy
Other Nominees:
	Doubt (2008/I) - John Patrick Shanley Frost/Nixon (2008) - Peter Morgan (I) The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Eric Roth (I) The Dark Knight (2008) - Jonathan Nolan (I); Christopher Nolan (I)

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	The Dark Knight (2008) - Wally Pfister
Other Nominees:
	Australia (2008) - Mandy Walker Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Anthony Dod Mantle The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Claudio Miranda (II) The Fall (2006) - Colin Watkinson

Best Original Score


Winner:
	WALL·E (2008) - Thomas Newman (I)
Other Nominees:
	Milk (2008/I) - Danny Elfman Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - A.R. Rahman The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Alexandre Desplat The Dark Knight (2008) - Hans Zimmer; James Newton Howard

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Man on Wire (2008)
Other Nominees:
	American Teen (2008) Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) I.O.U.S.A. (2008) Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Låt den rätte komma in (2008) - Sweden.
Other Nominees:
	Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (2007) - Israel/France/USA. Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008) - France/Germany. Un conte de Noël (2008) - France.

Most Promising Performer


Winner:
	Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Dev Patel
Other Nominees:
	Australia (2008) - Brandon Walters (II) Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) - Russell Brand Låt den rätte komma in (2008) - Lina Leandersson The Reader (2008) - David Kross

Most Promising Filmmaker


Winner:
	Låt den rätte komma in (2008) - Tomas Alfredson
Other Nominees:
	Ballast (2008) - Lance Hammer Frozen River (2008) - Courtney Hunt Hunger (2008) - Steve McQueen (III) In Bruges (2008) - Martin McDonagh

Best Animated Feature


Winner:
	WALL·E (2008)
Other Nominees:
	Bolt (2008) Kung Fu Panda (2008) The Tale of Despereaux (2008) Vals Im Bashir (2008)