2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Annual US film awards ceremony 34th LAFCA Awards December 9, 2008 Best Picture WALL-E 33rd LAFCA Awards 35th The 34th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2008. Pixar's animated film WALL-E won the Best Film award and became the first-ever animated film to do so; however, the film lost the Best Animated Film award to Waltz with Bashir.Chang Justin L.A. critics wired for ‘Wall-E’ https://variety.com/2008/film/awards/l-a-critics-wired-for-wall-e-1117997085/ 28 December 2017 Variety 9 December 2008http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/los-angeles-film-critics-association-awards-for-2008/ Billington Alex Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards for 2008 FirstShowing.net 9 December 2008 28 December 2017 Winners thumb|right|150px|Danny Boyle, Best Director winner thumb|right|150px|Sean Penn, Best Actor winner thumb|right|150px|Sally Hawkins, Best Actress winner thumb|right|150px|Heath Ledger, Best Supporting Actor winner thumb|right|150px|Penélope Cruz, Best Supporting Actress winner thumb|right|150px|Mike Leigh, Best Screenplay winner Best Picture: WALL-E Runner-up: The Dark Knight Best Director: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire Runner-up: Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight Best Actor: Sean Penn – Milk Runner-up: Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler Best Actress: Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky Runner-up: Melissa Leo – Frozen River Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (posthumously) Runner-up: Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz – Elegy and Vicky Cristina Barcelona Runner-up: Viola Davis – Doubt Best Screenplay: Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman – Synecdoche, New York Best Cinematography: Yu Lik-wai – Still Life (Sanxia haoren) Runner-up: Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire Best Production Design: Mark Friedberg – Synecdoche, New York Runner-up: Nathan Crowley – The Dark Knight Best Music Score: A. R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Best Foreign-Language Film: Still Life (Sanxia haoren) – China/Hong Kong Runner-up: The Class (Entre les murs) – France Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: Man on Wire Runner-up: Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) Best Animation: Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir) The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: James Benning – RR and Casting a Glance New Generation Award: Steve McQueen – Hunger References External links 34th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards