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.
Winners
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