The winners of the 9th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2008, were announced on January 12, 2009.
Winners and nominees
International Best Actor: Sean Penn – Milk Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler Best Actress: Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road and The Reader Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky Meryl Streep – Doubt Best Director: David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire Gus Van Sant – Milk Best Film: Milk Slumdog Millionaire WALL-E Best Foreign Language Film: The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite) • Germany/Turkey/Italy Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) • Sweden Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne) • France Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (posthumous) Josh Brolin – Milk Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt Best Supporting Actress: Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married Viola Davis – Doubt Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Canadian Best Actor: Natar Ungalaaq – The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Antoine L'Écuyer – It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!) Jim Sturgess – Fifty Dead Men Walking Best Actress: Marianne Fortier – Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) Julianne Moore – Blindness Preity Zinta – Heaven on Earth Best British Columbia Film: Fifty Dead Men Walking Edison and Leo Stone of Destiny Best Director: Philippe Falardeau – It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!) Atom Egoyan – Adoration Deepa Mehta – Heaven on Earth Best Film: It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!) Heaven on Earth The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Best Supporting Actor: Randy Quaid – Real Time Gael García Bernal – Blindness Mark Ruffalo – Blindness Best Supporting Actress: Suzanne Clément – It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!) Maya Ritter – Finn's Girl Jayne Eastwood – Real Time
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