New York Film Critics Online Awards 2008

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<big>8th NYFCCO Awards</big><br> <div style="padding-left: 15px"> December 15, 2008 </div>

Best Film: <br> <big> Slumdog Millionaire </big> </div> The 8th New York Film Critics Online Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2008, were given on 15 December 2008.

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 <small>posthumously</small>
• Best Supporting Actress:
• Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
• Breakthrough Performer:
• Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky

References