7th SFFCC Awards

December 15, 2008

---- Best Picture:
Milk

The 7th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for

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, were given on 15 December 2008.

Winners

MJK35110 Sally Hawkins (Maudie, Berlinale 2017) (cropped)

Heath Ledger (Berlin Film Festival 2006) revised

*Best Picture: **''

Milk Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals (including breastfed human infants) before they are able to digest solid food. Immune factors and immune-modula ...

'' *Best Director: ** Gus Van Sant – ''

'' *Best Original Screenplay: **''

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Dustin Lance Black Dustin Lance Black (born June 10, 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBT rights activist. He is known for writing the film ''Milk'', for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2009. He has also sub ...

*Best Adapted Screenplay: **'' Frost/Nixon'' – Peter Morgan *Best Actor (tie): **

Sean Penn Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama ''Mystic River'' (2003) and the biopic ''Milk'' (2008). Penn began his acting career in televisi ...

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Mickey Rourke Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke Jr. (; born September 16, 1952) is an American actor and former boxer who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films. During the star of the 1980s, Rourke played supporting roles i ...

– '' The Wrestler'' *Best Actress: **

Sally Hawkins Sally Cecilia Hawkins (born 27 April 1976) is an English actress who began her career on stage and then moved into film. She has received several awards including a Golden Globe Award and the Berlin International Film Festival's Silver Bear fo ...

– '' Happy-Go-Lucky'' *Best Supporting Actor: **

Heath Ledger Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor and music video director. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, Ledger moved to the United States in 1998 to ...

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The Dark Knight ''The Dark Knight'' is a 2008 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan from a screenplay he co-wrote with his brother Jonathan Nolan, Jonathan. Based on the DC Comics superhero, Batman, it is the sequel to ''Batman Begins'' (2005) and t ...

'' *Best Supporting Actress: **

Marisa Tomei Marisa Tomei ( , ; born December 4, 1964) is an American actress. She came to prominence as a cast member on '' The Cosby Show'' spin-off '' A Different World'' in 1987. After having minor roles in a few films, she came to international attentio ...

– '' The Wrestler'' *Best Foreign Language Film: **'' Let the Right One In'' (''Låt den rätte komma in'') • Sweden *Best Documentary: **''

My Winnipeg ''My Winnipeg'' is a 2007 Canadian film directed and written by Guy Maddin with dialogue by George Toles. Described by Maddin as a "docu-fantasia", that melds "personal history, civic tragedy, and mystical hypothesizing", the film is a surrealist m ...

'' *Best Cinematography: **''

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Wally Pfister Walter C. Pfister (born July 8, 1961) is an American director and former cinematographer, who is best known for his work with filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Some of his collaborations with Nolan include '' Memento'' (2000), ''The Dark Knight Tri ...

*Marlon Riggs Award (for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community): ** Rob Nilsson – ''9@Night''

External links

2008 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards

References

S.F. film critics give top honors to 'Milk'
{{SFFCC Awards Chron San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2008 film awards