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13th ADG Awards
February 14, 2009
Contemporary Film:
Slumdog Millionaire
Fantasy Film:
The Dark Knight
Period Film:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The 13th Art Directors Guild Awards, which were given on February 14, 2009, honored the best production designers of films and televisions in 2008.
Contemporary Film:
Fantasy Film:
Period Film:
Episode of One Hour Single-Camera Series:
Miniseries or Television Film:
The 81st Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2008 and took place on February 22, 2009, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Academy Awards in 24 categories. The ceremony was televised in the United States by ABC, and was produced by Bill Condon and Laurence Mark and directed by Roger Goodman. Hugh Jackman hosted the show for the first time. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on February 7, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jessica Biel.
The 61st Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film, television, and videogame writers of 2008. Winners were announced on February 7, 2009.
The 13th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2008, were given on December 14, 2008.
The 80th National Board of Review Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were given on 12 January 2009.
The 7th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were given on December 8, 2008.
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.
The 74th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were announced on 10 December 2008 and presented on 5 January 2009.
The 5th St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Awards were awarded on December 15, 2008.
The 8th New York Film Critics Online Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2008, were given on 15 December 2008.
The 13th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 15, 2008.
The 4th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2008, were announced on December 16, 2008.
The 21st Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 18, 2008, honored the best in film for 2008. Disney/Pixar's WALL-E was the most successful film in the ceremony, winning four awards, including Best Film, out of five nominations. Slumdog Millionaire won three awards, while The Dark Knight and Let the Right One In won two awards each.
The winners of the 9th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2008, were announced on January 13, 2009.
The 23rd American Society of Cinematographers Awards were held on February 15, 2009, honoring the best cinematographers of film and television in 2008.
The 59th American Cinema Editors Eddie Awards, which were presented on Sunday, February 15, 2009, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, honored the best editors in films and television.
The 11th Costume Designers Guild Awards, honouring the best costume designs in film and television for 2008, were given on February 17, 2009. The nominees were announced on January 13, 2009.
The 12th Online Film Critics Society Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were given on 19 January 2009.
The 29th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2008, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 4 February 2009.
The African-American Film Critics Association Awards 2008, honoring the best in filmmaking of 2008, were given on December 19, 2008.
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (Music from the Motion Picture) is the soundtrack album to the 2008 film of the same name, released by Concord Music Group on December 16, 2008. It was released in physical forms as a two-disc album, with one disc containing the film's original score composed by Alexandre Desplat, and the other consists few classical songs as well as dialogues featured in the film. The David Fincher-directed film, written by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord is loosely based on the 1922 short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and stars Brad Pitt as the titular character, alongside Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Mahershala Ali, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, and Tilda Swinton.