Evening Standard British Film Awards 2009

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The 2009 Evening Standard British Film Awards , held on 1 February 2009, honoured the best British and Irish films of 2008. [1]

Contents

Best film

Hunger

Best Director

Stephen Daldry The Reader

Best Actor (tie)

Michael Sheen Frost/Nixon and Pat Shortt Garage

Best Actress

Tilda Swinton Julia

Best Screenplay

Martin McDonagh In Bruges

Technical achievement

Mark Digby (production designer) – Slumdog Millionaire

Most Promising Newcomer

Joanna Hogg (director) – Unrelated

Peter Sellers Award for Comedy

Sally Hawkins Happy-Go-Lucky

Alexander Walker Special Award

Mike Leigh

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