12th TFCA Awards
December 17, 2008
Best Film:
Wendy and Lucy
The 12th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were given on December 17, 2008. [1] [2]
Runners-Up: Sean Penn – Milk and Jean-Claude Van Damme – JCVD
Runners-Up: Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married and Meryl Streep – Doubt
Runners-Up: Kung Fu Panda , Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir
Runners-Up: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire and Andrew Stanton – WALL-E
Runners-Up: Standard Operating Procedure and Up the Yangtze
Runners-Up: Rachel Getting Married and WALL-E
Runners-Up: The Band's Visit and Frozen River
Runners-Up: A Christmas Tale • France, The Class • France and I've Loved You So Long • France/Germany
Runners-Up: Doubt – John Patrick Shanley and Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
Runners-Up: Josh Brolin – Milk , Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder and Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt
Runners-Up: Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Viola Davis – Doubt
Runners-Up: Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) and Up the Yangtze
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