Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2008

The winners of the 9th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2008, were announced on January 12, 2009. ^[1]

Winners and nominees

International

Best Actor: Sean Penn – Milk ^[1]

• Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler ^{[ citation needed ]}

Best Actress: Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road and The Reader ^[1]

• Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Meryl Streep – Doubt ^{[ citation needed ]}

Best Director: David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ^[1]

• Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Gus Van Sant – Milk ^{[ citation needed ]}

Best Film: Milk ^[1]

• Slumdog Millionaire ^{[ citation needed ]}
• WALL-E ^{[ citation needed ]}

Best Foreign Language Film: The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite) • Germany/Turkey/Italy ^[1]

• Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) • Sweden ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne) • France ^{[ citation needed ]}

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (posthumous) ^[1]

• Josh Brolin – Milk ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt ^{[ citation needed ]}

Best Supporting Actress: Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married ^[1]

• Viola Davis – Doubt ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler ^{[ citation needed ]}

Canadian

Best Actor: Natar Ungalaaq – The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) ^[1]

• Antoine L'Écuyer – It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jim Sturgess – Fifty Dead Men Walking ^{[ citation needed ]}

Best Actress: Marianne Fortier – Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) ^[1]

• Julianne Moore – Blindness ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Preity Zinta – Heaven on Earth ^{[ citation needed ]}

Best British Columbia Film: Fifty Dead Men Walking ^[1]

• Edison and Leo ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Stone of Destiny ^{[ citation needed ]}

Best Director: Philippe Falardeau – It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!) ^[1]

• Atom Egoyan – Adoration ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Deepa Mehta – Heaven on Earth ^{[ citation needed ]}

Best Film: It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!) ^[1]

• Heaven on Earth ^{[ citation needed ]}
• The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)^{[ citation needed ]}

Best Supporting Actor: Randy Quaid – Real Time ^[1]

• Gael García Bernal – Blindness ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Mark Ruffalo – Blindness ^{[ citation needed ]}

Best Supporting Actress: Suzanne Clément – It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!) ^[1]

• Maya Ritter – Finn's Girl ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jayne Eastwood – Real Time ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "9th Annual Award Winners". 2009-01-12. Retrieved 2025-02-23.