The winners of the 9th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2008, were announced on January 13, 2009.
Best Actress: Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road and The Reader
Best Director: David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Best Film: Milk
Best Foreign Language Film: The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite) • Germany
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (posthumous)
Best Supporting Actress: Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married
Best Actor: Natar Ungalaaq – The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)
Best Actress: Marianne Fortier – Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur)
Best British Columbia Film: Fifty Dead Men Walking
Best Director: Philippe Falardeau – It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!)
Best Film: It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!)
Best Supporting Actor: Randy Quaid – Real Time
Best Supporting Actress: Suzanne Clément – It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!)