Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2008

Film awards

4th AFCA Awards

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Best Film:
The Dark Knight

The 4th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2008, were announced on December 16, 2008.[1][2]

## Top 10 Films

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1. The Dark Knight
2. Slumdog Millionaire
3. Milk
4. Synecdoche, New York
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. The Wrestler
7. WALL-E
8. Frost/Nixon
9. Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)
10. Gran Torino

## Winners

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* Best Film:
* The Dark Knight
* Best Director:
* Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
* Best Actor:
* Sean Penn – Milk
* Best Actress:
* Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
* Best Supporting Actor:
* Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
* Best Supporting Actress:
* Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Best Original Screenplay:
* Synecdoche, New York – Charlie Kaufman
* Best Adapted Screenplay:
* The Dark Knight – Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
* Best Cinematography:
* The Fall – Colin Watkinson
* Best Original Score:
* The Dark Knight – James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer
* Best Foreign Language Film:
* Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) • Sweden
* Best Documentary:
* Man on Wire
* Best Animated Feature:
* WALL-E
* Best First Film:
* Nacho Vigalondo – Timecrimes (Los cronocrímenes)
* Breakthrough Artist Award:
* Danny McBride – The Foot Fist Way, Pineapple Express, and Tropic Thunder
* Austin Film Award:
* Crawford – David Modigliani

## References

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1. ^ "Austin Film Critics Association Announces Year-End Awards". The Austin Chronicle. 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
2. ^ "Austin critics name Dark Knight as best picture". The Guardian. 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2012-09-11.

## External links

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* IMDb page
* Official website

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