International Cinephile Society Awards 2008

The 6th Annual International Cinephile Society Awards honor the best in filmmaking in 2008. The nominees were announced on 15 January 2009, and the winners were announced 13 February 2009..

Top 10 Films of 2008

1. ''Happy-Go-Lucky
2. ''Milk
3. ''A Christmas Tale
4. ''The Dark Knight
5. ''Hunger
6. ''WALL•E
7. ''Flight of the Red Balloon
8. ''The Wrestler
9. ''In Bruges
10. ''Rachel Getting Married

Top 10 Films Not In The English Language

1. ''Waltz with Bashir
2. ''A Christmas Tale
3. ''Flight of the Red Balloon
4. ''The Edge of Heaven
5. ''The Class
6. ''Gomorra
7. ''The Secret of the Grain
8. ''Still Life
9. ''Love Songs
10. ''Let The Right One In

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Happy-Go-Lucky

• Best Director (TIE):
  • Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight AND Gus van Sant - Milk
    • Runners-up: Arnaud Desplechin - A Christmas Tale, Hou Hsiao-hsien - Flight of the Red Balloon, Steve McQueen - Hunger

• Best Actor:
  • Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
    • Runners-up: Colin Farrell - In Bruges, Michael Fassbender - Hunger, Richard Jenkins - The Visitor, Sean Penn - Milk

• Best Actress:
  • Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
    • Runners-up: Juliette Binoche - Flight of the Red Balloon, Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married, Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long, Michelle Williams - Wendy and Lucy

• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
    • Runners-up: Mathieu Amalric - A Christmas Tale, Josh Brolin - Milk, Ralph Fiennes - In Bruges, Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky

• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Hanna Schygulla - The Edge of Heaven
    • Runners-up: Hiam Abbas - The Visitor, Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Rosemarie DeWitt - Rachel Getting Married, Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

• Best Ensemble Cast:
  • ''A Christmas Tale
    • Runners-up: Happy-Go-Lucky,Milk, Rachel Getting Married,Synecdoche, New York

• Best Original Screenplay:
  • In Bruges - Martin McDonagh
    • Runners-up: A Christmas Tale - Arnaud Desplechin & Emmanuel Bourdieu, The Edge of Heaven - Fatih Akin, Happy-Go-Lucky - Mike Leigh, Milk - Dustin Lance Black

• Best Adapted Screenplay:
  • Wendy and Lucy - Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt
    • Runners-up:The Dark Knight - Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, & David S. Goyer, Flight of the Red Balloon - Hou Hsiao-hsien & François Margolin, Gomorra - Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, & Roberto Saviano, Paranoid Park - Gus van Sant

• Best Documentary:
  • ''Waltz with Bashir
    • Runners-up: Encounters at the End of the World,Man on Wire, My Winnipeg,Up the Yangtze

• Best Animated Film:
  • ''Waltz with Bashir
    • Runners-up: Kung Fu Panda,WALL•E

• Best Film Not In The English Language:
  • ''Waltz with Bashir

• Best Cinematography:
  • Paranoid Park - Christopher Doyle & Rain Kathy Li
    • Runners-up: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Claudio Miranda, The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister, Flight of the Red Balloon - Li Ping-bin, Hunger - Sean Bobbitt

• Best Editing:
  • Milk - Elliot Graham
    • Runners-up: The Dark Knight - Lee Smith, Hunger - Joe Walker, In Bruges - Jon Gregory, Paranoid Park - Gus van Sant, Slumdog Millionaire - Chris Dickens

• Best Production Design:
  • Synecdoche, New York - Mark Friedberg
    • Runners-up: Australia - Catherine Martin, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Donald Graham Burt, The Dark Knight - Nathan Crowley, The Duchess - Michael Carlin

• Best Original Score:
  • Milk - Danny Elfman
    • Runners-up: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Alexandre Desplat, The Dark Knight - James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer, In Bruges - Carter Burwell, WALL•E - Thomas Newman