Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2008

4th AFCA Awards

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Best Film:
The Dark Knight

The 4th Austin Film Critics Association Awards honored the best filmmaking of 2008.

Top 10 Films

• The Dark Knight
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Milk
• Synecdoche, New York
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• The Wrestler
• WALL-E
• Frost/Nixon
• Let the Right One In
• Gran Torino

Winners

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