The 29th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2008, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 4 February 2009.
Winners and nominees
Film of the Year
The Wrestler
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Frost/Nixon
- Milk
- WALL-E
British Film of the Year
Slumdog Millionaire
- Happy-Go-Lucky
- Hunger
- In Bruges
- Man on Wire
Foreign Language Film of the Year
Waltz with Bashir • Israel
- Gomorrah • Italy
- I've Loved You So Long • France
- The Orphanage • Spain
- Persepolis • France
Director of the Year
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Darren Aronofsky – The Wrestler
- Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
- Clint Eastwood – Changeling
- Gus Van Sant – Milk
British Director of the Year
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
- Terence Davies – Of Time and the City
- Mike Leigh – Happy-Go-Lucky
- Steve McQueen – Hunger
- Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
Screenwriter of the Year
Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire
- Eric Roth – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon
- Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
- David Hare – The Reader
Breakthrough British Filmmaker
Steve McQueen – Hunger
- Joanna Hogg – Unrelated
- Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
- James Watkins – Eden Lake
- Rupert Wyatt – The Escapist
Actor of the Year
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
- Josh Brolin – W.
- Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
- Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
- Sean Penn – Milk
Actress of the Year
Kate Winslet – The Reader and Revolutionary Road
- Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
- Angelina Jolie – Changeling
- Meryl Streep – Doubt
British Actor of the Year
Michael Fassbender – Hunger
- Ralph Fiennes – The Duchess
- Ben Kingsley – Elegy
- Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
- Michael Sheen – Frost/Nixon
British Actress of the Year
Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long
- Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
- Tilda Swinton – Julia
- Kate Winslet – The Reader and Revolutionary Road
British Supporting Actor of the Year
Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky
- Liam Cunningham – Hunger
- Toby Jones – Frost/Nixon and W.
- Peter O'Toole – Dean Spanley
- Mark Strong – Body of Lies
British Supporting Actress of the Year
Tilda Swinton – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Hayley Atwell – The Duchess
- Kristin Scott Thomas – Easy Virtue
- Emma Thompson – Brideshead Revisited
- Alexis Zegerman – Happy-Go-Lucky
Young British Performer of the Year
Thomas Turgoose – Somers Town and Eden Lake
- Asa Butterfield – The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- Georgia Groome – Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
- Bill Milner – Son of Rambow
- Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
- Will Poulter – Son of Rambow
Dilys Powell Award
- Judi Dench
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