Evening Standard British Film Awards 2009

The 2009 Evening Standard British Film Awards, held on 1 February 2009 honoured the best British and Irish films of 2008.^[1]

Best film

Frost/Nixon
Unrelated

Best Director

Stephen Daldry - The Reader

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Lenny Abrahamson - Garage

Best Actor (tie)

Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon and Pat Shortt - Garage

Michael Fassbender - Hunger

Best Actress

Tilda Swinton - Julia

Samantha Morton - Mister Lonely
Kate Winslet - The Reader, Revolutionary Road

Best Screenplay

Martin McDonagh - In Bruges

Mark O’Halloran - Garage
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon

Technical achievement

Mark Digby (production designer) - Slumdog Millionaire

Roger Deakins (cinematographer) - No Country for Old Men, In the Valley of Elah, The Reader with Chris Menges
Joe Walker (editor) - Hunger and The Escapist

Most Promising Newcomer

Joanna Hogg (director) - Unrelated

Dev Patel (actor) - Slumdog Millionaire
Rupert Wyatt (writer-director) - The Escapist

Peter Sellers Award for Comedy

Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky

Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky
Chris Waitt - A Complete History of My Sexual Failures

Alexander Walker Special Award

References

↑ LONDON EVENING STANDARD Awards 2009

External links

Hunger named best picture at Evening Standard British Film awards

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