Monday January 5, 2009 5:53 pm
National Society of Film Critics Picks Waltz with Bashir
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: FOCUS, Fox Searchlight, Miramax, Animation, Documentary, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Period, Political, Comedy, Awards, Lists,
One year after honoring There Will Be Blood, the National Society of Film Critics has named its favorite film of 2008. Although it’s primarily been considered in the Best Animated or Best Foreign Language categories, Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir was selected as this group’s top film of 2009.
The animated Israeli film - Folman’s memoir of his country’s 1982 Invasion of Lebanon - is currently up for a Golden Globe.
Here are the remaining 43rd Annual National Society of Film Critics Awards winners:
- Best Film: Waltz With Bashir
- Best Director: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky
- Best Actor: Sean Penn, Milk
- Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
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- Best Supporting Actor: Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky
- Best Supporting Actress: Hanna Schygulla, The Edge of Heaven
- Best Screenplay: Happy-Go-Lucky
- Best Non-Fiction Film: Man on Wire
- Best Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire
- Best Experimental Film: Razzle Dazzle
(You can keep up with the 2008-09 Awards Season posts here.)
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