Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2008

4th AFCA Awards

The 4th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2008, were announced on December 16, 2008.^[1]^[2]

Top 10 Films

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

^ "Austin Film Critics Association Announces Year-End Awards". The Austin Chronicle. 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2012-09-11.
^ "Austin critics name Dark Knight as best picture". The Guardian. 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2012-09-11.

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