The Houston Film Critics Society Award Winners for 2008

HFCS Honors the Best of 2008

And the 2008 honors go to:

Best Picture: The Curious case of Benjamin Button

Best Director of a Motion Picture: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Sean Penn, Milk

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Viola Davis, Doubt

Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast: Doubt

Best Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire

Best Animated Film: Wall-E

Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Documentary Feature: Man on Wire

Best Foreign Language Film: Mongol

Best Original Score: Terence Blanchard, Miracle at St. Anna

Best Original Song: Down to Earth from Wall-E

Outstanding Achievement in Cinema: Andrea Grover and The Aurora Picture Show, Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s Film Department

Outstanding Achievement in Film Criticism: Roger Ebert

You can see the full slate of nominees at Wikipedia »