15th annual cadet film awards 2008

best picture

Winner:
The Dark Night

Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Rachel Getting Married
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Wall.E

 

Top 10 of 2008

1. The Dark Knight
2. WALL.E
3. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Rachel Getting Married
6. Revolutionary Road
7. The Wrestler
8. Burn After Reading
9. Milk
10. Gomorrah

Honourable Mentions:
Happy-Go-Lucky
Let the Right One In
Frost/Nixon
Gran Torino
Slumdog Millionaire
Doubt
The Reader
Bolt

 

best director

Winner:
Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight

Nominees:
David Fincher – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Matteo Garrone – Gommorah
Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married
Darren Aronofsky – The Wrestler

 

best lead actor

Winner:
Leonardo DiCaprio – Revolutionary Road

Nominees:
Frank Langella – Frost/Nixon
Michael Sheen – Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn – Milk
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

 

best lead actress

Winner:
Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married

Nominees:
Meryl Streep – Doubt
Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Michelle Williams – Wendy and Lucy
Kate Winslet – Revolutionary Road & The Reader

 

best supporting actor

Winner:
Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Nominees:
Brad Pitt – Burn After Reading
Josh Brolin – Milk
James Franco – Milk
Bill Irwin – Rachel Getting Married

 

best supporting actress

Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Nominees:
Taraji P. Henson – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married
Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
Debra Winger – Rachel Getting Married

best limited/cameo performance

Winner:
Michael Shannon – Revolutionary Road

Nominees:
Tilda Swinton – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Viola Davis – Doubt
Lena Olin – The Reader
Tom Cruise – Tropic Thunder

 

best original screenplay

Winner:
Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon – WALL.E

Nominees:
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – Burn After Reading
Dustin Lance Black – Milk
Jenny Lumet – Rachel Getting Married
Woody Allen Vicky Cristina – Barcelona

best adapted screenplay

Winner:
Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni Di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso & Roberto Saviano – Gomorrah

Nominees:
Eric Roth – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan & David S. Goyer – The Dark Knight
David Hare – The Reader
Justin Haythe – Revolutionary Road

best dramatic score

Winner:
Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard – The Dark Knight

Nominees:
Alexandre Desplat – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
A.R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire
Thomas Newman – Revolutionary Road
Carter Burwell – Twilight

best comedy/musical score

Winner:
Thomas Newman – WALL.E

Nominees:
Carter Burwell – Burn After Reading
John Powell – Bolt
Carter Burwell – In Bruges
Hans Zimmer & John Powell – Kung Fu Panda

 

best song (original or adapted)

Winner:
“Jai Ho” – A.R. Rahman – Slumdog Millionaire

Nominees:
“O Saya”, A.R. Rahman & M.I.A. – Slumdog Millionaire
“Decode”, Paramore – Twilight
“Down to Earth”, Peter Gabriel & Thomas Newman – WALL.E
“The Wrestler”, Bruce Sprinsgteen – The Wrestler

 

best non-english language film

Winner:
Gomorrah (Italy)

Nominees:
The Class (France)
I’ve Loved You So Long (France)
Let the Right One In (Sweden)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

 

best cinematography

Winner:
Wally Pfister – The Dark Knight

Nominees:
Mandy Walker – Australia
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Let the Right One In
Anthony Dod Mantle – Slumdog Millionaire
Roger Deakins – Revolutionary Road
Javier Aguirresarobe Vicky Cristina – Barcelona

 

best film editing

Winner:
Daniel P. Hanley & Mike Hill – Frost/Nixon

Nominees:
Lee Smith – The Dark Knight
Marco Spoletini – Gomorrah
Jon Gregory & Ian Seymour – In Bruges
Tim Squyres – Rachel Getting Married

best production design

Winner:
Donald Graham Burt – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Nominees:
James Murakami – Changeling
Stephen Scott – Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Ged Clarke – The Fall
Ralph Eggleston – WALL.E

best costume design

Winner:
Eiko Ishioka – The Fall

Nominees:
Catherine Martin – Australia
Sammy Sheldon – Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Sandy Powell – The Other Boleyn Girl
Michael O’Connor – The Duchess

best sound mixing

Winner:
WALL.E

Nominees:
Australia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Let the Right One In

best sound editing

Winner:
WALL.E

Nominees:
Bolt
Cloverfield
The Dark Knight
Quantum of Solace

best makeup/hairstyling

Winner:
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Nominees:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
The Fall
The Reader

best visual effects

Winner:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Nominees:
Cloverfield
The Dark Knight
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Let the Right One In

best stunt direction/ensemble

Winner:
The Dark Knight

Nominees:
Australia
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
In Bruges
Iron Man

best australian film

Winner:
Australia

Nominees:
$9.99
The Black Balloon

best documentary

Winner:
Religulous

Nominees:
Glass: a Portrait of Phillip in Twelve Parts
Waltz With Bashir

best ensemble

Winner: 
Burn After Reading

Nominees:
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Milk
Rachel Getting Married

best breakthrough/debut

Winner:
Rebecca Hall – Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Frost/Nixon

Nominees:
Brandon Walters – Australia
Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
Lina Leandersson – Let the Right One In
David Kross – The Reader

best animated feature

Winner:
WALL.E

Nominees:
$9.99
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Waltz With Bashir

best titles sequence

Winner:
Slumdog Millionaire

Nominees:
The Fall
Kung Fu Panda
Quantum of Solace
WALL.E

best poster

Cloverfield
The Dark Knight
Funny Games (winner)
Quantum of Solace
The X-Files: I Want to Believe

top 10 scenes of 2008

Stampede – Australia
Benjamin and the Healer – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Bank Heist – The Dark Knight
The Hospital – The Dark Knight
Magic Trick – The Dark Knight
Confession – Frost/Nixon
Lake Shootout – Gomorrah
Rally – Milk
Opening Chase – Slumdog Millionaire
Getting to Know You – WALL.E (winner)

wins tally

The Dark Knight – 6
WALL.E – 6

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – 2
Frost/Nixon – 2
Gomorrah – 2
Revolutionary Road – 2
Slumdog Millionaire – 2
Vicky Cristina Barcelona – 2

Australia – 1
Burn After Reading – 1
The Fall – 1
Funny Games – 1
Hellboy II: The Golden Army – 1
Rachel Getting Married – 1
Religulous – 1

multiple nominations tally

The Dark Knight – 16
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – 11

WALL.E – 10

Rachel Getting Married – 9

Frost/Nixon – 6
Milk – 6

Revolutionary Road – 6
Slumdog Millionaire – 6

Gomorrah – 5
Hellboy II: The Golden Army – 5
Let the Right One In – 5
The Reader – 5
Vicky Cristina Barcelona – 5

Burn After Reading -4
The Fall – 4
The Wrestler – 4

Bolt – 3
Cloverfield – 3
Doubt – 3
Kung Fu Panda – 3
In Bruges – 3
Quantum of Solace – 3
Waltz With Bashir

$9.99 – 2
Frozen River – 2
I’ve Loved You So Long – 2
Twilight – 2