The members of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists have nominated the following for the 2008 EDA Awards, which will be celebrated at a by-invitation-only event on December 15.
Listed by category and in alphabetical order, the nominees are:

Best Film

• Happy-Go-Lucky
• Milk
• Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director

• Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
• Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
• Gus Van Sant - Milk

Best Screenplay, Original

• Ballast - Lance Hammer
• Frozen River - Courtney Hunt
• Happy-Go-Lucky - Mike Leigh
• The Visitor - Tom McCarthy
• Wall-E - Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon

Best Screenplay, Adapted

• Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
• The Reader - David Hare
• Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy

Best Documentary

• Man On Wire - James Marsh
• Standard Operating Procedure - Errol Morris
• Trouble The Water - Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Best Actress

• Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
• Meryl Streep - Doubt
• Kate Winslet - The Reader/Revolutionary Road
• Michelle Williams - Wendy and Lucy

Best Actress In Supporting Role

• Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Viola Davis - Doubt
• Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Actor

• Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
• Mickey Rourke -The Wrestler
• Sean Penn - Milk

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
• Heath Ledger - Dark Knight
• Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Ensemble Cast

• A Christmas Tale
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• Milk
• Rachel Getting Married

Best Editing

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
• Frost/Nixon - Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
• Shine A Light - David Tedeschi

Best Foreign Film

• A Christmas Tale
• I’ve Loved You So Long
• Tell No One

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

Best Woman Director

• Isabel Coixet - Elegy
• Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
• Kimberly Peirce - Stop Loss
• Kelly Reichert - Wendy and Lucy

Best Woman Screenwriter

• Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
• Jenny Lumet - Rachel Getting Married
• Kelly Reichert - Wendy and Lucy

Best Breakthrough Performance

• Rebecca Hall -Vicky Christina Barcelona
• Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
• Melissa Leo - Frozen River

Best Newcomer

• Zoe Kazan - Revolutionary Road
• David Kloss - The Reader
• Misty Upham - Frozen River

Women’s Image Award

• Kristin Scott Thomas
• Meryl Streep
• Emma Thompson

Hanging in There Award for Persistence

• Courtney Hunt
• Ellen Kuras
• Melissa Leo
• Kristin Scott Thomas

Actress Defying Age and Ageism

• Catherine Deneuve - A Christmas Tale
• Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
• Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry

• Sheila Nevins, Producing/Programming at HBO
• Kathleen Kennedy, Producer, The Curious Tale of Benjamin Button
• Kate Winslet for her performances in The Reader and Revolutionary Road

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Catherine Deneuve
• Dame Judi Dench
• Meryl Streep

AWFJ Award For Humanitarian Activism

• Angelina Jolie
• All of the Women in Pray The Devil Back To Hell
• Courtney Hunt

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

AWFJ Hall Of Shame Award

• 27 Dresses
• Choke
• House Bunny
• My Blueberry Nights

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent

• Kate Hudson
• Diane Keaton
• Nicole Kidman

Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldn‘t

• Mad Money
• Mamma Mia!
• The Women

Best Of The Fests

• Cook Country
• The Hurt Locker
• Moving Midway
• Hunger

Unforgettable Moment Award

• Joker’s first scene in Dark Knight
• Mickey Rourke getting stapled in The Wrestler
• Slumdog Millionaire, when young Jamal jumps into the poop
• Slumdog Millionaire, eye gouging
• Viola Davis’ scenes in Doubt
• Sabrina Harmon interview in Standard Operating Procedure

Best Depiction Of Nudity or Sexuality

• Elegy
• The Reader
• The Wrestler

Best Seduction

• Happy-Go-Lucky
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• The Visitor

Sequel That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award

• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• Saw V
• Step Up 2: The Streets

The Remake That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award

• Death Race
• The Incredible Hulk
• The Women

Cultural Crossover Award

• The Reader
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Waltz With Bashir

Bravest Performance Award

• Melissa Leo - Frozen River
• Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
• Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Leap from Actress to Director Award

• . Greta Gerwig - Nights and Weekends
• Helen Hunt - Then She Found Me
• Amy Redford - The Guitar

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest Award

• 88 Minutes - Al Pacino and Alicia Witt
• Righteous Kill - Robert DeNiro and Carla Guigino
• The Wackness - Ben Kingsley and Mary-Kate Olsen