With sincerest appreciation of all the great work that’s been done in film this year, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 EDA Awards.
For a full list of 2008 EDA Award nominees, click here.
Congratulations to all!
And the winners are:
EDA ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Best Film
Slumdog Millionaire
Best Direction
Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
Best Screenplay Original
Wall-E – Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon
Best Screenplay Adapted
Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
Best Documentary (Tie)
Man On Wire – James Marsh
Trouble The Water – Tia Lessen, Carl Deal
Best Actress (Tie)
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Kate Winslet – The Reader and Revolutionary Road
Best Actress In Supporting Role
Viola Davis – Doubt
Best Actor
Sean Penn – Milk
Best Actor in Supporting Role
Heath Ledger – Dark Knight
Best Ensemble Cast
Rachel Getting Married
Best Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Best Foreign Film
Tell No One
EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
Best Woman Director
Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
Best Woman Screenwriter
Jenny Lumet – Rachel Getting Married
Best Breakthrough Performance
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
Best Newcomer
Misty Upham – Frozen River
Women’s Image Award
Kristin Scott Thomas
Hanging in There Award for Persistence
Melissa Leo – Frozen River
Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Catherine Deneuve – A Christmas Tale
2008 Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry
Sheila Nevins, Producing/Programming at HBO
Lifetime Achievement Award
Catherine Deneuve
AWFJ Award For Humanitarian Activism
All of the Women in Pray The Devil Back To Hell
EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS
AWFJ Hall Of Shame Award
27 Dresses
Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent
Kate Hudson
Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldn‘t (Tie)
Mamma Mia!
The Women
Best Of The Fests
Hunger
Unforgettable Moment Award (Tie)
Dark Knight: Joker’s first scene
Slumdog Millionaire: Young Jamal jumps into the poop
Best Depiction Of Nudity or Sexuality (Tie)
Elegy
The Reader
Best Seduction
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sequel That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award (Tie)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Saw V
The Remake That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award:
The Women
Cultural Crossover Award
Slumdog Millionaire
Bravest Performance Award
Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
Best Leap from Actress to Director Award
Helen Hunt – Then She Found Me
Most Egregious Age Difference Between Leading Man and Love Interest
The Wackness – Ben Kingsley and Mary-Kate Olsen