Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2008

The 12th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2008, were given on December 17, 2008.^[1][2]

• Best Actor:
  • Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Runners-Up: Sean Penn – Milk and Jean-Claude Van Damme – JCVD

• Best Actress:
  • Michelle Williams – Wendy and Lucy

Runners-Up: Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married and Meryl Streep – Doubt

• Best Animated Film:
  • WALL-E

Runners-Up: Kung Fu Panda, Persepolis and Waltz with Bashir

• Best Director:
  • Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married

Runners-Up: Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire and Andrew Stanton – WALL-E

• Best Documentary Film:
  • Man on Wire

Runners-Up: Standard Operating Procedure and Up the Yangtze

• Best Film:
  • Wendy and Lucy

Runners-Up: Rachel Getting Married and WALL-E

• Best First Feature:
  • Ballast

Runners-Up: The Band's Visit and Frozen River

• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Let the Right One In • Sweden

Runners-Up: A Christmas Tale • France, The Class • France and I've Loved You So Long • France/Germany

• Best Screenplay:
  • Rachel Getting Married – Jenny Lumet

Runners-Up: Doubt – John Patrick Shanley and Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan

• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight

Runners-Up: Josh Brolin – Milk, Robert Downey Jr. – Tropic Thunder and Philip Seymour Hoffman – Doubt

• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married

Runners-Up: Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Viola Davis – Doubt

• Rogers Canadian Film Award:
  • My Winnipeg

Runners-Up: Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) and Up the Yangtze