The International Cinephile Society has announced its nominees for the 2008 cinematic year. Leading the field with 8 nominations each are Milk and The Dark Knight. The winners, along with ranked lists for Best Picture and Best Film Not in the English Language, will be announced on February 13, 2009.
PICTURE
• A Christmas Tale
• The Dark Knight
• Flight of the Red Balloon
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• Hunger
• In Bruges
• Milk
• Rachel Getting Married
• WALL-E
• The Wrestler
DIRECTOR
‚Ä¢ Arnaud Desplechin – A Christmas Tale
‚Ä¢ Hou Hsiao-hsien – Flight of the Red Balloon
‚Ä¢ Steve McQueen – Hunger
‚Ä¢ Christopher Nolan – The Dark Knight
‚Ä¢ Gus van Sant – Milk
More after the cut.
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• A Christmas Tale
• The Class
• The Edge of Heaven
• Flight of the Red Balloon
• Gomorrah
• Let the Right One In
• Love Songs
• The Secret of the Grain
• Still Life
• Waltz with Bashir
ACTOR
‚Ä¢ Colin Farrell – In Bruges
‚Ä¢ Michael Fassbender – Hunger
‚Ä¢ Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
‚Ä¢ Sean Penn – Milk
‚Ä¢ Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler
ACTRESS
‚Ä¢ Juliette Binoche – Flight of the Red Balloon
‚Ä¢ Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
‚Ä¢ Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
‚Ä¢ Kristin Scott Thomas – I’ve Loved You So Long
‚Ä¢ Michelle Williams – Wendy and Lucy
SUPPORTING ACTOR
‚Ä¢ Mathieu Amalric – A Christmas Tale
‚Ä¢ Josh Brolin – Milk
‚Ä¢ Ralph Fiennes – In Bruges
‚Ä¢ Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight
‚Ä¢ Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
‚Ä¢ Hiam Abbas – The Visitor
‚Ä¢ Penelope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
‚Ä¢ Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married
‚Ä¢ Hanna Schygulla – The Edge of Heaven
‚Ä¢ Marisa Tomei – The Wrestler
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
‚Ä¢ A Christmas Tale – Arnaud Desplechin & Emmanuel Bourdieu
‚Ä¢ The Edge of Heaven – Fatih Akin
‚Ä¢ Happy-Go-Lucky – Mike Leigh
‚Ä¢ In Bruges – Martin McDonagh
‚Ä¢ Milk – Dustin Lance Black
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
‚Ä¢ The Dark Knight – Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, & David S. Goyer
‚Ä¢ Flight of the Red Balloon – Hou Hsiao-hsien & Fran√ßois Margolin
‚Ä¢ Gomorrah – Maurizio Braucci, Ugo Chiti, Gianni di Gregorio, Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, & Roberto Saviano
‚Ä¢ Paranoid Park – Gus van Sant
‚Ä¢ Wendy and Lucy – Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt
CINEMATOGRAPHY
‚Ä¢ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
‚Ä¢ The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
‚Ä¢ Flight of the Red Balloon – Li Ping-bin
‚Ä¢ Hunger – Sean Bobbitt
‚Ä¢ Paranoid Park – Christopher Doyle & Rain Kathy Li
EDITING
‚Ä¢ The Dark Knight – Lee Smith
‚Ä¢ Hunger – Joe Walker
‚Ä¢ In Bruges – Jon Gregory
‚Ä¢ Milk – Elliot Graham
‚Ä¢ Paranoid Park – Gus van Sant
‚Ä¢ Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens
PRODUCTION DESIGN
‚Ä¢ Australia – Catherine Martin
‚Ä¢ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt
‚Ä¢ The Dark Knight – Nathan Crowley
‚Ä¢ The Duchess – Michael Carlin
‚Ä¢ Synecdoche, New York – Mark Friedberg
ORIGINAL SCORE
‚Ä¢ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
‚Ä¢ The Dark Knight – James Newton Howard & Hans Zimmer
‚Ä¢ In Bruges – Carter Burwell
‚Ä¢ Milk – Danny Elfman
‚Ä¢ WALL-E – Thomas Newman
ENSEMBLE
• A Christmas Tale
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• Milk
• Rachel Getting Married
• Synecdoche, New York
ANIMATED FILM
• Kung Fu Panda
• WALL-E
• Waltz with Bashir
DOCUMENTARY
• Encounters at the End of the World
• Man on Wire
• My Winnipeg
• Up the Yangtze
• Waltz with Bashir