I am confident in saying Waltz with Bashir will not be winning Best Picture at the 2009 Oscars, but the fact the National Society of Film Critics have chosen it as the Best Picture of 2008 doesn't hurt its chances for Best Foreign Film as the animated biography directed by Ari Folman is certainly gaining steam heading into the final days of the Award push.

Outside of Bashir, Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky was really the big winner taking home awards for Director (Leigh), Actress (Sally Hawkins), Supporting Actor (Eddie Marsan) and ironically enough Screenplay (Leigh). I say it is ironic Leigh would win for Screenplay because he is well known for approaching his films without a screenplay as much as he comes to a film with an idea and puts everything together with his actors.

It's also nice to see The Edge of Heaven get some love as it showed up on my Honorable Mention when I named the year's best films. Slumdog Millionaire takes home Cinematography and Man on Wire continues its onslaught in the Documentary (Non-Fiction) category. The complete list is below.

BEST PICTURE: Waltz with Bashir directed by Ari Folman

BEST DIRECTOR: Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST ACTOR: Sean Penn, Milk

BEST ACTRESS: Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Hanna Schygulla, The Edge of Heaven

BEST SCREENPLAY: Happy-Go-Lucky written by Mike Leigh

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Slumdog Millionaire, Anthony Dod Mantle

BEST NON-FICTION FILM: Man on Wire directed by James Marsh

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM: Razzle Dazzle directed by Ken Jacobs

Related post categories: Kudos to You, Those Other Awards : Happy-Go-Lucky, Man on Wire, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, The Edge of Heaven, Waltz with Bashir

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