FILM OF THE YEAR
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner)
Frost/Nixon (Universal)
Milk (Momentum)
Wall-E (Disney)
The Wrestler (Optimum)

THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)
Hunger (Pathe)
In Bruges (Universal)
Man on Wire (Icon)
Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Gomorrah (Optimum)
I’ve Loved You So Long (Lionsgate)
The Orphanage (Optimum)
Persepolis (Optimum)
Waltz With Bashir (Artificial Eye)

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Darren Aronofsky - The Wrestler (Optimum)
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
Clint Eastwood - Changeling (Universal)
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner)
Gus Van Sant - Milk (Momentum)

BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
Terence Davies - Of Time and the City (BFI)
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)
Steve McQueen - Hunger (Pathe)
Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight (Warner)

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Josh Brolin - W. (Lionsgate)
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon (Universal)
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Warner)
Sean Penn - Milk (Momentum)
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler (Optimum)

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Optimum)
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married (Sony)
Angelina Jolie - Changeling (Universal)
Meryl Streep - Doubt (Miramax)
Kate Winslet - The Reader (Entertainment) and Revolutionary Road (Paramount)

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Michael Fassbender - Hunger (Pathe)
Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess (Pathe)
Ben Kingsley - Elegy (Entertainment)
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon (Universal)

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona (Optimum)
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)
Kristin Scott Thomas - I’ve Loved You So Long (Lionsgate)
Tilda Swinton - Julia (Chelsea)
Kate Winslet - The Reader (Entertainment) and Revolutionary Road (Paramount)

BRITISH ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Liam Cunningham - Hunger (Pathe)
Toby Jones - Frost/Nixon (Universal) and W. (Lionsgate)
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)
Peter O’Toole - Dean Spanley (Icon)
Mark Strong - Body of Lies (Warner)

BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Hayley Atwell - The Duchess (Pathe)
Kristin Scott Thomas - Easy Virtue (Pathe)
Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner)
Emma Thompson - Brideshead Revisited (Miramax)
Alexis Zegerman - Happy-Go-Lucky (Momentum)

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
David Hare - The Reader (Entertainment)
Martin McDonagh - In Bruges (Universal)
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon (Universal)
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Warner)

THE NSPCC AWARD: YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Asa Butterfield - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (Miramax)
Georgia Groome - Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (Paramount)
Bill Milner - Son of Rambow (Optimum)
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire (Pathe)
Will Poulter - Son of Rambow (Optimum)
Thomas Turgoose - Somers Town (Optimum) and Eden Lake (Optimum)

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
Joanna Hogg - writer-director: Unrelated (New Wave)
Martin McDonagh - writer-director: In Bruges (Universal)
Steve McQueen - writer-director: Hunger (Pathe)
James Watkins - writer-director: Eden Lake (Optimum)
Rupert Wyatt - director: The Escapist (Vertigo)

DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
Dame Judi Dench

So, a British actor or actress cannot win the actor of the year award?
That's a crappy way of nominating.

WALL-E even gets a BP nom here. First time that's ever happened?

Well, 2008 would be the first year that Wall-E is eligible so, yes, the first time.

The history of their nominees is hard to find. Stanton was nominated for Director for Finding Nemo and Wallace and Gromit was nominated for the British film a few years ago.

Wocka wocka wocka

And the winners are


FILM OF THE YEAR
*The Wrestler

THE ATTENBOROUGH AWARD: BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
*Slumdog Millionaire

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
*Waltz With Bashir

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
*David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

BRITISH DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
*Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

ACTOR OF THE YEAR
*Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
*Kate Winslet - The Reader and Revolutionary Road

BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
*Michael Fassbender - Hunger

BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
*Kristin Scott Thomas - I’ve Loved You So Long

BRITISH ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
*Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky

BRITISH ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
*Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
*Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire

THE NSPCC AWARD: YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
*Thomas Turgoose - Somers Town and Eden Lake

BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILM-MAKER
*Steve McQueen - writer-director: Hunger

DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CINEMA
Dame Judi Dench

Well, yay for Marsan!

YAY! For Fincher...if only he'd win the big one

yayy for The Wrestler.... and Eddie Marsan.

It's a wonder it hasn't done better this awards season.