Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards

Posted on 12/15/08 5 Comments

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists plays it safe, showing us that women can favor male filmmakers and writers just as much as anyone else (thanks, Ed, for the tip):

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 Wrester

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

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4 Comments

  1. 1

    Rob says:
    Monday, December 15, 2008 at 11:09am

    Finally some love for The Winslet.

    Lets hope SAG is kind on Thursday.

  2. 2

    Ryan says:
    Monday, December 15, 2008 at 11:55am

    Oh Slumdog. You just keep on winning people over, aren’t you?

  3. 3

    AJ says:
    Monday, December 15, 2008 at 12:04pm

    Didn’t women just freak out about how Danny Boyle was getting all the directing credit for Slumdog?

  4. 4

    FERGUS says:
    Monday, December 15, 2008 at 12:47pm

    Sally, Sally, Sally. Your ninth and tenth awards. I love you!

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