Alliance of Women Film Journalists - 2008 EDA Awards
Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ)
Excellent Dynamic Activism Awards (3rd)
Nominations: December 9, 2008
Awards: December 14, 2008
Below are the nominations & winners for the 3rd Annual EDA Awards.
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Best Picture
"Happy-Go-Lucky"
(Miramax)
"Milk"
(Focus Features) A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production
WINNER
"Slumdog Millionaire"
(Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent) A Celador Films, Film 4, Production
Best Director
WINNER
"Slumdog Millionaire"
(Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent) Danny Boyle
"Happy-Go-Lucky"
(Miramax) Mike Leigh
"Milk"
(Focus Features) Gus Van Sant
Best Original Screenplay
"Ballast"
(Alluvial Film Company) Lance Hammer
"Frozen River"
(Sony Pictures Classics) Courtney Hunt
"Happy-Go-Lucky"
(Miramax) Mike Leigh
"The Visitor"
(Overture Films) Tom McCarthy
WINNER
"WALL-E"
(Walt Disney) Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon
Best Adapted Screenplay
WINNER
"Frost/Nixon"
(Universal) Peter Morgan
"The Reader"
(The Weinstein Company) David Hare
"Slumdog Millionaire"
(Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent) Simon Beaufoy
Best Documentary
WINNER
"Man on Wire"
(Magnolia Pictures) A Wall to Wall in association with Red Box Films, James Marsh
"Standard Operating Procedure"
(Sony Pictures Classics) Participant Productions, Errol Morris
WINNER
"Trouble the Water"
(Zeitgeist Films) An Elsewhere Films Production, Tia Lessin, Carl Deal
Best Actress
WINNER
Sally Hawkins in "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Miramax)
Meryl Streep in "Doubt" (Miramax)
WINNER
Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
WINNER
Kate Winslet in "Revolutionary Road" (Paramount Vantage)
Michelle Williams in "Wendy and Lucy" (Oscilloscope Pictures)
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company, MGM)
WINNER
Viola Davis in "Doubt" (Miramax)
Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (Paramount and Warner Bros.)
Best Actor
Richard Jenkins in "The Visitor" (Overture Films)
Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)
WINNER
Sean Penn in "Milk" (Focus Features)
Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey, Jr. in "Tropic Thunder" (DreamWorks/Paramount)
WINNER
Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" (Warner Bros.)
Eddie Marsan in "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Miramax)
Best Ensemble
"A Christmas Tale"
(IFC Films)
"Happy-Go-Lucky"
(Miramax)
"Milk"
(Focus Features) A Groundswell and Jinks/Cohen Company Production
WINNER
"Rachel Getting Married"
(Sony Pictures Classics) Clinica Estetico, Marc Platt Productions
Best Editing
WINNER
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
(Paramount and Warner Bros.) Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
"Frost/Nixon"
(Universal) Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
"Shine a Light"
(Paramount Vantage) David Tedeschi
Best Foreign Film
"A Christmas Tale"
(IFC Films) France
"I've Loved You So Long"
(Sony Pictures Classics) UGC YM, Integral Film, France, Germany
WINNER
"Tell No One"
(Music Box) France
Best Woman Director
"Elegy"
(MGM, Samuel Goldwyn Films) Isabel Coixet
WINNER
"Frozen River"
(Sony Pictures Classics) Courtney Hunt
"Stop-Loss"
(Paramount) Kimberly Peirce
"Wendy and Lucy"
(Oscilloscope Pictures) Kelly Reichert
Best Woman Screenwriter
"Frozen River"
(Sony Pictures Classics) Courtney Hunt
WINNER
"Rachel Getting Married"
(Sony Pictures Classics) Jenny Lumet
"Wendy and Lucy"
(Oscilloscope Pictures) Kelly Reichert
Best Breakthrough Performance
Rebecca Hall in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" (The Weinstein Company, MGM)
WINNER
Sally Hawkins in "Happy-Go-Lucky" (Miramax)
Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Best Newcomer
Zoe Kazan in "Revolutionary Road" (Paramount Vantage)
David Kloss in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
WINNER
Misty Upham in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Women’s Image Award
WINNER
Kristin Scott Thomas
Meryl Streep
Emma Thompson
Perseverance Award
Courtney Hunt
Ellen Kuras
WINNER
"Frozen River"
(Sony Pictures Classics) Melissa Leo
Kristin Scott Thomas
Actress Defying Age and Ageism
WINNER
Caztherine Deneuve in "A Christmas Tale" (IFC Films)
Meryl Streep in "Mamma Mia!" (Universal)
Emma Thompson in "Last Chance Harvey" (Overture Films)
Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry
WINNER
Sheila Nevins, Producing/Programming at HBO
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
(Paramount and Warner Bros.) Kathleen Kennedy, Producer
"The Reader"
(The Weinstein Company) Kate Winslet, Actress
"Revolutionary Road"
(Paramount Vantage) Kate Winslet, Actress
Lifetime Achievement Award
WINNER
Catherine Deneuve
Dame Judi Dench
Meryl Streep
Award for Humanitarian Activism
Angelina Jolie
WINNER
All of the Women in Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Courtney Hunt
Hall of Shame Award
WINNER
"27 Dresses"
(20th Century Fox) Birnbaum/Barber, Spyglass Entertainment
"Choke"
(Fox Searchlight) Contrafilm, ATO Pictures
"The House Bunny"
(Sony Pictures Entertainment) Happy Madison
"My Blueberry Nights"
(Weinstein Co.) Studio Canal, Block 2 Pictures, Jet Tone Productions
Actress Most in Need of a New Agent
WINNER
Kate Hudson
Diane Keaton
Nicole Kidman
Movie You Wanted to Love but Just Couldn't
"Mad Money"
(Overture Films) Granada Film Productions, Lightspeed Media, Swingin' Productions, Big City Pictures
WINNER
"Mamma Mia!"
(Universal) Playtone, Littlestar
WINNER
"The Women"
(Picturehouse) Jagged Films, Inferno Distribution, Shukovsky English
Unforgettable Moment Award
WINNER
"The Dark Knight"
(Warner Bros.) Joker's first scene
"The Wrestler"
(Fox Searchlight) Mickey Rourke getting stapled
WINNER
"Slumdog Millionaire"
(Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent) When young Jamal jumps into the poop
"Slumdog Millionaire"
(Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent) Eye gouging
"Doubt"
(Miramax) Viola Davis' scenes
"Standard Operating Procedure"
(Sony Pictures Classics) Sabrina Harmon interview
Best of the Fests
"Cook County"
"The Hurt Locker"
(Summit Media, Summit Entertainment) Kingsgate Films, First Light Production, Voltage Pictures
"Moving Midway"
(First Run Features)
WINNER
"Hunger"
(IFC Films)
Best Depiction of Nudity or Sexuality
WINNER
"Elegy"
(MGM, Samuel Goldwyn Films)
WINNER
"The Reader"
(The Weinstein Company)
"The Wrestler"
(Fox Searchlight)
Best Seduction
"Happy-Go-Lucky"
(Miramax)
WINNER
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
(The Weinstein Company, MGM)
"The Visitor"
(Overture Films)
Sequel That Shouldn't Have Been Made Award
WINNER
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"
(Paramount Pictures) LucasFilm Ltd.
WINNER
"Saw V"
(Lionsgate Films) Twisted Pictures
"Step Up 2 the Streets"
(Walt Disney) Summit Entertainment, Offspring Entertainment
Remake That Shouldn't Have Been Made Award
"Death Race"
(Universal Pictures) CW Productions, Impact Pictures
"The Incredible Hulk"
(Universal Pictures) Marvel Films, Valhalla Motion Pictures
WINNER
"The Women"
(Picturehouse) Jagged Films, Inferno Distribution, Shukovsky English
Cultural Crossover Award
"The Reader"
(The Weinstein Company) A Mirage Enterprises and Neunte Babelsberg Film GmbH Production
WINNER
"Slumdog Millionaire"
(Fox Searchlight, Warner Independent) A Celador Films, Film 4, Production
"Waltz With Bashir"
(Sony Pictures Classics) A Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films D'Ici, Razor Films, Arte France, ITVS International Production
Bravest Performance Award
Melissa Leo in "Frozen River" (Sony Pictures Classics)
WINNER
Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler" (Fox Searchlight)
Kate Winslet in "The Reader" (The Weinstein Company)
Best Leap From Actress to Director Award
Greta Gerwig
WINNER
Helen Hunt
Amy Redford
Most Egregious Age Difference Between Leading Man and Love Interest
Al Pacino and Alicia WItt in "88 Minutes" (Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Robert DeNiro and Carla Guigino in "Righteous Kill" (Overture Films)
WINNER
Ben Kingsley and Mary-Kate Olsen in "The Wackness" (Sony Pictures Classics)
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