Evening Standard Film Award Winners

I dont know how I missed out on these fantastic nominations, but last night the Evening Standard film awards took place in the UK. You can compare these awards to The Critics Choice awards in the US, as it is voted on by the critics. Here we see a lot of the US contenders were snubbed big time here - and some great surprises emerged! Here they are -- too bad its too late to have any effect on the Oscar nominees:

BEST FILM
Frost/Nixon
Happy Go Lucky
Hunger
In Bruges
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

the winner: HUNGER

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry - the Reader
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Mike Leigh - Happy Go Lucky
Martin McDonahughe - In Bruges
Steve MQueen - Hunger

the winner: STEVE MQUEEN for HUNGER

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Colin Farrel - In Bruges
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Micheal Sheen - Frost/Nixon
Pat Shortt - Garage

the winner: MICHAEL SHEEN in FROST/NIXON / PAT SHORTT in GARAGE

BEST ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins - Happy Go Lucky
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Kiera Knightley - The Duchess
Tilda Swinton - Julia
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Kate Winlset - Revolutionary Road

the winner: TILDA SWINTON for JULIA (!!!!)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kevin Bacon - Frost/Nixon
Ralph Fiennes - The Reader
Brenden Gleeson - In Bruges
Stuart Graham - Hunger
Edie Marsan - Happy Go Lucky
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire

the winner: BRENDEN GLEESON for IN BRUGES

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Penelope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Vera Farmiga - Nothing but the Truth
Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire
Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

the winner: PENELOPE CRUZ for VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA

PETER SELLERS AWARD FOR COMEDIC BRILLIANCE
the winner: SALLY HAWKINS in HAPPY GO LUCKY



wow - weird, exciting, and interesting choices
(no idea which films were up for nods ... but with more US choices such as Wrestler, Doubt, Benjamin Button .. it looks like the snubbed a lot of the normal nominees. FUN!)