MHFD Awards 2009

Date: April 26, 2009
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Best Actor in Leading Role :

Winner :

* Milk (2008) - Sean Penn

Other Nominees :

* Che : Part One (2008) - Benecio Del Toro
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Brad Pitt
* Gran Torino (2008) - Clint Eastwood
* Frost/Nixon (2008) - Frank Langella
* The Wrestler (2008) - Mickey Rourke
* The Visitor (2007) - Richard Jenkins



Best Actor in Leading Role - World Cinema :

Winner :

* Okuribito (2008) - Masahiro Motoki

Other Nominees :

* Kirschbluten-Hanami (2008) - Elmar Wepper
* Hunger (2008) - Michael Fassbender
* Caos Calmo (2008) - Nanni Moretti
* Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (2008) - Natar Ungalaaq
* Il Divo (2008) - Toni Servillo
* L'ennemi public n°1 (2008) - Vincent Cassel



Best Actress in Leading Role :

Winner :

* The Reader (2008) - Kate Winslet

Other Nominees :

* Changeling (2008) - Angelina Jolie
* Rachel Getting Married (2008) - Anne Hathaway
* Revolutionary Road (2008) - Kate Winslet
* Frozen river (2008) - Melissa Leo
* Doubt (2008) - Meryl Streep
* Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) - Sally Hawkins



Best Actress in Leading Role - World Cinema :

Winner :

* Etz Limon (2008) - Hiam Abbass

Other Nominees :

* Le Silence de Lorna (2008) - Arta Dobroshi
* Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008) - Kristin Scott Thomas
* Leonera (2008) - Martina Gusman
* Julia (2008) - Tilda Swinton
* Wolke Neun (2008) - Ursula Werner
* Séraphine (2008) - Yolande Moreau



Best Actor in Supporting Role :

Winner :

* The Dark Knight (2008) - Heath Ledger

Other Nominees :

* In Bruges (2008) - Brendan Gleeson
* Milk (2008) - James Franco
* Milk (2008) - Josh Brolin
* Revolutionary Road (2008) - Michael Shannon
* Doubt (2008) - Philip Seymour Hoffman
* Tropic Thunder (2008) - Robert Downey Jr.



Best Actor in Supporting Role - World Cinema :
Winner :

* Okuribito (2008) - Tsutomu Yamazaki

Other Nominees :
* Revanche (2008) - Andreas Lust
* Un conte de Noël (2008) - Jean-Paul Roussillon
* Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (2008) - Jesper Christensen
* Frygtelig lykkelig (2008) - Kim Bodnia
* Flammen & Citronen (2008) - Mads Mikkelsen
* Tout est parfait (2008) - Normand D'Amour



Best Actress in Supporting Role :

Winner :

* Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) - Penelope Cruz

Other Nominees :

* Doubt (2008) - Amy Adams
* The Wrestler (2008) - Marisa Tomei
* Frozen River (2008) - Misty Upham
* Rachel Getting Married (2008) - Rosemarie DeWitt
* The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008) - Taraji Henson
* Doubt (2008) - Viola Davis



Best Actress in Supporting Role - World Cinema:

Winner :

* Aruitemo aruitemo (2008) - Kirin Kiki

Other Nominees :

* Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008) - Elsa Zylberstein
* Revanche (2008) - Irina Potapenko
* Frygtelig lykkelig (2008) - Lene Maria Christensen
* Il Divo (2008) - Piera Degli Esposti
* Okuribito (2008) - Ryoko Hirosue
* Revanche (2008) - Ursula Strauss



Best Young Actor :

Winner :

* The Reader (2008) - David Kross

Other Nominees :

* Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Ayush Mahesh Khedekar
* Australia (2008) - Brandon Walters
* The Secret Life Of Bees (2008) - Dakota Fanning
* Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Dev Patel
* Låt den rätte komma in (2008) - Kåre Hedebrant
* Låt den rätte komma in (2008) - Lina Leandersson



Best Acting Ensemble :

Winner :

* Milk (2008) - Sean Penn; James Franco; Josh Brolin; Emile Hirsch; Diego Luna; Victor Garber; Stephen Spinella; Denis O'Hare; Alison Pill; Joseph Cross; Lucas Grabeel; Brandon Boyce

Other Nominees :

* Doubt (2008) - Meryl Streep; Philip Seymour Hoffman; Amy Adams; Viola Davis; Alice Drummond
* Frost/Nixon (2008) - Frank Langella; Michael Sheen; Sam Rockwell; Kevin Bakon; Matthew Macfadyen; Oliver Platt; Rebecca Hall; Toby Jones
* Rachel Getting Married (2008) - Anne Hathaway; Rosemarie De Witt; Debra Winger; Bill Irwin; Anna Deavere Smith; Mather Zickel; Anisa George; Tunde Adebimpe
* Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Dev Patel; Freida Pinto; Anil Kapoor; Irrfan Khan; Ayush Mahesh Khedekar; Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail; Madhur Mittal; Tanay Chheda; Rubina Ali; Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar; Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Brad Pitt; Cate Blanchett; Taraji Henson; Tilda Swinton; Elias Koteas; Julia Ormond; Jason Flemyng
* The Dark Knight (2008) - Christian Bale; Heath Ledger; Aaron Eckhart; Gary Oldman; Michael Caine; Maggie Gyllenhaal; Morgan Freeman



Best Screenplay - Original :

Winner :

* Milk (2008) - Dustin Lance Black

Other Nominees :

* Frozen River (2008) - Courtney Hunt
* Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) - Mike Leigh
* In Bruges (2008) - Martin McDonagh
* Rachel Getting Married (2008) - Jenny Lumet
* The Visitor (2007) - Thomas McCarthy
* WALL.E (2008) - Andrew Stanton; Jim Reardon; Pete Docter



Best Screenplay , Original - World Cinema :

Winner :

* Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008) - Philippe Claudel

Other Nominees :

* Ce qu'il faut pour vivre (2008) - Bernard Emond
* Il Divo (2008) - Paolo Sorrentino
* Le Silence de Lorna (2008) - Jean-Pierre Dardenne; Luc Dardenne
* Okuribito (2008) - Kundo Koyama
* Séraphine (2008) - Marc Abdelnour; Martin Provost
* Vals Im Bashir (2008) - Ari Folman



Best Screenplay - Adapted :

Winner :

* Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Simon Beaufoy

Other Nominees :

* Doubt (2008) - John Patrick Shanley
* Frost/Nixon (2008) - Peter Morgan
* Revolutionary Road (2008) - Justin Haythe
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Eric Roth
* The Dark Knight (2008) - Jonathan Nolan; Christopher Nolan
* The Reader (2008) - David Hare



Best Screenplay , Adapted - World Cinema :

Winner :

* Låt den rätte komma in (2008) - John Ajvide Lindqvist

Other Nominees :

* Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008) - Bernd Eichinger
* Die Welle (2008) - Dennis Gansel
* Entre les Murs (2008) - François Bégaudeau
* Frygtelig lykkelig (2008) - Dunja Gry Jensen; Henrik Ruben Genz
* Gomorra (2008) - Maurizio Braucci
* L'ennemi public n°1 (2008) - Abdel Raouf Dafri



Best Cinematography :

Winner :

* Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Anthony Dod Mantle

Other Nominees :

* Australia (2008) - Mandy Walker
* Changeling (2008) - Tom Stern
* Revolutionary Road (2008) - Roger Deakins
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Claudio Miranda
* The Dark Knight (2008) - Wally Pfister
* The Reader (2008) - Chris Menges; Roger Deakins



Best Cinematography - World Cinema :

Winner :

* Gomorra (2008) - Marco Onorato

Other Nominees :
* Bumazhnyy soldat (2008) - Maksim Drozdov; Alisher Khamidkhodjaev
* Il Divo (2008) - Luca Bigazzi
* Låt den rätte komma in (2008) - Hoyte Van Hoytema
* Okuribito (2008) - Takeshi Hamada
* Séraphine (2008) - Laurent Brunet
* Tulpan (2008) - Jolanta Dylewska



Best Film Editing :

Winner :

* Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Chris Dickens

Other Nominees :

* Changeling (2008) - Joel Cox; Gary Roach
* Frost/Nixon (2008) - Mike Hill; Dan Hanley
* In Bruges (2008) - Jon Gregory
* Milk (2008) - Elliot Graham
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Kirk Baxter; Angus Wall
* The Dark Knight (2008) - Lee Smith



Best Sound - Mixing :

Winner :

* Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Resul PooKutty; Richard Pryke; Ian Tapp

Other Nominees :

* Iron Man (2008) - Mark Ulano; Christopher Boyes; Lora Hirschberg
* Quantum of Solace (2008) - Chris Munro; Mike Prestwood Smith; Mark Taylor
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - David Parker; Michael Semanick; Ren Klyce; Mark Weingarten
* The Dark Knight (2008) - Lora Hirschberg; Ed Novick; Gary Rizzo
* WALL.E (2008) - Ben Burtt; Tom Myers; Michael Semanick
* Wanted (2008) - Chris Jenkins; Frank A. Montano; Petr Forejt



Best Sound - Editing :

Winner :

* The Dark Knight (2008) - Richard King

Other Nominees :

* Iron Man (2008) - Frank E. Eulner; Christopher Boyes
* Quantum of Solace (2008) - Eddy Joseph; James Boyle
* Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Glenn Freemantle; Tom Sayers
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Ren Klyce
* WALL.E (2008) - Ben Burtt; Matthew Wood
* Wanted (2008) - Wylie Stateman



Best Art Direction & Production Design :

Winner :

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Donald Graham Burt; Victor J. Zolfo

Other Nominees :
* Australia (2008) - Catherine Martin; Ian Gracie; Karen Murphy; Beverley Dunn
* Changeling (2008) - James J. Murakami; Gary Fettis
* Revolutionary Road (2008) - Kristi Zea; Debra Schutt
* Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Mark Digby; Michelle Day
* The Dark Knight (2008) - Nathan Crowley; Peter Lando
* The Duchess (2008) - Michael Carlin; Rebecca Alleway



Best Costume Design :

Winner :

* The Duchess (2008) - Michael O'Connor

Other Nominees :

* Australia (2008) - Catherine Martin
* Changeling (2008) - Deborah Hopper
* Milk (2008) - Danny Glicker
* Revolutionary Road (2008) - Albert Wolsky
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Jacqueline West
* The Dark Knight (2008) - Lindy Hemming



Best Makeup & Hair :

Winner :

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Greg Cannom; Jean Ann Black; Colleen Callaghan

Other Nominees :
* Frost/Nixon (2008) - Edouard F. Henriques; Kim Santantonio
* Hellboy II : The Golden Army (2008) - Mike Elizalde; Thomas Floutz
* Il divo (2008) - Aldo Signoretti; Vittorio Sodano
* The Dark Knight (2008) - John Caglione Jr.; Conor O'Sullivan; Peter Robb-King
* The Duchess (2008) - Daniel Phillips; Jan Archibald
* Tropic Thunder (2008) - Rick Baker; Leslie Devlin; Heather Plott; Gerald Quist



Best Visual Effects :

Winner :

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Eric Barba; Steve Preeg; Burt Dalton; Craig Barron

Other Nominees :

* Australia (2008) - Chris Godfrey; James E. Price; Diana Giorgiutti
* Hellboy II : The Golden Army (2008) - Mike Wassel; Adrian De Wet; Eamonn Butler
* Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - Pablo Helman
* Iron Man (2008) - John Nelson; Ben Snow; Daniel Sudick; Shane Mahan
* Quantum of Solace (2008) - Chris Corbould; Kevin Tod Haug
* The Dark Knight (2008) - Nick Davis; Chris Corbould; Timothy Webber; Paul J. Franklin



Best Music - Song :

Winner :

* Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - For the song “Jai Ho”

Other Nominees :

* Quantum of Solace (2008) - For the song “Another Way to Die”
* WALL.E (2008) - For the song “Down to Earth”
* Gran Torino (2008) - For the song “Gran Torino”
* Bolt (2008) - For the song “I Thought I Lost You”
* Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - For the song “O Saya”
* The Wrestler (2008) - For the song “The Wrestler”



Best Music - Original Score :

Winner :

* Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - A. R. Rahman

Other Nominees :

* Changeling (2008) - Clint Eastwood
* Defiance (2008) - James Newton Howard
* Milk (2008) - Danny Elfman
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - Alexandre Desplat
* The Dark Knight (2008) - Hans Zimmer; James Newton Howard
* WALL.E (2008) - Thomas Newman



Best Directing - World Cinema :

Winner :

* Okuribito (2008) - Yojiro Takita

Other Nominees :

* Gomorra (2008) - Matteo Garrone
* Hunger (2008) - Steve McQueen
* Il Divo (2008) - Paolo Sarrentino
* Låt den rätte komma in (2008) - Thomas Alfredson
* Vals Im Bashir (2008) - Ari Folman
* Wolke Neun (2008) - Andreas Dresen



Best Directing :

Winner :

* Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Danny Boyle

Other Nominees :

* Changeling (2008) - Clint Eastwood
* Frost/Nixon (2008) - Ron Howard
* Milk (2008) - Gus Van Sant
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) - David Fincher
* The Dark Knight (2008) - Christopher Nolan
* The Reader (2008) - Stephen Daldry



Best Documentary - Short Subject :

Winner :

* Smile Pinki (2008) - Megan Mylan

Other Nominees :

* Downstream (2009) - Leslie Iwerks
* The Conscience of Nhem En (2008) - Steven Okazaki
* The Final Inch (2009) - Irene Taylor Brodsky
* The Witness from the Balcony of Room 306 (2008) - Adam Pertofsky
* Tongzhi in Love (2008) - Ruby Yang
* Viva la causa (2008) - Bill Brummel; Alonso Filomeno Mayo



Best Short Film - Animated :

Winners :

* Tsumiki no je (2008) - Kunio Kato

Other Nominees :

* Lavatory Lovestory (2007) - Konstantin Bronzit
* Oktapodi (2007) - Julien Bocabeille; François-Xavier Chanioux
* Presto (2008) - Doug Sweetland
* Skhizein (2008) - Jérémy Clapin
* This Way Up (2008) - Adam Foulkas; Alan Smith
* Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (2008) - Nick Park



Best Short Film - Live Action :

Winner :

* Spielzeugland (2007) - Jochen Alexander Freydank

Other Nominees :

* Auf der Strecke (2007) - Reto Caffi
* Grisen (2009) - Tivi Magnusson; Dorthe Warno Hogh
* Manon sur le bitume (2007) - Elizabeth Marre; Olivier Pont
* New Boy (2007) - Steph Green; Tamara Anghie
* Next Floor (2008) - Denis Villeneuve
* The Replacement Child (2007) - Justin Lerner


Best Documentary :

Winner :

* Man on Wire (2008) - James Marsh

Other Nominees :

* Encounters at the End of the World (2007) - Werner Herzog
* Religulous (2008) - Larry Charles
* Standard Operating Procedure (2008) - Errol Morris
* The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008) - Ellen Kuras; Thavisouk Phrasavath
* The Garden (2008) - Scott Hamilton Kennedy
* Trouble the Water (2008) - Tia Lessin; Carl Deal



Best Animated Feature :

Winner :

* WALL·E (2008) - Andrew Stanton

Other Nominees :

* Bolt (2008) - Chris Williams; Byron Howard
* Gake no ue no Ponyo (2008) - Hayao Miyazaki
* Horton Hears a Who! (2008) - Jimmy Hayward; Steve Martino
* Kung Fu Panda (2008) - John Stevenson; Mark Osborne
* Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) - Eric Darnell; Tom McGrath
* Vals Im Bashir (2008) - Ari Folman



Best Motion Picture - World Cinema :

Winner :

* Okuribito (2008) - Japan

Other Nominees :

* Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008) - Germany
* Entre les murs (2008) - France
* Gomorra (2008) - Italy
* Hunger (2008) - Ireland
* Il Divo (2008) - Italy
* Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (2008) - France
* Låt den rätte komma in (2008) - Sweden
* Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (2008) - Sweden
* Revanche (2008) - Austria
* Üç maymun (2008) - Turkey
* Vals Im Bashir (2008) - Israel



Best Motion Picture :

Winner :

* Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Other Nominees :

* Changeling (2008)
* Doubt (2008)
* Frost/Nixon (2008)
* Gran Torino (2008)
* Milk (2008)
* Revolutionary Road (2008)
* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
* The Dark Knight (2008)
* The Reader (2008)
* The Wrestler (2008)
* WALL·E (2008)