LA Film Critics Awards

Best Picture : WALL-E (Runner-Up : The Dark Knight)
Best Director : Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire (Runner-Up : Christopher Nolan - The Dark Knight)
Best Actor : Sean Penn - Milk (Runner-Up : Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler)
Best Actress : Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky (Runner-Up : Melissa Leo - Frozen River)
Best Supporting Actor : Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight (Runner-Up : Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky)
Best Supporting Actress : Penelope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona & Elegy (Runner-Up : Viola Davis - Doubt)
Best Screenplay : Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky (Runner-Up : Charlie Kaufman - Synecdoche, New York)
Best Foreign Language Film : Still Life (Runner-Up : The Class)
Best Documentary : Man on Wire (Runner-Up : Waltz With Bashir)
Best Animation : Waltz With Bashir
Best Cinematography : Yu Lik Wai - Still Life (Runner-Up : Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire)
Best Production Design : Mark Friedberg - Synecdoche, New York (Runner-Up : Nathan Crowley - The Dark Knight)
Best Music/Score : A.R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire (Runner-Up : Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
New Generation : Steve McQueen - Hunger
Douglas E. Edwards independent/experimental film/video : James Benning - RR & Casting a Glance

Notes : WALL-E winning Best Picture, could this up its chances for a Best Picture nod? Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke seem like the clear frontrunners vying for Best Actor. Happy-Go-Lucky is the clear winner of this ceremony, but it will take much more than this for a boost come Oscar time. Kudos for The Dark Knight, also gaining extra points for its Best Picture contention. What do you think?