Evening Standard British Film Awards 2009
The 2009 Evening Standard British Film Awards, held on 1 February 2009, honoured the best British and Irish films of 2008.[1]
Best film
Best Director
Best Actor
Michael Sheen – Frost/Nixon / Pat Shortt – Garage (TIE)
Best Actress
Best Screenplay
Technical achievement
Mark Digby (production designer) – Slumdog Millionaire
- Roger Deakins (cinematographer) – No Country for Old Men, In the Valley of Elah, The Reader (with Chris Menges)
- Joe Walker (editor) – Hunger, The Escapist
Most Promising Newcomer
Joanna Hogg (director) – Unrelated
- Dev Patel (actor) – Slumdog Millionaire
- Rupert Wyatt (writer-director) – The Escapist
Peter Sellers Award for Comedy
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky