Milk's award-season wins begins with the New York Film Critics awarding it Best Film. Sean Penn also won Best Actor, Josh Brolin supporting (maybe because he didn't quite make it as George W. Bush?) for the film. Mike Leigh was shown some love for Happy-Go-Lucky and everyone's favorite depressing abortion film, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, was also recognized as Best Foreign Film.
The Circle’s awards ceremony takes place at Strata January 5.
Full list of awards below (with links to New York Press reviews):
Best Film — “Milk” / a Focus Films release
Best Director — Mike Leigh for “Happy-Go-Lucky” / a Miramax Films release
Best Actor — Sean Penn for "Milk" / a Focus Features release
Best Actress — Sally Hawkins for "Happy-Go-Lucky" / a Miramax Films release
Best Supporting Actor — Josh Brolin for "Milk" / a Focus Features Release
Best Supporting Actress — Penelope Cruz for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" / a Weinstein Co. release
Best Cinematographer — Anthony Dod Mantle for "Slumdog Millionaire" / a Fox Searchlight release
Best Screenplay — Jenny Lumet for "Rachel Getting Married" / a Sony Pictures Classics release
Best Animated Film — “Wall-E”/ a Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios release
Best Documentary — “Man on Wire” / a Magnolia Pictures release
Best Foreign Film — “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” / an IFC Films release
Best First Film — Courtney Hunt for "Frozen River" / a Sony Pictures Classics release
