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.Best film
Hunger
Stephen Daldry – The Reader
- Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire
- Lenny Abrahamson – Garage
Michael Sheen – Frost/Nixon and Pat Shortt – Garage
- Michael Fassbender – Hunger
Best Actress
Tilda Swinton – Julia
- Samantha Morton – Mister Lonely
- Kate Winslet – The Reader, Revolutionary Road
Best Screenplay
Martin McDonagh – In Bruges
- Mark O’Halloran – Garage
- Peter Morgan – Frost/Nixon
Technical achievement
Mark Digby – Slumdog Millionaire
Joanna Hogg – Unrelated
- Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire
- Rupert Wyatt – The Escapist
Sally Hawkins – Happy-Go-Lucky
- Eddie Marsan – Happy-Go-Lucky
- Chris Waitt – A Complete History of My Sexual Failures
Mike Leigh