<div style="float: right; font-size: smaller; background-color:#E6E6FA; padding: 12px; margin-left: 5em; margin-bottom: 2em; width: 180px" align="center"> **20th CFCA Awards** December 18, 2008 Best Film: ** WALL-E ** The **21st [Chicago Film Critics Association](https://bliptext.com/articles/chicago-film-critics-association) Awards**, given by the CFCA on December 18, [2008](https://bliptext.com/articles/2008-in-film), honored the best in film for [2008](https://bliptext.com/articles/2008-in-film). [Disney](https://bliptext.com/articles/disney)/[Pixar](https://bliptext.com/articles/pixar)'s [WALL-E](https://bliptext.com/articles/wall-e) was the most successful film in the ceremony, winning four awards, including Best Film, out of five nominations. [Slumdog Millionaire](https://bliptext.com/articles/slumdog-millionaire) won three awards, while [The Dark Knight](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-dark-knight) and [Let the Right One In](https://bliptext.com/articles/let-the-right-one-in-film) won two awards each.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

Best Actress

Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married

Best Animated Film

WALL-E

Best Cinematography

The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister

Best Director

Danny Boyle – Slumdog Millionaire

Best Documentary Film

Man on Wire

Best Film

WALL-E

Best Foreign Language Film

Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in), Sweden

Best Original Score

WALL-E – Thomas Newman

Best Screenplay – Adapted

Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy

Best Screenplay – Original

WALL-E – Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon

Best Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (posthumously)

Best Supporting Actress

Kate Winslet – The Reader

Most Promising Filmmaker

Tomas Alfredson – Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)

Most Promising Performer

Dev Patel – Slumdog Millionaire