Skandies 2008

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RULES: Participants divvied up 100 points among ten "nominees" in each category, with a maximum of 30 points for any given selection and a minimum of 5 points. Results are expressed as points/votes.

Best Picture

Rank Movie Points/Votes
1 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 241 / 20
2 WALL-E 216 / 18
3 Silent Light 214 / 13
4 Rachel Getting Married 179 / 16
5 The Dark Knight 176 / 16
6 Paranoid Park 146 / 14
7 Synecdoche, New York 146 / 10
8 My Winnipeg 118 / 14
9 In the City of Sylvia 108 / 10
10 A Christmas Tale 106 / 9
11 Burn After Reading 94 / 10
12 Happy-Go-Lucky 93 / 10
13 Woman on the Beach 91 / 7
  The Wrestler 91 / 7
15 Flight of the Red Balloon 83 / 7
16 Man on Wire 81 / 7
17 Let the Right One In 69 / 7
18 Still Life 62 / 5
19 Vicky Cristina Barcelona 50 / 7
20 Funny Games 50 / 6

Best Director

Rank Name Movie Points/Votes
1 Carlos Reygadas Silent Light 274 / 16
2 Andrew Stanton WALL-E 228 / 18
3 Cristian Mungiu 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 201 / 16
4 Jonathan Demme Rachel Getting Married 174 / 16
5 Gus Van Sant Paranoid Park 165 / 17
6 Guy Maddin My Winnipeg 164 / 20
7 Christopher Nolan The Dark Knight 159 / 15
8 José Luis Guerin In the City of Sylvia 141 / 10
9 Arnaud Desplechin A Christmas Tale 127 / 13
10 Charlie Kaufman Synecdoche, New York 108 / 7
11 Hou Hsiao Hsien Flight of the Red Balloon 105 / 10
12 Mike Leigh Happy-Go-Lucky 87 / 10
13 Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Burn After Reading 76 / 9
14 Lance Hammer Ballast 69 / 4
15 Jia Zhang-Ke Still Life 68 / 6
16 Darren Aronofsky The Wrestler 66 / 7
17 Hong Sang-soo Woman on the Beach 63 / 5
18 Michael Haneke Funny Games 58 / 7
19 Jacques Rivette The Duchess of Langeais 55 / 7
20 Woody Allen Vicky Cristina Barcelona 55 / 6

Best Actress

Rank Name Movie Points/Votes
1 Anamaria Marinca 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 356 / 24
2 Sally Hawkins Happy-Go-Lucky 308 / 25
3 Anne Hathaway Rachel Getting Married 307 / 23
4 Michelle Williams Wendy and Lucy 225 / 20
5 Juliette Binoche Flight of the Red Balloon 168 / 15
6 Jeanne Balibar The Duchess of Langeais 153 / 16
7 Kristin Scott Thomas I've Loved You So Long 118 / 10
8 Anna Faris The House Bunny 116 / 10
9 Asia Argento The Last Mistress 107 / 12
10 Kate Winslet Revolutionary Road 102 / 11
11 Lina Leandersson Let the Right One In 92 / 10
12 Meryl Streep Doubt 88 / 10
13 Naomi Watts Funny Games 84 / 11
14 Melissa Leo Frozen River 82 / 6
15 Ludivine Sagnier A Girl Cut in Two 65 / 10
16 Catherine Deneuve A Christmas Tale 63 / 7
17 Inés Efron XXY 58 / 5
18 Miriam Toews Silent Light 45 / 5
19 Julianne Moore Savage Grace 42 / 5
20 Galina Vishnevskaya Alexandra 41 / 5

Best Actor

Rank Name Movie Points/Votes
1 Mickey Rourke The Wrestler 326 / 23
2 Robert Downey, Jr. Iron Man 269 / 22
3 Sean Penn Milk 235 / 22
4 Guillaume Depardieu The Duchess of Langeais 168 / 14
5 Javier Bardem Vicky Cristina Barcelona 145 / 16
6 Philip Seymour Hoffman Synecdoche, New York 138 / 12
7 Mathieu Amalric A Christmas Tale 108 / 10
8 Frank Langella Frost/Nixon 107 / 8
9 Chiwetel Ejiofor Redbelt 101 / 8
10 Josh Brolin W. 91 / 7
11 Philip Seymour Hoffman Doubt 85 / 9
12 Fu'ad Aït Aattou The Last Mistress 74 / 6
13 Colin Farrell In Bruges 69 / 7
14 Karl Markovics The Counterfeiters 68 / 6
15 Dore Mann Frownland 68 / 5
16 Richard Jenkins The Visitor 65 / 8
17 Michael Shannon Shotgun Stories 64 / 6
18 Michael Sheen Frost/Nixon 58 / 6
19 Benicio Del Toro Che 53 / 6
20 François Bégaudeau The Class 52 / 5

Best Supporting Actor

Rank Name Movie Points/Votes
1 Heath Ledger The Dark Knight 430 / 28
2 Brad Pitt Burn After Reading 223 / 20
3 Eddie Marsan Happy-Go-Lucky 206 / 18
4 Michael Shannon Revolutionary Road 153 / 15
5 John Malkovich Burn After Reading 135 / 14
6 Bill Irwin Rachel Getting Married 130 / 13
7 Vlad Ivanov 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 126 / 12
8 Robert Downey, Jr. Tropic Thunder 123 / 12
9 Brendan Gleeson In Bruges 123 / 11
10 Russell Brand Forgetting Sarah Marshall 114 / 13
11 Josh Brolin Milk 82 / 10
12 Ralph Fiennes In Bruges 66 / 8
13 James Franco Pineapple Express 57 / 8
14 Aaron Eckhart The Dark Knight 53 / 4
15 James Franco Milk 50 / 7
16 Mark Strong Body of Lies 50 / 4
17 David Strathairn My Blueberry Nights 45 / 4
18 George Clooney Burn After Reading 43 / 5
19 J.K. Simmons Burn After Reading 43 / 3
20 Benoît Magimel A Girl Cut in Two 42 / 4

Best Supporting Actress

Rank Name Movie Points/Votes
1 Rosemarie DeWitt Rachel Getting Married 271 / 19
2 Hafsia Herzi The Secret of the Grain 215 / 11
3 Marisa Tomei The Wrestler 171 / 20
4 Penélope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona 143 / 11
5 Laura Vasiliu 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 127 / 13
6 Samantha Morton Synecdoche, New York 127 / 10
7 Hanna Schygulla The Edge of Heaven 109 / 9
8 Viola Davis Doubt 103 / 12
9 Olivia Thirlby Snow Angels 98 / 10
10 Rebecca Hall Vicky Cristina Barcelona 96 / 10
11 Emmanuelle Devos A Christmas Tale 84 / 10
12 Tilda Swinton Burn After Reading 80 / 7
13 Tilda Swinton The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 78 / 8
14 Jane Lynch Role Models 77 / 8
  Gwyneth Paltrow Iron Man 77 / 8
  Debra Winger Rachel Getting Married 77 / 8
17 Frances McDormand Burn After Reading 75 / 9
18 Alexis Zegerman Happy-Go-Lucky 60 / 7
19 Ann Savage My Winnipeg 58 / 5
20 Go Hyun-jung Woman on the Beach 50 / 6

Best Screenplay

Rank Name Movie Points/Votes
1 Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Burn After Reading 318 / 20
2 Charlie Kaufman Synecdoche, New York 243 / 13
3 Christopher Nolan & Jonathan Nolan The Dark Knight 222 / 17
4 Guy Maddin My Winnipeg 183 / 18
5 Martin McDonagh In Bruges 169 / 11
6 Arnaud Desplechin & Emmanuel Bourdieu A Christmas Tale 165 / 14
7 Cristian Mungiu 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 148 / 17
8 Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon WALL-E 143 / 15
9 Jenny Lumet Rachel Getting Married 120 / 13
10 Woody Allen Vicky Cristina Barcelona 106 / 11
11 Hong Sang-soo Woman on the Beach 101 / 9
12 Jacques Rivette et al. The Duchess of Langeais 97 / 10
13 Fatih Akin The Edge of Heaven 81 / 7
14 Mike Leigh Happy-Go-Lucky 69 / 9
15 Catherine Breillat The Last Mistress 64 / 7
16 Robert Siegel The Wrestler 62 / 6
17 John Ajvide Lindqvist Let the Right One In 57 / 7
18 John Patrick Shanley Doubt 55 / 7
19 Carlos Reygadas Silent Light 50 / 6
20 Abdellatif Kechiche The Secret of the Grain 49 / 6

Best Scene

Rank Movie Points/Votes
1 Sunrise Silent Light 149 / 11
2 The pool Let the Right One In 142 / 12
3 Elles alfresco In the City of Sylvia 119 / 6
4 Dinner party 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 115 / 11
5 The diagram Woman on the Beach 83 / 8
6 Rehearsal dinner (toasts) Rachel Getting Married 70 / 6
7 The pencil trick The Dark Knight 66 / 6
8 Ram at the deli counter (having fun) The Wrestler 65 / 6
9 Bathing the kids Silent Light 60 / 6
10 Deranged penguin Encounters at the End of the World 59 / 6
11 Nurse Joker The Dark Knight 54 / 5
12 Tonight we dine on bellydancing The Secret of the Grain 50 / 4
13 Philippe steps into the abyss Man on Wire 49 / 5
14 "What did we learn, Palmer?" Burn After Reading 47 / 4
15 Monologue JCVD 45 / 4
16 The negotiation 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 42 / 5
17 The prisoners' dilemma The Dark Knight 40 / 4
18 Barbed wire/staple-gun match The Wrestler 40 / 3
19 Rachel bathes Kym Rachel Getting Married 40 / 2
20 Bank robbery The Dark Knight 39 / 4