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 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
21 Tomas Alfredson Let the Right One In 54 / 7
22 Laurent Cantet The Class 53 / 5
23 Werner Herzog Encounters at the End of the World 50 / 5
24 Kelly Reichardt Wendy and Lucy 47 / 6
25 Fatih Akin The Edge of Heaven 45 / 3
26 James Marsh Man on Wire 39 / 5
27 David Fincher The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 39 / 4
28 Joachim Trier Reprise 38 / 3
29 Catherine Breillat The Last Mistress 35 / 5
  Gus Van Sant Milk 35 / 5
31 Bruce McDonald The Tracey Fragments 33 / 3
32 Bryan Bertino The Strangers 31 / 5
33 Tarsem The Fall 30 / 3
34 Brett Morgen Chicago 10 25 / 3
35 The Wachowski Brothers Speed Racer 25 / 2
36 Jon Favreau Iron Man 24 / 3
37 Errol Morris Standard Operating Procedure 20 / 4
38 Guillaume Canet Tell No One 20 / 2
39 Martin McDonagh In Bruges 20 / 1
40 Claude Chabrol A Girl Cut in Two 17 / 2
41 Jacques Nolot Before I Forget 16 / 2
  Béla Tarr The Man From London 16 / 2
43 Abdellatif Kechiche The Secret of the Grain 15 / 3
  Danny Boyle Slumdog Millionaire 15 / 3
45 Clint Eastwood Changeling 15 / 2
  Lou Ye Summer Palace 15 / 2
47 Gil Kenan City of Ember 15 / 1
  Chris Smith The Pool 15 / 1
49 Richard McGuire Fear(s) of the Dark 12 / 1
50 Steven Soderbergh Che 10 / 2
  Ron Howard Frost/Nixon 10 / 2
  Tom McCarthy The Visitor 10 / 2
53 Olivier Assayas Boarding Gate 10 / 1
  Clint Eastwood Gran Torino 10 / 1
  Ilya Chaiken Liberty Kid 10 / 1
  Eric Rohmer The Romance of Astrea and Celadon 10 / 1
  Jeff Nichols Shotgun Stories 10 / 1
  David Gordon Green Snow Angels 10 / 1
  Reha Erdem Times and Winds 10 / 1
  Christian Petzold Yella 10 / 1
61 Greta Gerwig & Joe Swanberg Nights and Weekends 9 / 1
62 Margaret Brown The Order of Myths 8 / 1
63 Serge Bozon La France 7 / 1
  Jonathan Levine The Wackness 7 / 1
65 Ronald Bronstein Frownland 6 / 1
  John Gianvito Profit motive and the whispering wind 6 / 1
67 Alexander Sokurov Alexandra 5 / 1
  Baz Luhrmann Australia 5 / 1
  Christopher Bell Bigger Stronger Faster* (* The Side Effects of Being American) 5 / 1
  José Padilha Elite Squad 5 / 1
  Courtney Hunt Frozen River 5 / 1
  Mabrouk El Mechri JCVD 5 / 1
  John Stevenson & Mark Osborne Kung Fu Panda 5 / 1
  Yasmin Ahmad Mukhsin 5 / 1
  Wong Kar Wai My Blueberry Nights 5 / 1
  Paz Encina Paraguayan Hammock 5 / 1
  Clément Virgo Poor Boy's Game 5 / 1
  Uwe Boll Postal 5 / 1
  Pere Portabella The Silence Before Bach 5 / 1
  Garth Jennings Son of Rambow 5 / 1
  Doug Pray Surfwise 5 / 1
  Laura Dunn The Unforeseen 5 / 1
  Bryan Singer Valkyrie 5 / 1
  Céline Sciamma Water Lilies 5 / 1