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BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Antoine L\u2019\u00c9cuyer, C\u2019est pas moi, je le jure!<\/i>
Jim Sturgess, Fifty Dead Men Walking<\/a><\/i>
Natar Ungalaaq, The Necessities of Life<\/i><\/p>\n

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Marianne Fortier, Maman est chez le coiffeur<\/i>
Julianne Moore, Blindness<\/a><\/i>
Preity Zinta, Heaven on Earth<\/i><\/p>\n

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Gael Garcia Bernal, Blindness<\/i>
Randy Quaid, Real Time<\/i>
Mark Ruffalo, Blindness<\/i><\/p>\n

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Suzanne Cl\u00e9ment, C\u2019est pas moi, je le jure!<\/i>
Maya Ritter, Finn\u2019s Girl<\/i>
Jayne Eastwood, Real Time<\/i><\/p>\n

BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM
Atom Egoyan, Adoration<\/i>
Philippe Falardeau, C\u2019est pas moi, je le jure!<\/i>
Deepa Mehta, Heaven on Earth<\/i><\/p>\n

BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM
Fifty Dead Men Walking<\/i>
Edison & Leo<\/i>
Stone of Destiny<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

INTERNATIONAL FILMS<\/p>\n

BEST FILM
Milk<\/a><\/i>
Slumdog Millionaire<\/i>
WALL\u2022E<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE
Sean Penn, Milk<\/i>
Frank Langella, Frost\/Nixon<\/i>
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky<\/a><\/i>
Meryl Streep, Doubt<\/a><\/i>
Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road<\/i>\/The Reader<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin, Milk<\/i>
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt<\/i>
Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Viola Davis, Doubt<\/i>
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married<\/a><\/i>
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler<\/i><\/p>\n

BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire<\/i>
David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/a><\/i>
Gus Van Sant, Milk<\/i><\/p>\n

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Edge of Heaven<\/i>
Let the Right One In<\/i>
Tell No One<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

The winners will be announced next Monday at the Railway Club<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"