IndieWire Critics Poll '08 | Best Director, First Feature, Documentary, Performance, Screenplay

"Ballast" (Lance Hammer)

#	BEST DIRECTOR	Mentions
1	Hou Hsiao-hsien, The Flight of the Red Balloon	10
2	Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky	9
3	Arnaud Desplechin, A Christmas Tale	8
	Jose Luis Guerin, In The City of Sylvia	8
5	Carlos Reygadas, Silent Light	6
6	Gus Van Sant, Milk	5
7	Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire	4
	Fatih Akin, The Edge of Heaven	4
	Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park	4
	Kelly Reichardt, Wendy and Lucy	4
	Steven Soderbergh, Che	4
12	Ari Folman, Waltz With Bashir	3
	Eric Rohmer, The Romance of Astree and Celadon	3
	Guy Maddin, My Winnipeg	3
	Jacques Rivette, The Duchess of Langeais	3
	Jia Zhang-ke, Still Life	3
17	Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York	2
	Darren Aronofsky, The Wrestler	2
	Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married	2
	Laurent Cantet, The Class	2

#	BEST FIRST FEATURE	Mentions
1	Ballast, Lance Hammer	24
2	Hunger, Steve McQueen	11
3	Frozen River, Courtney Hunt	9
4	Synecdoche, New York, Charlie Kaufman	8
5	Reprise, Joachim Trier	6
6	Frownland, Ronald Bronstein	5
7	Shotgun Stories, Jeff Nichols	4
8	In Bruges, Martin McDonagh	2
	Jellyfish, Shira Geffen and Etgar Keret	2
	Medicine for Melancholy, Barry Jenkins	2
	The Gits, Kerri O'Kane	2
12	Ben X, Nic Balthazar	1
	Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness, Laurin Federlein	1
	Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll	1
	Choose Connor, Luke Eberl	1
	Fear(s) of the Dark, Blutch, Burns, Caillou, Di Sciullo, Mattotti, McGuire	1
	Fear(s) of the Dark, Charles Burns (segment)	1
	Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Nicholas Stoller	1
	Moving Midway, Godfrey Cheshire	1
	My Father My Lord	1
	Quid Pro Quo, Carlos Brooks	1
	Taking Father Home, Ying Liang	1
	The Betrayal - Nerakhoon, Ellen Kuras and Thavi Prasavath	1
	The Foot Fist Way, Jody Hill	1
	The Pool, Chris Smith	1
	Tokyo Gore Police, Yoshihiro Nishimura	1
	Wonderful Town, Aditya Assarat	1
	XXY, Lucía Puenzo	1

#	BEST PERFORMANCE	Points	Mentions
1	Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler	548	49
2	Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky	514	46
3	Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy	462	46
4	Sean Penn, Milk	424	41
5	Juliette Binoche, The Flight of the Red Balloon	404	38
6	Asia Argento, Boarding Gate, Mother of Tears, Last Mistress	152	15
7	Melissa Leo, Frozen River	120	12
8	Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married	114	12
9	Guillaume Depardieu, The Duchess of Langeais	104	11
10	Philip Seymour Hoffman, Synecdoche, New York	98	10
11	Mathieu Amalric, A Christmas Tale	96	11
12	Kristin Scott Thomas, I've Loved You So Long	90	10
13	Michael Fassbender, Hunger	78	7
14	Benicio Del Toro, Che	70	8
15	Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road	68	7
16	Catherine Deneuve, A Christmas Tale	56	7
17	Richard Jenkins, The Visitor	54	6
18	Dore Mann, Frownland	50	5
19	Galina Vishnevskaya, Alexandra	46	5
	Tarra Riggs, Ballast	46	4

#	BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE	Points	Mentions
1	Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight	424	39
2	Eddie Marsan, Happy-Go-Lucky	318	29
3	Samantha Morton, Synecdoche, New York	186	17
4	Josh Brolin, Milk	174	16
5	Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road	166	17
6	Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married	156	17
7	Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder	154	16
8	Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona	144	14
9	Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler	140	13
10	Viola Davis, Doubt	124	12
11	Hafsia Herzi, The Secret of the Grain	114	10
12	Emmanuelle Devos, A Christmas Tale	100	11
13	Ann Savage, My Winnipeg	70	6
	Brad Pitt, Burn After Reading	70	7
15	Mathieu Amalric, A Christmas Tale	68	7
16	Ken Jacobs, Momma's Man	64	6
	Tarra Riggs, Ballast	64	6
	Tilda Swinton, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	64	7
19	Flo Jacobs, Momma's Man	60	6
	Jane Lynch, Role Models	60	6

#	BEST SCREENPLAY	Mentions
1	Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York	18
2	Arnaud Desplechin and Emmanuel Bourdieu, A Christmas Tale	9
3	Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married	4
	Joel and Ethan Coen, Burn After Reading	4
	Martin McDonagh, In Bruges	4
	Mike Leigh, Happy-Go-Lucky	4
6	Guy Maddin and George Toles, My Winnipeg	3
	Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt, Wendy and Lucy	3
9	Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon, WALL-E	2
	Eric Rohmer, The Romance of Astrea and Celadon	2
	Eric Roth, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button	2
	Fatih Akin, The Edge Of Heaven	2
	Ira Sachs and Oren Moverman, Married Life	2
	Jacques Nolot, Before I Forget	2
	Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, Reprise	3
	Robert Siegel, The Wrestler	2
	Serge Bozon and Axelle Ropert, La France	2
	Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire	2
	Steve McQueen and Enda Walsh, Hunger	2
	Thomas McCarthy, The Visitor	2

#	BEST DOCUMENTARY	Mentions
1	Man on Wire	14
2	My Winnipeg	10
3	Standard Operating Procedure	9
	Trouble the Water	9
	Waltz with Bashir	9
6	The Order of Myths	6
7	Encounters at the End of the World	3
	Profit Motive and the Whispering Wind	3
	Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired	3
	The Unforeseen	3
	Up the Yangtze	3
12	Chris & Don. A Love Story	2
	Dear Zachary: A Letter To a Son About His Father	2
	Fengming: A Chinese Memoir	2
	Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains	2
16	At the Death House Door	1
	Bigger, Stronger, Faster	1
	Chicago 10	1
	Constantine's Sword	1
	Forever	1
	Gunnin' For That #1 Spot	1
	Not Quite Hollywood	1
	Of Time and the City	1
	Operation Filmmaker	1
	Religulous	1
	Shine a Light	1
	Surfwise, Doug Pray	1
	Taxi to the Dark Side	1
	The Black List	1
	Wild Combination	1
	Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait	1