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The members of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists have nominated the following for the 2008 EDA Awards, which will be celebrated at a by-invitation-only event on December 15. Listed by category and in alphabetical order, the nominees are:

Best Film
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Director
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Gus Van Sant - Milk

Best Screenplay, Original
Ballast - Lance Hammer
Frozen River - Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky - Mike Leigh
The Visitor - Tom McCarthy
Wall-E - Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Jim Reardon

Best Screenplay, Adapted
Frost/Nixon - Peter Morgan
The Reader - David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire - Simon Beaufoy

Best Documentary
Man On Wire - James Marsh
Standard Operating Procedure - Errol Morris
Trouble The Water - Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Best Actress
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kate Winslett - The Reader/Revolution Road
Michelle Williams - Wendy and Lucy

Best Actress In Supporting Role
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Taraji P. Henson - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Actor
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
Mickey Rourke -The Wrestler
Sean Penn - Milk

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Downey Jr - Tropic Thunder
Heath Ledger - Dark Knight
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky

Best Ensemble Cast
A Christmas Tale
Happy-Go-Lucky
Milk
Rachel Getting Married

Best Editing
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Frost/Nixon - Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill
Shine A Light - David Tedeschi

Best Foreign Film
A Christmas Tale
I've Loved You So Long
Tell No One

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

Best Woman Director
Isabel Coixet - Elegy
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Kimberly Peirce - Stop Loss
Kelly Reichert - Wendy and Lucy

Best Woman Screenwriter
Courtney Hunt - Frozen River
Jenny Lumet - Rachel Getting Married
Kelly Reichert - Wendy and Lucy

Best Breakthrough Performance
Rebecca Hall -Vicky Christina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Melissa Leo - Frozen River

Best Newcomer
Zoe Kazan - Revolutionary Road
David Kloss - The Reader
Misty Upham - Frozen River

Women's Image Award
Kristin Scott Thomas
Meryl Streep
Emma Thompson

Hanging in There Award for Persistence
Courtney Hunt
Ellen Kuras
Melissa Leo
Kristin Scott Thomas

Actress Defying Age and Ageism
Catherine Deneuve - A Christmas Tale
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry
Sheila Nevins, Producing/Programming at HBO
Kathleen Kennedy, Producer, The Curious Tale of Benjamin Button
Kate Winslett for her performances in The Reader and Revolutionary Road

Lifetime Achievement Award
Catherine Deneuve
Dame Judi Dench
Meryl Streep

AWFJ Award For Humanitarian Activism
Angelina Jolie
All of the Women in Pray The Devil Back To Hell
Courtney Hunt

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

AWFJ Hall Of Shame Award
27 Dresses
Choke
House Bunny
My Blueberry Nights

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent
Kate Hudson
Diane Keaton
Nicole Kidman

Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldn't
Mad Money
Mamma Mia!
The Women

Best Of The Fests
Cook Country
The Hurt Locker
Moving Midway
Hunger

Unforgettable Moment Award
Joker's first scene in Dark Knight
Mickey Rourke getting stapled in The Wrestler
Slumdog Millionaire, when young Jamal jumps into the poop
Slumdog Millionaire, eye gouging
Viola Davis' scenes in Doubt
Sabrina Harmon interview in Standard Operating Procedure

Best Depiction Of Nudity or Sexuality
Elegy
The Reader
The Wrestler

Best Seduction
Happy-Go-Lucky
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The Visitor

Sequel That Shouldn't Have Been Made Award
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Saw V
Step Up 2: The Streets

The Remake That Shouldn't Have Been Made Award
Death Race
The Incredible Hulk
The Women

Cultural Crossover Award
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Waltz With Bashir

Bravest Performance Award
Melissa Leo - Frozen River
Mickey Rourke - The Wrester
Kate Winslett - The Reader

Best Leap from Actress to Director Award
Greta Gerwig - Nights and Weekends
Helen Hunt - Then She Found Me
Amy Redford - The Guitar
Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love

Interest Award
88 Minutes - Al Pacino and Alicia Witt
Righteous Kill - Robert DeNiro and Carla Guigino
The Wackness - Ben Kingsley and Mary-Kate Olsen

Windrose wrote:

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Oh that Brad..... and his naughty thoughts.