From 'Waltz with Bashir'. Winning streak
Animation: David Polonsky
'Waltz with Bashir' named WGA's 'best documentary'
Race to the Oscars continues with another win for Israeli animated war film at Writers Guild of America awards ceremony
Israeli war film "Waltz with Bashir" was named best documentary at the Writers Guild of America's awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Saturday.
The film, which is nominated in the foreign-language category at the Academy Awards, is director Ari Folman's animated study of an Israeli soldier struggling to recall suppressed memories of his involvement in the war with Lebanon.
Last week, the film won the documentary award from the Directors Guild of America at a Hollywood ceremony on Saturday.
Rags-to-riches romance "Slumdog Millionaire" furthered its winning streak in Hollywood's awards season on Saturday, earning best adapted screenplay for writer Simon Beaufoy from the WGA.
"Milk," about slain, 1970s-era gay politician Harvey Milk, grabbed best original screenplay for Dustin Lance Black who gave an impassioned speech challenging the gay community to re-energize itself in the struggle for gay equality.
