Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony is held in the Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles. |- valign="top" | rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"| February | style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| 7 – 17 || The 58th Berlin International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light and screens over 350 films. The Golden Bear prize is awarded to Elite Squad. The Silver Bear prizes are awarded to Paul Thomas Anderson, Best Director, Reza Naji, Best Actor and Sally Hawkins, Best Actress. The festival is closed by the international premiere of Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind|- | style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| 8 || The 35th Annie Awards ceremony is held in the UCLA's Royce Hall, Los Angeles. The Best Animated Feature prize is awarded to Ratatouille|- | style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| 9 || The 60th Writers Guild of America Awards are announced in a brief statement. The Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay prizes are awarded to Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men) and Diablo Cody (Juno), respectively |- | style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| 10 || The 61st BAFTA Awards ceremony is held in the Royal Opera House, London. Anthony Hopkins is honoured with the Academy Fellowship. |- | style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| 12 || The members of the WGA agree a three-year deal with the AMPTP and vote to end the 3-month 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America Strike |- | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| 23 || The 28th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony is held in Santa Monica, California. |- | The 23rd Independent Spirit Awards ceremony is broadcast. The Best Film award is given to Juno. The Best Actor and Best Actress awards are given to Philip Seymour Hoffman and Elliot Page respectively |- | style="text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"| 24 || The 80th Academy Awards ceremony is held in the Kodak Theatre, Hollywood. |- valign="top" | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| March | style="text-align:center;"| 3 || The 28th Genie Awards |- | style="text-align:center;"| 9 || The 13th Empire Awards is held in the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, England. |- | style="text-align:center;"| 13 – 21 || 7th Tiburon International Film Festival |- valign="top" | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| April | style="text-align:center;"| 4 – 13 || 10th Sarasota Film Festival |- | style="text-align:center;"| 23 – 4 || 7th Tribeca Film Festival 2008 Best Narrative Feature – Let the Right One In 2008 Best Documentary – Pray the Devil Back to Hell|- | style="text-align:center;"| 24 – 8 || 51st San Francisco International Film Festival |-