I-Directors Guild of America ihloniphe umlawuli waseBrithani uDanny Boyle ngomsebenzi wakhe wokulawula ifilimu ethi "Slumdog Millionaire.", eye yatshayela abagxeki ehlabathini lonke.
Ngale ndlela, ifilimu iphuma njengomviwa obalaseleyo Oscar, kubandakanywa ukutyunjwa kowona mfanekiso ubalaseleyo kunye UBoyle njengomlawuli ogqwesileyo. Le ndebe inikwe kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo kwaye iyeyakhe UBoyle owafumana ibhaso. I-Slumdog… Ubalisa ibali lenkwenkwe yaseIndiya ethatha inxaxheba kwinkqubo kamabonakude, ngelixa izama ukuphumelela uthando lwentombazana.
Ngomzuzu wokugqibela, Izigxeko ziphakanyiswe ukusuka eIndiya, ngenxa yonyango olunikezwa yifilimu kwiindawo ezihlwempuzekileyo zelizwe kunye nokutyholwa ngokuxhaphaza kunye nokuphathwa kakubi kwabantwana abenza kwisikrini. Umenzi wefilimu, kude nolu qhankqalazo, wathetha ngomsebenzi wakhe eqongeni kwaye wakhuthaza izizukulwana ezitsha zeshishini lefilimu ukuba ziqhubeke nokulwa kunye nokusebenza ngamaphupha abo: "Ukuba ndingafika, nawe ungafika" uqinisekisiwe uqinisekile.
Njengoko besesitshilo, lo mahluko uhlala uthatha isigqibo xa kuziwa ekunikezelweni kweenkonzo Oscars. Iifilimu ezi-6 kuphela eziye zahlulwa ngabaLawuli beGuild, ngoko abazange bathathe i-Oscar (Ibhaso libanjwe iminyaka engama-61).
Ifilimu sele ine- IGolden Globe yeyona drama ibalaseleyoNdifumene enye umfanekiso oqingqiweyo wefilimu egqwesileyo, wawongwa nguMbutho wabaVelisi waseUnited States.