22nd CFCA Awards December 21, 2009
Best Film: The Hurt Locker
The 22nd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 21, 2009, honored the best in film for 2009.
Winners and nominees Source:
Best Actor Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart George Clooney – Up in the Air Matt Damon – The Informant! Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
Best Actress Carey Mulligan – An Education Abbie Cornish – Bright Star Maya Rudolph – Away We Go Gabourey Sidibe – Precious Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
Best Animated Film Up Coraline Fantastic Mr. Fox Ponyo The Princess and the Frog
Best Cinematography The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd Avatar – Mauro Fiore Bright Star – Greig Fraser Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson Where the Wild Things Are – Lance Acord
Best DirectorKathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – A Serious Man Spike Jonze – Where the Wild Things Are Jason Reitman – Up in the Air Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Best Documentary Film Anvil! The Story of Anvil Capitalism: A Love Story The Cove Food, Inc. Tyson
Best Film The Hurt Locker Inglourious Basterds A Serious Man Up in the Air Where the Wild Things Are
Best Foreign Language Film The White Ribbon, Germany Broken Embraces, Spain Red Cliff, China/Hong Kong Sin Nombre, Spain Summer Hours, France
Best Original ScoreUp – Michael Giacchino Avatar – James Horner Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat The Informant! – Marvin Hamlisch Where the Wild Things Are – Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek
Best Screenplay – AdaptedUp in the Air – Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner An Education – Nick Hornby In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche The Informant! – Scott Z. Burns Where the Wild Things Are – Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers
Best Screenplay – OriginalThe Hurt Locker – Mark Boal Away We Go – Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Up – Bob Peterson
Best Supporting ActorChristoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds Peter Capaldi – In the Loop Woody Harrelson – The Messenger Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones
Best Supporting Actress Mo'Nique – Precious Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air Julianne Moore – A Single Man Natalie Portman – Brothers
Most Promising Filmmaker Neill Blomkamp – District 9 Scott Cooper – Crazy Heart Cary Fukunaga – Sin Nombre Duncan Jones – Moon Marc Webb – (500) Days of Summer
Most Promising Performer Carey Mulligan – An Education Sharlto Copley – District 9 Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles Max Records – Where the Wild Things Are Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
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