Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009



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.

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 – Greg Fraser
 * Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
 * Where the Wild Things Are – Lance Acord

Best Director
Kathryn 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 Score
Up – 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 – Adapted
Up 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 – Original
The 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 Actor
Christoph 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