Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2009

The 8th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were given on December 7, 2009.

Winners and nominees
Best Film
 * Up in the Air
 * The Hurt Locker
 * Inglourious Basterds
 * Precious
 * Up

Best Director
 * Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
 * Lee Daniels – Precious
 * Clint Eastwood – Invictus
 * Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
 * Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor
 * George Clooney – Up in the Air
 * Colin Firth – A Single Man
 * Morgan Freeman – Invictus
 * Viggo Mortensen – The Road
 * Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

Best Actress
 * Carey Mulligan – An Education
 * Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side
 * Maya Rudolph – Away We Go
 * Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
 * Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor
 * Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
 * Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
 * Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker
 * Alfred Molina – An Education
 * Stanley Tucci – 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
 * Samantha Morton – The Messenger

Best Adapted Screenplay
 * Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
 * An Education – Nick Hornby
 * The Blind Side – John Lee Hancock
 * Precious – Geoffrey S. Fletcher
 * The Road – Joe Penhall

Best Original Screenplay
 * Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
 * (500) Days of Summer – Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
 * The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
 * A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
 * Up – Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, and Tom McCarthy

Best Breakthrough Performance
 * Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
 * Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
 * Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
 * Carey Mulligan – An Education
 * Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

Best Cast
 * The Hurt Locker
 * Nine
 * Precious
 * Star Trek
 * Up in the Air

Best Animated Film
 * Up
 * 9
 * Coraline
 * Fantastic Mr. Fox
 * Ponyo

Best Documentary Film
 * Food, Inc.
 * Anvil! The Story of Anvil
 * Capitalism: A Love Story
 * The Cove
 * Good Hair

Best Foreign Language Film
 * Sin Nombre • Mexico
 * Broken Embraces • Spain
 * Red Cliff • China
 * Summer Hours • France
 * The White Ribbon • Austria-Germany

Best Art Direction
 * Nine
 * Lovely Bones
 * Star Trek
 * Where the Wild Things Are
 * The Young Victoria