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

* '

* 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

References

External links

• The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association