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
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 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
References
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