Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009
# 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.

## 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 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
