Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2009
# 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
