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Chicago Film Critics Association - 2009 CFCA Awards

Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA)
CFCA Awards (22nd)
Nominations: December 16, 2009
Awards: December 21, 2009

Below are the nominations & winners for the 22nd Annual CFCA Awards.

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Best Picture
WINNER "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Media, Summit Entertainment) Kingsgate Films, First Light Production, Voltage Pictures
"Inglourious Basterds" (Weinstein Co.) A Band Apart, Zehnte Babelsberg
"A Serious Man" (Focus Features) Working Title
"Up in the Air" (Paramount Pictures) Montecito Picture Company
"Where the Wild Things Are" (Warner Bros.) Playtone, Wild Things

Best Director
WINNER "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Media, Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow
"A Serious Man" (Focus Features) Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"Where the Wild Things Are" (Warner Bros.) Spike Jonze
"Up in the Air" (Paramount Pictures) Jason Reitman
"Inglourious Basterds" (Weinstein Co.) Quentin Tarantino

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges in "Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight)
George Clooney in "Up in the Air" (Paramount Pictures)
Matt Damon in "The Informant!" (Warner Bros.)
WINNER Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Media, Summit Entertainment)
Michael Stuhlbarg in "A Serious Man" (Focus Features)

Best Actress
Abbie Cornish in "Bright Star" (Apparition)
WINNER Carey Mulligan in "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Maya Rudolph in "Away We Go" (Focus Features)
Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" (Lionsgate Films)
Meryl Streep in "Julie & Julia" (Columbia Pictures)

Best Supporting Actor
Peter Capaldi in "In the Loop" (IFC Films)
Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger" (Oscilloscope Pictures)
Christian McKay in "Me and Orson Welles" (Freestyle Releasing LLC)
Stanley Tucci in "The Lovely Bones" (DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures)
WINNER Christoph Waltz in "Inglourious Basterds" (Weinstein Co.)

Best Supporting Actress
Vera Farmiga in "Up in the Air" (Paramount Pictures)
Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air" (Paramount Pictures)
WINNER Mo'Nique in "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" (Lionsgate Films)
Julianne Moore in "A Single Man" (Weinstein Co.)
Natalie Portman in "Brothers" (Lionsgate Films)

Best Original Screenplay
"Away We Go" (Focus Features) Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida
WINNER "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Media, Summit Entertainment) Mark Boal
"Inglourious Basterds" (Weinstein Co.) Quentin Tarantino
"A Serious Man" (Focus Features) Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"Up" (Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney) Bob Peterson and Pete Doctor

Best Adapted Screenplay
"An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics) Nick Hornby
"In the Loop" (IFC Films) Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
"The Informant!" (Warner Bros.) Scott Z. Burns
WINNER "Up in the Air" (Paramount Pictures) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
"Where the Wild Things Are" (Warner Bros.) Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers

Best Documentary
WINNER "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" (Abramorama)
"Capitalism: A Love Story" (Overture Films) Dog Eat Dog Films
"The Cove" (Roadside Attractions)
"Food, Inc." (Magnolia Pictures)
"Tyson" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best Foreign Film
"Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos)" (Sony Pictures Classics) Spain
"Red Cliff" (China Film Group, Magnolia Pictures) China
"Sin Nombre" (Focus Features) Mexico/U.S.A.
"Summer Hours" (IFC Films) France
WINNER "The White Ribbon" (Sony Pictures Classics) Germany

Best Animated Feature
"Coraline" (Focus Features) Laika
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" (20th Century Fox) American Empirical
"Ponyo" (Walt Disney) Studio Ghibli, Walt Disney Studios
"The Princess and the Frog" (Walt Disney) Walt Disney Animation
WINNER "Up" (Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney) Pixar Animation Studios

Best Cinematography
"Avatar" (20th Century Fox) Mauro Fiore
"Bright Star" (Apparition) Greig Fraser
WINNER "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Media, Summit Entertainment) Barry Ackroyd
"Inglourious Basterds" (Weinstein Co.) Robert Richardson
"Where the Wild Things Are" (Warner Bros.) Lance Acord

Best Original Score
"Avatar" (20th Century Fox) James Horner
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" (20th Century Fox) Alexandre Desplat
"The Informant!" (Warner Bros.) Marvin Hamlisch
WINNER "Up" (Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney) Michael Giacchino
"Where the Wild Things Are" (Warner Bros.) Carter Burwell & Karen O

Most Promising Performer
Sharlto Copley in "District 9" (Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Christian McKay in "Me and Orson Welles" (Freestyle Releasing LLC)
WINNER Carey Mulligan in "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Max Records in "Where the Wild Things Are" (Warner Bros.)
Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" (Lionsgate Films)

Most Promising Filmmaker
WINNER "District 9" (Screen Gems, Sony Pictures Entertainment) Neill Blomkamp
"Crazy Heart" (Fox Searchlight) Scott Cooper
"Sin Nombre" (Focus Features) Cary Fukunaga
"Moon" (Sony Pictures Classics) Duncan Jones
"(500) Days of Summer" (Fox Searchlight) Marc Webb

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