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Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association - 2009 WAFCA Awards

Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA)
WAFCA Awards (8th)
Nominations: December 7, 2009
Awards: December 7, 2009

Below are the nominations & winners for the 8th Annual WAFCA Awards.

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Best Picture
"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Media, Summit Entertainment) Kingsgate Films, First Light Production, Voltage Pictures
"Inglourious Basterds" (Weinstein Co.) A Band Apart, Zehnte Babelsberg
"Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" (Lionsgate Films) Smokewood Entertainment Group
"Up" (Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney) Pixar Animation Studios
WINNER "Up in the Air" (Paramount Pictures) Montecito Picture Company

Best Director
WINNER "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Media, Summit Entertainment) Kathryn Bigelow
"Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" (Lionsgate Films) Lee Daniels
"Invictus" (Warner Bros.) Clint Eastwood
"Up in the Air" (Paramount Pictures) Jason Reitman
"Inglourious Basterds" (Weinstein Co.) Quentin Tarantino

Best Actor
WINNER George Clooney in "Up in the Air" (Paramount Pictures)
Colin Firth in "A Single Man" (Weinstein Co.)
Morgan Freeman in "Invictus" (Warner Bros.)
Viggo Mortensen in "The Road" (Weinstein Co.)
Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Media, Summit Entertainment)

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock in "The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.)
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
Woody Harrelson in "The Messenger" (Oscilloscope Pictures)
Anthony Mackie in "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Media, Summit Entertainment)
Alfred Molina in "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)
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.)
Samantha Morton in "The Messenger" (Oscilloscope Pictures)

Best Ensemble
WINNER "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Media, Summit Entertainment) Kingsgate Films, First Light Production, Voltage Pictures
"Nine" (Weinstein Co.)
"Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" (Lionsgate Films) Smokewood Entertainment Group
"Star Trek" (Paramount Pictures) Bad Robot
"Up in the Air" (Paramount Pictures) Montecito Picture Company

Best Breakthrough Performance
Anna Kendrick in "Up in the Air" (Paramount Pictures)
Christian McKay in "Me and Orson Welles" (Freestyle Releasing LLC)
Carey Mulligan in "An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jeremy Renner in "The Hurt Locker" (Summit Media, Summit Entertainment)
WINNER Gabourey Sidibe in "Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" (Lionsgate Films)

Best Adapted Screenplay
"The Blind Side" (Warner Bros.) John Lee Hancock
"An Education" (Sony Pictures Classics) Nick Hornby
"Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire" (Lionsgate Films) Geoffrey Fletcher
"The Road" (Weinstein Co.) Joe Penhall
WINNER "Up in the Air" (Paramount Pictures) Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Best Original Screenplay
"(500) Days of Summer" (Fox Searchlight) Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
"The Hurt Locker" (Summit Media, Summit Entertainment) Mark Boal
WINNER "Inglourious Basterds" (Weinstein Co.) Quentin Tarantino
"A Serious Man" (Focus Features) Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
"Up" (Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney) Bob Peterson, Pete Doctor

Best Animated Feature
"Coraline" (Focus Features) Laika
"Fantastic Mr. Fox" (20th Century Fox) American Empirical
"9" (Focus Features) Tim Burton Animation Co., Jim Lemley, Timur Bekmambetov
"Ponyo" (Walt Disney) Studio Ghibli, Walt Disney Studios
WINNER "Up" (Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney) Pixar Animation Studios

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

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

Best Art Direction
"The Lovely Bones" (DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures) WingNut Films
WINNER "Nine" (Weinstein Co.)
"Star Trek" (Paramount Pictures) Bad Robot
"Where the Wild Things Are" (Warner Bros.) Playtone, Wild Things
"The Young Victoria" (Apparition)

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