Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2009

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 8

| award = WAFCA Awards

| date = {{Start date|2009|12|7}}

| best_film = Up in the Air

| best_direction = Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker

| best_actor = George Clooney

| best_actress = Carey Mulligan

| last = 2008

| next = 2010

}}

The 8th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were given on December 7, 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.wafca.com/awards/2009.htm |title=2009 WAFCA Awards |publisher=WAFCA press release |date=December 7, 2009 |access-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201192840/http://www.wafca.com/awards/2009.htm |archive-date=2023-12-01 |url-status=dead}}

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Up in the Air

:* The Hurt Locker

:* Inglourious Basterds

:* 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

:* Up in the Air

Best Animated Film

Up

:* 9

:* Fantastic Mr. Fox

:* Ponyo

Best Documentary Film

Food, Inc.

:* Anvil! The Story of Anvil

:* Capitalism: A Love Story

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

:* Where the Wild Things Are

:* The Young Victoria

References

{{reflist}}

External links

[http://www.dcfilmcritics.com/ The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association]

{{American film critic org}}

{{WAFCA Awards Chron}}

Category:2009 film awards