Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2009

The 5th Austin Film Critics Association Awards honored the best filmmaking of 2009.

Top 10 Films

1. The Hurt Locker
2. Star Trek
3. Up
4. A Serious Man
5. Up in the Air
6. Avatar
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. District 9
9. Where the Wild Things Are
10. (tie) Moon and The Messenger

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Colin Firth - A Single Man
• Best Actress:
  • Mélanie Laurent - Inglourious Basterds
• Best Animated Feature:
  • Up
• Best Cinematography:
  • Barry Ackroyd - The Hurt Locker
• Best Director:
  • Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
• Best Documentary Feature:
  • Anvil! The Story of Anvil
• Best Film:
  • The Hurt Locker
• Best First Film:
  • District 9 - Neill Blomkamp
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Sin Nombre, Spain
• Best Original Score:
  • Up - Michael Giacchino
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
• Best Screenplay - Adapted:
  • Up in the Air - Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
• Best Screenplay - Original:
  • Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino
• Breakthrough Artist Award:
  • Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles
• Austin Film Award:
  • Me and Orson Welles - Richard Linklater

References