title: Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2009
text: # 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
  