title: Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009
text: # Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2009
  
  22nd CFCA Awards
  
  December 21, 2009
  
  Best Film: The Hurt Locker
  
  The 22nd Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 21, 2009, honored the best in film for 2009.
  
  ## Winners and nominees
  
  ### Best Actor
  
  Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
  
  * Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
  * George Clooney – Up in the Air
  * Matt Damon – The Informant!
  * Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
  
  ### Best Actress
  
  Carey Mulligan – An Education
  
  * Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
  * Maya Rudolph – Away We Go
  * Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
  * Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
  
  ### Best Animated Film
  
  Up
  
  * Coraline
  * Fantastic Mr. Fox
  * Ponyo
  * The Princess and the Frog
  
  ### Best Cinematography
  
  The Hurt Locker – Barry Ackroyd
  
  * Avatar – Mauro Fiore
  * Bright Star – Greg Fraser
  * Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
  * Where the Wild Things Are – Lance Acord
  
  ### Best Director
  
  Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
  
  * Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
  * Spike Jonze – Where the Wild Things Are
  * Jason Reitman – Up in the Air
  * Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
  
  ### Best Documentary Film
  
  Anvil! The Story of Anvil
  
  * Capitalism: A Love Story
  * The Cove
  * Food, Inc.
  * Tyson
  
  ### Best Film
  
  The Hurt Locker
  
  * Inglourious Basterds
  * A Serious Man
  * Up in the Air
  * Where the Wild Things Are
  
  ### Best Foreign Language Film
  
  The White Ribbon, Germany
  
  * Broken Embraces, Spain
  * Red Cliff, China/Hong Kong
  * Sin Nombre, Spain
  * Summer Hours, France
  
  ### Best Original Score
  
  Up – Michael Giacchino
  
  * Avatar – James Horner
  * Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
  * The Informant! – Marvin Hamlisch
  * Where the Wild Things Are – Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek
  
  ### Best Screenplay – Adapted
  
  Up in the Air – Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
  
  * An Education – Nick Hornby
  * In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
  * The Informant! – Scott Z. Burns
  * Where the Wild Things Are – Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers
  
  ### Best Screenplay – Original
  
  The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
  
  * Away We Go – Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida
  * Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
  * A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
  * Up – Bob Peterson
  
  ### Best Supporting Actor
  
  Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
  
  * Peter Capaldi – In the Loop
  * Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
  * Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
  * Stanley Tucci – The 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
  * Natalie Portman – Brothers
  
  ### Most Promising Filmmaker
  
  Neill Blomkamp – District 9
  
  * Scott Cooper – Crazy Heart
  * Cary Fukunaga – Sin Nombre
  * Duncan Jones – Moon
  * Marc Webb – (500) Days of Summer
  
  ### Most Promising Performer
  
  Carey Mulligan – An Education
  
  * Sharlto Copley – District 9
  * Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
  * Max Records – Where the Wild Things Are
  * Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
  