Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2009

16th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Presented by	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association
Date	December 16, 2009 (2009-12-16)
Location	Dallas, Texas
Country	United States
Official website	dfwfilmcritics.com
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The 16th Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association on December 16, 2009, honored the best in film for 2009.

Winners and runners-up

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. Other films ranked by the annual poll are listed in order. While most categories saw 5 honorees named, some categories ranged from as many as 10 (Best Film) to as few as 2 (Best Cinematography, Best Animated Film, Best Screenplay).

Category awards

Best Picture	Best Director
Up in the Air The Hurt Locker Precious Up An Education A Serious Man Inglourious Basterds District 9 Avatar Fantastic Mr. Fox	Jason Reitman - Up in the Air Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker Lee Daniels - Precious Ethan & Joel Coen - A Serious Man Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Best Actor	Best Actress
George Clooney - Up in the Air as Ryan Bingham Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart as "Bad" Blake Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker as SFC. William James Colin Firth - A Single Man as George Falconer Morgan Freeman - Invictus as Nelson Mandela	Carey Mulligan - An Education as Jenny Miller Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia as Julia Child Gabourey Sidibe - Precious as Precious Emily Blunt - The Young Victoria as Queen Victoria Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side as Leigh Anne Tuohy
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds as Col. Hans Landa Woody Harrelson - The Messenger as Cpt. Tony Stone Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones as George Harvey Alfred Molina - An Education as Jack Miller Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles as Orson Welles	Mo'Nique - Precious as Mary Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air as Natalie Keener Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air as Alex Goran Marion Cotillard - Nine as Luisa Contini Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart as Jean Craddock
Best Foreign Language Film	Best Documentary Film
Sin Nombre • México Broken Embraces • Spain Summer Hours • France Der Baader Meinhof Komplex • Germany Red Cliff • China/Hong Kong	The Cove Anvil! The Story of Anvil Capitalism: A Love Story Michael Jackson's This Is It Burma VJ / The September Issue (Tie)
Best Animated Film	Best Cinematography
Up Fantastic Mr. Fox	The Lovely Bones - Andrew Lesnie The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd
Best Screenplay
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner - Up in the Air Ethan & Joel Coen - A Serious Man

Individual awards

Russell Smith Award

• Precious, for "best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film

References

External links

• Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association official website