Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2009 Explained

13th TFCA Awards

December 16, 2009

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Best Film:
Hunger
Inglourious Basterds

The 13th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2009, were given on December 16, 2009.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Nicolas Cage –

Runners-Up: George Clooney – Up in the Air, Michael Fassbender – Hunger, Colin Firth – A Single Man and Viggo Mortensen – The Road

• Best Actress:
  • Carey Mulligan – An Education

Runners-Up: Arta Dobroshi – Lorna's Silence and Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

• Best Animated Film:
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

Runners-Up: Coraline and Up

• Best Director:
  • Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

Runners-Up: Steve McQueen – Hunger and Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

• Best Documentary Film:
  • The Cove

Runners-Up: Anvil! The Story of Anvil and The Beaches of Agnès

• Best Film (tie):
  • Hunger
  • Inglourious Basterds

Runner-Up: The Hurt Locker

• Best First Feature:
  • Hunger

Runners-Up: District 9 and (500) Days of Summer

• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • The White Ribbon • Austria

Runner-Up: Police, Adjective • Romania and Summer Hours • France

• Best Screenplay (tie):
  • • • Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino Up in the Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Runner-Up: A Serious Man – Joel and Ethan Coen

• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds

Runners-Up: Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles and Timothy Olyphant – A Perfect Getaway

• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air

Runners-Up: Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air and Mo'Nique – Precious

• Jay Scott Prize for Emerging Talent:
  • Xavier Dolan
• Rogers Canadian Film Award:
  • Polytechnique

Runners-Up: The Necessities of Life and Pontypool

Notes and References

1. Web site: Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2009. torontofilmcritics.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100323084722/http://torontofilmcritics.com/blog/2009/12/16/toronto-film-critics-association-awards-2009. 2010-03-23.
2. Web site: Toronto Film Critics Association Announces Winner Of Inaugural Jay Scott Prize For Emerging Artist. torontofilmcritics.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111006005803/http://torontofilmcritics.com/blog/2010/01/06/toronto-film-critics-association-announces-winner-of-inaugural-jay-scott-prize-for-emerging-artist/. 2011-10-06.
3. Web site: "Polytechnique" Wins the 2009 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award. torontofilmcritics.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111006005943/http://torontofilmcritics.com/blog/2010/01/12/polytechnique-wins-the-2009-rogers-best-canadian-film-award/. 2011-10-06.