2009 National Society of Film Critics Awards



44th NSFC Awards

January 3, 2010

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Best Film:
The Hurt Locker

The 44th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 2010, honored the best in film for 2009.

Winners

Best Picture

1. The Hurt Locker
2. Summer Hours
3. Inglourious Basterds

Best Director

1. Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
2. Olivier Assayas - Summer Hours
3. Wes Anderson - Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Actor

1. Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker
2. Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
3. Nicolas Cage -

Best Actress

1. Yolande Moreau - Séraphine
2. Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia and Fantastic Mr. Fox
3. Abbie Cornish - Bright Star

Best Supporting Actor

1. Paul Schneider - Bright Star
1. Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
3. Christian McKay - Me and Orson Welles

Best Supporting Actress

1. Mo'Nique - Precious
2. Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
2. Samantha Morton - The Messenger

Best Screenplay

1. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen - A Serious Man
2. Olivier Assayas - Summer Hours
3. Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

Best Cinematography

1. Christian Berger - The White Ribbon
2. Barry Ackroyd - The Hurt Locker
3. Jan Troell and Mischa Gavrjusjov - Everlasting Moments

Best Production Design

1. Nelson Lowry - Fantastic Mr. Fox
2. Rick Carter - Avatar
3. Henry Selick - Coraline

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Summer Hours
2. Everlasting Moments
3. 35 Shots of Rum
3. Police, Adjective

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. The Beaches of Agnès
2. Tyson
3. Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Film Heritage Awards

  1. Restoration of Rashomon by the Academy Film Archive, National Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. with funding provided by Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation and The Film Foundation.
  2. Bruce Posner for restoration of Manhatta.
  3. Treasures from American Film Archives, Vol. 4: Avant Garde 1947–1986.
  4. Warner Archive Collection.
  5. The Red Shoes: Restored by UCLA Film and Television Archive with funding provided by The Film Foundation, Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the Louis B. Mayer Foundation.
  6. Kino International: Avant-Garde Vol. 3: Experimental Cinema 1922–1954.