2009 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Winners

Sunday has been a big day for The Hurt Locker as it was honored by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association for Best Picture of the year. This is a very important award for Locker as the LAFCA has a 95% hit rate with its winners earning Best Picture Oscar nominations.

Other big winners included Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart and Mo’Nique and Anna Kendrick secured their positions as the winner and runner-up for Best Supporting Actress. In The Loop got some love as it finished second for Best Screenplay and its angry politician, Peter Capaldi also finished second to Christoph Waltz for Best Supporting Actor.

Best Picture:

Winner: The Hurt Locker
Runner-Up: Up In The Air

Best Director:

Winner: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Runner-Up: Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon

Best Actor:

Winner: Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
Runner-Up: Colin Firth in A Single Man

Best Actress:

Winner: Yolande Moreau in Séraphine
Runner-Up: Carey Mulligan for An Education

Best Supporting Actress:

Winner: Mo’Nique in Precious
Runner-up: Anna Kendrick in Up In The Air

Best Supporting Actor:

Winner: Christoph Waltz in Inglorious Basterds
Runner-up: Peter Capaldi in In The Loop

Best Screenplay:

Winner: Up in the Air by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Runner-up: In the Loop by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche

Best Animated Film:

Winner: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Runner-Up: Up

Best Foreign Language Film:

Winner: The Summer Hours
Runner-Up: The White Ribbon

Best Cinematography:

Winner: Christian Berger for The White Ribbon
Runner-up: Barry Ackroyd for The Hurt Locker

Best Music/Score:

Winner: T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton for Crazy Heart
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat for Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Production Design:

Philip Ivey for District 9
Runner-up: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg for Avatar

Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:

The Beaches of Agnès and The Cove (tie)

New Generation Award:

Neill Blomkamp for District 9