Austin Film Critics Association

BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker

Top Ten of 2009

1. The Hurt Locker
2. Star Trek
3. Up
4. A Serious Man
5. Up in the Air
6. Avatar
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. District 9
9. Where the Wild Things Are
10. (tie) Moon; The Messenger
    

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth, A Single Man

BEST ACTRESS
Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Inglourious Basterds- Quentin Tarantino

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Up in the Air- Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Up

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Sin Nombre

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil! The Story of Anvil!

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Hurt Locker- Barry Ackroyd

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Up- Michael Giacchino

BEST FIRST FEATURE
District 9- Neil Blomkamp

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Christian McKay, Me & Orson Welles

AUSTIN FILM AWARD
Me & Orson Welles (director Richard Linklater is an Austin native)

Top Ten of the Decade

1. There Will Be Blood
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. The Lord of the Rings
4. The Dark Knight
5. Requiem For a Dream
6. Kill Bill
7. No Country for Old Men
8. The Incredibles
9. Children of Men
10. (tie) Memento; The Departed