There are the top picks for best cinematic achievements in 2009 from the Toronto Film Critics:
BEST PICTURE
Hunger
Inglourious Basterds
(tie)
BEST PERFORMANCE, MALE
Nicolas Cage, Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans
BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Carey Mulligan, An Education
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
BEST SCREENPLAY
Inglourious Basterds, written by Quentin Tarantino
Up In The Air, written by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
(tie)
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Hunger, directed by Steve McQueen
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Fantastic Mr. Fox
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The White Ribbon
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Cove