The Chicago Film Critics Association has released their list of nominees for the best achievements in film in 2009. The winners will be revealed on December 21. Here are the nominees:
BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Up in the Air
Where the Wild Things Are
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
BEST ACTOR
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Matt Damon, The Informant!
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man
BEST ACTRESS
Abbie Cornish, Bright Star
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Maya Rudolph, Away We Go
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Capaldi, In the Loop
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mo’Nique, Precious
Julianne Moore, A Single Man
Natalie Portman, Brothers
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Away We Go, Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida
The Hurt Locker, Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man, Joel and Ethan Coen
Up, Bob Peterson
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
An Education, Nick Hornby
In the Loop, Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
The Informant!, Scott Z. Burns
Up in the Air, Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
Where the Wild Things Are, Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil!: The True Story of Anvil
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove
Food, Inc.
Tyson
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Broken Embraces
Red Cliff
Sin Nombre
Summer Hours
The White Ribbon
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Ponyo
The Princess and the Frog
Up
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar, Mauro Fiore
Bright Star, Greig Fraser
The Hurt Locker, Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds, Robert Richardson
Where the Wild Things Are, Lance Acord
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Avatar, James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox, Alexandre Desplat
The Informant!, Marvin Hamlisch
Up, Michael Giacchino
Where the Wild Things Are, Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek
MOST PROMISING PERFORMER
Sharlto Copley, District 9
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Max Records, Where the Wild Things Are
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER
Neill Blomkamp, District 9
Scott Cooper, Crazy Heart
Cary Fukunaga, Sin Nombre
Duncan Jones, Moon
Marc Webb, (500) Days of Summer