Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2009

The 10th Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards, honouring the best in film for 2009, were given by the Phoenix Film Critics Society on 22 December 2009.

Winners

Best Acting Ensemble

• Inglourious Basterds''

Best Animated Film

• Up

Best Cinematography

• Avatar - Mauro Fiore

Best Costume Design

• The Young Victoria - Sandy Powell

Best Director

• Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

Best Documentary Film

• Capitalism: A Love Story

Best Film

• 'Inglourious Basterds''

Best Film Editing

• Avatar - James Cameron, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin

Best Foreign Language Film

• Broken Embraces (Los abrozos rotos) • Spain

Best Live Action Family Film

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Best Original Score

• Up - Michael Giacchino

Best Original Song

• "The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart

Best Overlooked Film

• Moon

Best Performance by a Youth - Male

• Jae Head - The Blind Side

Best Performance by a Youth - Female

• Saoirse Ronan - The Lovely Bones

Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role

• George Clooney - Up in the Air

Best Performance by an Actress in a Lead Role

• Meryl Streep - Julie and Julia

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Mo'Nique - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire

Best Production Design

• Avatar

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

• Up - Bob Peterson and Pete Docter

Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium

• Up in the Air - Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Best Stunts

• Star Trek

Best Visual Effects

• Avatar

Breakout Behind the Camera

• Neill Blomkamp - District 9

Breakout on Camera

• Gabourey Sidibe - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire