The 2009 NBP Film Community Award winners have been announced and now, as heard on yesterday’s podcast, the Next Best Picture staff have revealed our winners for the 2009 NBP Film Awards, thus bringing an official end to our 2009 retrospective. Please check out our past reviews for “Crazy Heart,” “The Blind Side,” “A Serious Man,” “An Education,” “Up,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “District 9,” “Star Trek,” “Precious,” “Up In The Air,” “The Secret In Their Eyes,” and “The Hurt Locker.” We appreciate your support throughout these last couple of months. Thank you!
If you’re curious to see how your winners aligned with ours, please check out the complete list of 2009 NBP Film Award winners below!
BEST PICTURE
Avatar
Coraline
District 9
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds (WINNER)
A Prophet
A Serious Man (RUNNER-UP)
Up
Up In The Air
BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson – Fantastic Mr. Fox
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker (WINNER)
James Cameron – Avatar (RUNNER-UP)
Joel & Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Coraline (RUNNER-UP)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (WINNER)
Mary And Max
The Princess And The Frog
Up
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Anvil! The Story Of Anvil
The Cove (WINNER)
Food, Inc.
The September Issue (RUNNER-UP)
Which Way Home
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Broken Embraces
A Prophet (WINNER)
The Secret In Their Eyes (RUNNER-UP)
Thirst
The White Ribbon
BEST ACTION FILM
The Hurt Locker (RUNNER-UP)
Inglourious Basterds (WINNER)
Sherlock Holmes
Star Trek
Watchmen
BEST COMEDY FILM
(500) Days Of Summer (WINNER)
The Hangover
In The Loop
The Proposal
A Serious Man (RUNNER-UP)
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR FILM
Avatar (WINNER)
District 9 (RUNNER-UP)
Drag Me To Hell
Moon
Thirst
BEST OVERLOOKED FILM
Adventureland
Jennifer’s Body (RUNNER-UP)
Two Lovers
Where The Wild Things Are (WINNER)
World’s Greatest Dad
BEST ACTRESS
Mélanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds
Carey Mulligan – An Education (RUNNER-UP)
Zoe Saldana – Avatar
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire (WINNER)
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
BEST ACTOR
George Clooney – Up In The Air (RUNNER-UP)
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Sam Rockwell – Moon
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man (WINNER)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Marion Cotillard – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air
Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
Diane Kruger – Inglourious Basterds (RUNNER-UP)
Mo’Nique – Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire (WINNER)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Capaldi – In The Loop (RUNNER-UP)
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
Alfred Molina – An Education
Stanley Tucci – Julie & Julia
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds (WINNER)
BEST ENSEMBLE
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds (WINNER)
In The Loop
A Serious Man (RUNNER-UP)
Up In The Air
BEST BREAKOUT PERFORMANCE
Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
Carey Mulligan – An Education (RUNNER-UP)
Tahar Rahim – A Prophet
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds (WINNER)
BEST VOICE PERFORMANCE
Ed Asner – Up
George Clooney – Fantastic Mr. Fox (WINNER)
Dakota Fanning – Coraline
Teri Hatcher – Coraline
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Mary And Max (RUNNER-UP)
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE
Abigail Breslin – Zombieland
Isabelle Fuhrman – Orphan (RUNNER-UP)
Max Records – Where The Wild Things Are
Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones (WINNER)
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Road
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Neill Blomkamp – District 9
Scott Cooper – Crazy Heart
Tom Ford – A Single Man (RUNNER-UP)
Duncan Jones – Moon
Marc Webb – (500) Days Of Summer (WINNER)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
An Education
District 9
Fantastic Mr. Fox
In The Loop (RUNNER-UP)
Up In The Air (WINNER)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
(500) Days Of Summer
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds (WINNER)
A Serious Man (RUNNER-UP)
Up
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Avatar (WINNER)
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds (RUNNER-UP)
The White Ribbon
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Bright Star
The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus (RUNNER-UP)
Inglourious Basterds (WINNER)
Nine
The Young Victoria
BEST FILM EDITING
(500) Days Of Summer (RUNNER-UP)
Avatar
The Hurt Locker (WINNER)
Inglourious Basterds
Up In The Air
BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
District 9 (WINNER)
Drag Me To Hell
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince
The Road
Star Trek (RUNNER-UP)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Avatar (RUNNER-UP)
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox (WINNER)
Inglourious Basterds
Sherlock Holmes
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Avatar (RUNNER-UP)
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Sherlock Holmes
Where The Wild Things Are
Up (WINNER)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Crazy Heart – “The Weary Kind” (WINNER)
Hannah Montana: The Movie – “The Climb” (RUNNER-UP)
The Princess And The Frog – “Almost There”
The Princess And The Frog – “Down In New Orleans”
Where The Wild Things Are – “All I Love”
BEST SOUND EDITING
Avatar (WINNER)
District 9
The Hurt Locker (RUNNER-UP)
Inglourious Basterds
Up
BEST SOUND MIXING
Avatar (RUNNER-UP)
District 9
The Hurt Locker (WINNER)
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Avatar (WINNER)
District 9
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (RUNNER-UP)
Star Trek
Watchmen
WIN TALLY
Inglourious Basterds – 7
Avatar – 4
Fantastic Mr. Fox – 3
The Hurt Locker – 3
(500) Days Of Summer – 2
Precious: Based On The Novel “Push” By Sapphire – 2
The Cove – 1
Crazy Heart – 1
District 9 – 1
The Lovely Bones – 1
A Prophet – 1
A Serious Man – 1
Up – 1
Up In The Air – 1
Where The Wild Things Are – 1
