2009 SEFCA Best Films of the Year

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TOP TEN FILMS of 2009		See award history
1. Up in the Air
2. The Hurt Locker
3. Up
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. A Serious Man
6. (500) Days of Summer
7. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
8. The Messenger
9. Fantastic Mr. Fox
10. District 9

Best Picture	Paramount	Up in the Air
Best Actor	George Clooney	Up in the Air
Best Actress	Meryl Streep	Julie & Julia
Best Supporting Actor	Christoph Waltz	Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress	Mo'Nique	Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Best Director	Kathryn Bigelow	The Hurt Locker
Best Original Screenplay	Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber	(500) Days of Summer
Best Adapted Screenplay	Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner	Up in the Air
Best Foreign-Language Film	Summer Hours	France
Best Documentary	Magnolia Pictures	Food, Inc.
Best Animated Feature	Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios	Up
Wyatt Award*	Dogwood Entertainment	That Evening Sun

* The Wyatt, given in memory of late SEFCA member Gene Wyatt, is awarded to a film that captures the spirit of the South. This is the fifth year a recipient has been chosen.

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