The San Francisco Film Critics have announced their picks for the best achievements in film in 2009. Here they are:
BEST PICTURE
The Hurt Locker
BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach, Fantastic Mr. Fox
BEST ACTOR
Colin Firth, A Single Man
BEST ACTRESS
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christian McKay, Me & Orson Welles
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Mo’Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
You, the Living
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, A Serious Man
MARLON RIGGS AWARD FOR COURAGE AND VISION IN THE BAY AREA FILM COMMUNITY
Frazer Bradshaw, filmmaker, in recognition of Everything Strange and New
MARLON RIGGS AWARD FOR COURAGE AND VISION IN THE BAY AREA FILM COMMUNITY
Barry Jenkins, filmmaker, in recognition of Medicine for Melancholy
SPECIAL CITATION
Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley
IN MEMORIAM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Rose Kaufman