Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2009

The Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2009 have been announced and a few surprizes here, including ties - both best picture and best screenplay resulted in a tie! Lots of love for Hunger, a film I've not seen on many other year end lists and also lots of for Inglourious Basterds. Here are the results, including runner ups!

BEST PICTURE (tie)
Hunger
Inglourious Basterds
Runner Up: The Hurt Locker

BEST ACTOR
Nicolas Cage - The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Runners-up:
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Michael Fassbender - Hunger
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Viggo Mortensen - The Road

BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Runners-up:
Arta Dobroshi - Le Silence de Lorna
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Runners-up:
Christian McKay - Me & Orson Welles
Timothy Olyphant - A Perfect Getaway

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Runners-up:
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Mo’nique - Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

BEST DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Runners-up:
Steve McQueen - Hunger
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds

BEST SCREENPLAY (TIE)
Inglourious Basterds - written by Quentin Tarantino
Up in the Air - written by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, based on the novel by Walter Kirn
Runner-up:
A Serious Man - written by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Hunger - directed by Steve McQueen
Runners-up:
District 9 - directed by Neill Blomkamp
(500) Days of Summer - directed by Marc Webb

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Runners-up:
Coraline
Up

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
The White Ribbon
Runners-up:
Police, Adjective
Summer Hours

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
The Cove
Runners-up:
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
The Beaches of Agnes