The International Cinephile Society has announced its nominees for the 2009 cinematic year. Inglourious Basterds leads the field with 10 nominations, followed by A Serious Man with 8, and The Hurt Locker and The White Ribbon with 6 apiece. The winners, along with ranked lists for Best Picture and Best Film Not in the English Language, will be announced on February 17, 2010.
PICTURE
35 Shots of Rum
Bright Star
District 9
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Tokyo Sonata
Up In The Air
The White Ribbon
DIRECTOR
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Neill Blomkamp – District 9
Ethan & Joel Coen – A Serious Man
Michael Haneke – The White Ribbon
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
35 Shots of Rum
The Beaches of Agnès
Broken Embraces
The Headless Woman
Lorna’s Silence
O’Horten
Ponyo
Still Walking
Summer Hours
Tokyo Sonata
The White Ribbon
ACTOR
Sharlto Copley – District 9
Colin Firth – A Single Man
Joaquin Phoenix – Two Lovers
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
ACTRESS
Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
Catalina Saavedra – The Maid
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
Meryl Streep – Julie and Julia
Tilda Swinton – Julia
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Peter Capaldi – In the Loop
Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker
Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
J√©r√©mie Renier – Lorna’s Silence
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz – Broken Embraces
Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air
Diane Kruger – Inglourious Basterds
Melanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds
Mo’Nique – Precious
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
35 Shots of Rum – Claire Denis & Jean-Pol Fargeau
The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man – Ethan & Joel Coen
Summer Hours – Olivier Assayas
The White Ribbon – Michael Haneke
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
District 9 – Neill Blomkamp & Terri Tatchell
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach
In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche
A Single Man – Tom Ford & David Scearce
Up in the Air – Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner
Where the Wild Things Are – Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Antichrist – Anthony Dod Mantle
Bright Star – Greig Fraser
Inglourious Basterds – Robert Richardson
A Serious Man – Roger Deakins
The White Ribbon – Christian Berger
EDITING
Broken Embraces – Jos√© Salcedo
District 9 – Julian Clarker
The Hurt Locker – Chris Innis & Bob Murawski
Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke
A Serious Man – Roderick Jaynes
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Avatar – Rick Carter & Robert Stromberg
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Nelson Lowry
Inglourious Basterds – David Wasco
A Serious Man – Jess Gonchor
A Single Man – Dan Bishop
ORIGINAL SCORE
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
Ponyo – Joe Hisaishi
A Single Man – Abel Korzeniowski
Star Trek – Michael Giacchino
Up – Michael Giacchino
ENSEMBLE
In the Loop
Inglourious Basterds
A Serious Man
Summer Hours
The White Ribbon
ANIMATED FILM
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Mary and Max
Ponyo
Up
DOCUMENTARY
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
The Beaches of Agnès
The Cove
Of Time and the City
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