Below are the Austin Film Critics winners. These were announced on December 16, 2009

Winner Tallies

(3) The Hurt Locker; Inglourious Basterds
(2) Me & Orson Welles; Up; Up in the Air

The Winners

Best Film: The Hurt Locker
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Best Actor: Colin Firth – A Single Man
Best Actress: Melanie Laurent – Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds
Best Adapted Screenplay: Up in the Air
Best Cinematography: The Hurt Locker
Best Original Score: Up
Best Foreign Language Film: Sin Nombre
Best Documentary: Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Best Animated Feature: Up
Best First Film: District 9
Breakthrough Artist Award: Christian McKay – Me & Orson Welles
Austin Film Award: Me & Orson Welles

Top 10 Films:

1. The Hurt Locker
2. Star Trek
3. Up
4. A Serious Man
5. Up in the Air
6. Avatar
7. Inglourious Basterds
8. District 9
9. Where the Wild Things Are
10. The Messenger
10. Moon