Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2009
2009 Dublin Film Critics Circle award winners: Jan. 2009
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, who also adapted Sinclair Lewis' novel, There Will Be Blood stars Daniel Day-Lewis as a ruthless oil baron in the California of the early 20th-century.
BEST FILM
There Will Be Blood
Runners-up:
Hunger
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
No Country for Old Men
WALL-E
BEST IRISH FILM
Hunger
Runners-up:
Kisses
Saviours
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood)
Runners-up:
Julian Schnabel (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
Steve McQueen (Hunger)
The Coen Brothers (No Country for Old Men)
Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight)
BEST ACTOR
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)
Runners-up:
Michael Fassbender (Hunger)
Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men)
Josh Brolin (W.)
BEST ACTRESS
Kristin Scott Thomas (I've Loved You So Long)
Runners-up:
Sally Hawkins (Happy Go Lucky)
Ellen Page (Juno)
Angelina Jolie (Changeling)
Nadine Labaki (Caramel)
BREAKTHROUGH
Steve McQueen (Hunger)
Runners-up:
Martin McDonagh (In Bruges)
Michael Fassbender (Hunger)
Nadine Labacki (Caramel)
Ellen Page (Juno)
Source: The Vast Picture Show