2009 Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards
2009 Indiana Film Journalists Winners
Vera Farmiga, George Clooney in Up in the Air (Dale Robinette / Paramount)
Best Film: Up in the Air
Runner-up: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Other Finalists: (500) Days of Summer, District 9, The Hurt Locker, Julie & Julia, Moon, Nine, Up, Where the Wild Things Are
Best Foreign Language Film: Sin Nombre
Runner-up: Welcome
Best Documentary: The Cove
Runner-up: Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Best Animated Film: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Runner-up: Up
Best Director: Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are
Runner-up: Wes Anderson, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, An Education
Runner-up: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Best Actor: George Clooney, Up in the Air
Runner-up: Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
Runner-up: Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Runner-up: Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones and Julie & Julia
Best Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air
Runner-up: Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, Where the Wild Things Are
Original Vision Award: Where the Wild Things Are
Runner-up: District 9
The Hoosier Award (for "a significant cinematic contribution by a person or persons with Indiana roots"): Actor Doug Jones, director Morgan Mead and screenwriter David Hamilton for My Name Is Jerry
Source: Awards Daily
I stand corrected. (And the post has been amended.)
I should've known better — and in fact I did.
But that's what happens when you're trying to keep up with a couple of dozen film awards coming out the same day…
Thanks for the love for the IFJA! One minor quibble with your article…Natives to Indiana are called Hoosiers, like the movie, and Indiana University's mascot. "Indianans" is a nonstandard term for us. :)