13th TFCA Awards
December 16, 2009
Best Film:
Hunger
Inglourious Basterds
The 13th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2009, were given on December 16, 2009. [1] [2] [3]
Runners-Up: George Clooney – Up in the Air , Michael Fassbender – Hunger , Colin Firth – A Single Man and Viggo Mortensen – The Road
Runners-Up: Arta Dobroshi – Lorna's Silence and Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
Runners-Up: Steve McQueen – Hunger and Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Runners-Up: Anvil! The Story of Anvil and The Beaches of Agnès
Runner-Up: The Hurt Locker
Runners-Up: District 9 and (500) Days of Summer
Runner-Up: Police, Adjective • Romania and Summer Hours • France
Runner-Up: A Serious Man – Joel and Ethan Coen
Runners-Up: Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles and Timothy Olyphant – A Perfect Getaway
Runners-Up: Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air and Mo'Nique – Precious
Runners-Up: The Necessities of Life and Pontypool
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Sheldon Turner is a screenwriter and producer. His produced credits as a screenwriter include The Longest Yard (2005), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), Up in the Air (2009) and X-Men: First Class (2011). He is an alum of Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.
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