2009 EDA Awards Nominees

The members of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists have nominated the following for the 2009 EDA Awards, which will be celebrated at a by-invitation-only event on December 15.

Listed by category and in alphabetical order, the nominees are:

AWFJ BEST OF AWARDS

Best Film:

• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Precious
• Up In The Air

Best Animated Film:

• Coraline
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• Up

Best Director:

• Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
• Jason Reitman – Up In The Air
• Quentin Tarantino – Inglorious Basterds

Best Screenplay, Original:

• 500 Days – Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
• The Hurt Locker – Mark Boal
• A Serious Man – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Best Screenplay, Adapted:

• An Education – Nick Hornby
• Precious – Geoffrey Fletcher
• Up In The Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Best Documentary:

• Anvil! The Story of Anvil – Sacha Gervasi
• The Cove – Louis Psihoyos
• Food, Inc. – Robert Kenner

Best Actress:

• Carey Mulligan – An Education
• Gabourey Sidibe – Precious
• Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

Best Actress In Supporting Role:

• Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air
• Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
• Mo’Nique – Precious

Best Actor:

• Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
• George Clooney – Up In The Air
• Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

Best Actor in a Supporting Role:

• Woody Harrelson – The Messenger
• Paul Schneider – Bright Star
• Christopher Waltz – Inglorious Basterds

Best Ensemble Cast:

• An Education
• The Hurt Locker
• Precious

Best Editing:

• District 9 – Julian Clarke
• Inglorious Basterds – Sally Menke
• Up In The Air – Dana E. Glauberman

Most Beautiful Film:

• Bright Star
• The Lovely Bones
• The Young Victoria

Best Non-English-Language Film:

• Broken Embraces – Pedro Almodovar, Spain
• Sin Nombre – Cary Fukunaga, Mexico
• Summer Hours – Olivier Assayas, France

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS

Best Woman Director:

• Kathryn Bigelow The Hurt Locker
• Jane Campion – Bright Star
• Lone Scherfig – An Education

Best Woman Screenwriter:

• Jane Campion – Bright Star
• Nora Ephron – Julie & Julia
• Rebecca Miller – The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Best Animated Female:

• Coraline in Coraline
• Ellie in Up
• Mrs. Fox in Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Breakthrough Performance:

• Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
• Carey Mulligan – An Education
• Gabourey Sidibe – Precious

Women’s Image Award

• Kathryn Bigelow
• Jane Campion
• Meryl Streep

Perseverance Award:

• Drew Barrymore
• Kathryn Bigelow
• Agnes Varda

Actress Defying Age and Ageism:

• Sophia Loren
• Robin Wright Penn
• Michelle Pfeifer
• Meryl Streep

Sexist Pig Award:

• Michael Bay for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
• Zach Cregger and Trevor Moore for Miss March
• Robert Luketic for The Ugly Truth

This Year’s Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry:

• Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
• Jane Campion for Bright Star
• Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia and It’s Complicated

Lifetime Achievement Award:

• Jane Campion
• Meryl Streep
• Agnes Varda

AWFJ Award For Humanitarian Activism:

• Rebecca Cammisa for Which Way Home
• Mia Farrow
• Angelina Jolie

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS

AWFJ Hall Of Shame Award:

• Lars Von Trier – Antichrist
• Jody Hill – Observe and Report
• Robert Luketic – The Ugly Truth

Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent:

• Megan Fox
• Katherine Heigl
• Hilary Swank

Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldn‘t:

• Amelia
• Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus
• Precious

Unforgettable Moment Award:

• Inglorious Basterds – Shoshanna (Melanie Laurent) burns down the theater.
• Precious – Mary (Mo’Nique) admits the truth about abuse.
• Zombieland – Surprise celebrity cameo (no spoilers here)

Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction:

• An Education – Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard
• Bright Star – Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw
• It’s Complicated – Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin

Sequel That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award:

• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
• Terminator Salvation
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

The Remake That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award:

• Fame
• Land of the Lost
• Taking of Pelham 1-2-3

Cultural Crossover Award:

• Amreeka
• District 9
• The Stoning of Soraya M.

Bravest Performance Award:

• Charlotte Gainsbourg in Antichrist
• Mo’Nique in Precious
• Gabourey Sidibe in Precious

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest Award:

• Crazy Heart – Jeff Bridges and Maggie Gyllenhaal (28 years)
• Paul Blart: Mall Cop – Kevin James and Jayna Mays (14 years)
• Whatever Works – Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood (40 years)