16th annual cadet film awards 2009

best picture

Winner:
Star Trek

Nominees:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Moon

 

Top 10 of 2008

1. Star Trek – J.J. Abrams
2. Moon – Duncan Jones
3. The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow
4. District 9 – Neil Blomkamp
5. Avatar – James Cameron
6. The Lovely Bones – Peter Jackson
7. Up – Pete Docter
8. (500) Days Of Summer – Marc Webb
9. Julie & Julia – Nora Ephron
10. The Proposal – Anne Fletcher

Honourable Mentions:
Bright Star – Jane Campion
Fantastic Mr Fox  – Wes Anderson
Up In the Air  – Jason Reitman
I Love You, Man  – John Hamburg
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Lee Daniels
The Messenger – Oren Moverman
Broken Embraces – Pedro Almodovar
Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino
An Education – Lone Scherfig

 

best director

Winner:
Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker

Nominees:
James Cameron – Avatar
Neil Blomkamp – District 9
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
J.J. Abrams – Star Trek

 

best lead actor

Winner:
Sam Rockwell – Moon

Nominees:
Sharlto Copley – District 9
Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Ben Foster – The Messenger
Michael Stuhlbarg – A Serious Man
Colin Firth – A Single Man

best lead actress

Winner:
Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia

Nominees:
Carey Mulligan – An Education
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side and The Proposal
Abbie Cornish – Bright Star
Saoirse Ronan – The Lovely Bones

best supporting actor

Winner:
Stanley Tucci – Julie & Julia and The Lovely Bones

Nominees:
Paul Schneider – Bright Star
Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker
Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Woody Harrelson – The Messenger

best supporting actress

Winner:
Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Nominees:
Zoe Saldana – Avatar
Marion Cotillard – Public Enemies
Paula Patton – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air

 

best limited/cameo performance

Winner:
Steve Buscemi – The Messenger

Nominees:
Emma Thompson – An Education
Michelle Rodriguez – Avatar
Ralph Fiennes – The Hurt Locker
Jane Lynch – Julie & Julia

best original screenplay

Winner:
Mark Boal – The Hurt Locker

Nominees:
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber – (500) Days of Summer
Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds
Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman – The Messenger
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick – Zombieland

best adapted screenplay

Winner:
Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner – Up in the Air

Nominees:
Nick Hornby – An Education
Jane Campion – Bright Star
Neill Blomkamp & Teri Hatchell – District 9
Wes Anderson & Noah Baumbach – Fantastic Mr Fox
Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Tony Roche – In the Loop

best dramatic score

Winner:
Abel Korzeniowski & Shigeru Umebayashi – A Single Man

Nominees:
Hans Zimmer & Joshua – Bell Angels and Demons
Alberto Iglesias – Broken Embraces
Alexandre Desplat – Coco Before Chanel
Christopher Young – Drag Me To Hell
Clint Mansell – Moon
Alexandre Desplat – The Twilight Saga: New Moon

best comedy/musical score

Winner:
Michael Giacchino – Up

Nominees:
Mark Mothersbaugh – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Alexandre Desplat – Fantastic Mr Fox
Hans Zimmer – Sherlock Holmes
David Sardy – Zombieland

best original song

Winner:
“All is Love” – Karen O & Nick Zinner – Where the Wild Things Are

Nominees:
“You’ve Got Me Wrapped Around Your Little Finger” – Beth Rowley & Ben Castle – An Education
“I See You” – James Horner, Simon Franglen & Kuk Harrell – Avatar
“The Weary Kind” – Ryan Bingham & T-Bone Burnett – Crazy Heart
“Possibility” – Lykke Li – Twilight Saga: New Moon

best non-english language film

Winner:
Broken Embraces – Abrazos Rotos (Spain)

Nominees:
A Prophet (Un Prophete) (France)
Baaria (Italy)
Il Divo (Italy)
Samson & Delilah (Australia)

best cinematography

Winner:
Andrew Lesnie – The Lovely Bones

Nominees:
Salvatore Totino – Angels and Demons
Greig Fraser – Bright Star
Dante Spinotti – Public Enemies
Javier Aguirresarobe – The Road

best film editing

Winner:
Chris Innis & Bob Murawski – The Hurt Locker

Nominees:
Lee Smith – Avatar
Julian Clarke – District 9
Nicholas Gaster – Moon
Dana E. Glauberman – Up in the Air

best production design

Winner:
Rick Carter & Robert Stromberg – Avatar

Nominees:
Naomi Shohan – The Lovely Bones
Tony Noble – Moon
Dan Bishop – A Single Man
Patrice Vermette – The Young Victoria

best costume design

Winner:
Janet Patterson – Bright Star

Nominees:
Nancy Steiner The Lovely Bones
Jane Holland Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Michael Wilkinson Watchmen
Sandy Powell The Young Victoria

best sound mixing

Winner:
The Lovely Bones

Nominees:
Avatar
Inglourious Basterds
Moon
Up

best sound editing

Winner:
District 9

Nominees:
Avatar
Invictus
Star Trek
Up

best makeup/hairstyling

Winner:
District 9

Nominees:
Drag Me To Hell
Il Divo
Moon
Star Trek

best visual effects

Winner:
Avatar

Nominees:
District 9
The Lovely Bones
Moon
Star Trek

best stunt direction/ensemble

Winner:
Star Trek

Nominees:
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds

best australian film

Winner:
Bright Star

Nominees:
Mary and Max
Samson & Delilah

best documentary

Winner:
Food, Inc.

Nominees:
Capitalism: A Love Story
The Cove

best ensemble

Winner:
Star Trek

Nominees:
The Hurt Locker
In the Loop
Inglourious Basterds
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

best breakthrough/debut

Winner:
Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire and Frost/Nixon

Nominees:
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Road
Quentin Aaron – The Blind Side
Chris Pine – Star Trek
Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air

best animated feature

Winner:
Up

Nominees:
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr Fox
Mary and Max

 

best voiceover performance

Winner:
Bill Hader – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Nominees:
Richard McGonagle – (500) Days of Summer
George Clooney – Fantastic Mr Fox
Barry Humphries – Mary and Max
Kevin Spacey – Moon
Ed Asner – Up

best titles sequence

Winner:
Up in the Air

Nominees:
(500) Days of Summer
An Education

best poster

Antichrist
Food, Inc.
Julie & Julia
The Lovely Bones
Moon (winner)

 

top 10 scenes of 2009 (Spoiler Alert)

Expectation vs. Reality – (500) Days of Summer
Morning After Dance – (500) Days of Summer
Jake Chooses His Banshee – Avatar
Thompson Becomes a Casualty – The Hurt Locker
The Farmhouse – Inglourious Basterds
Mary and Mrs Weiss – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Jello – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
The Planet Destroyer – Star Trek
Lindsey Salmon in George Harvey’s House – The Lovely Bones
Married Life – Up (winner)

wins tally

The Hurt Locker – 3
The Lovely Bones – 3
Star Trek – 3
Up – 3

Avatar – 2
Bright Star – 2
District 9 – 2
Julie & Julia – 2
Moon – 2
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – 2
Up in the Air – 2

Broken Embraces – 1
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – 1
Food, Inc. – 1
The Messenger – 1
A Single Man – 1
Where the Wild Things Are – 1

multiple nominations tally

Avatar – 12

The Hurt Locker – 10
Moon – 10

District 9 – 9
The Lovely Bones – 9
Star Trek – 9

Inglourious Basterds – 7

Bright Star – 6
Up – 6

(500) Days of Summer – 5
An Education – 5
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – 6
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – 5
Up in the Air – 5

Fantastic Mr Fox – 4
Julie & Julia – 4

Mary and Max – 3
A Single Man – 3

Angels and Demons – 2
The Blind Side – 2
Broken Embraces – 2
Coraline – 2
Drag Me To Hell – 2

Il Divo – 2
In the Loop – 2
Food, Inc. – 2
Public Enemies – 2
The Road – 2

Samson & Delilah – 2
A Serious Man – 2
The Twilight Saga: New Moon – 2
The Young Victoria – 2
Zombieland – 2