<div style="float: right; font-size: smaller; background-color:#E6E6FA; padding: 12px; margin-left: 5em; margin-bottom: 2em; width: 180px" align="center"> **44th NSFC Awards** January 3, 2010 Best Film: ** The Hurt Locker ** The **44th National Society of Film Critics Awards**, given on 3 January 2010, honored the best in film for [2009](https://bliptext.com/articles/2009-in-film).

Winners

Best Picture

1. The Hurt Locker
2. Summer Hours (L'Heure d'été)
3. Inglourious Basterds

Best Director

1. Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
2. Olivier Assayas – Summer Hours (L'Heure d'été)
3. Wes Anderson – Fantastic Mr. Fox

Best Actor

1. Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
2. Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
3. Nicolas Cage – Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Best Actress

1. Yolande Moreau – Séraphine
2. Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia and Fantastic Mr. Fox
3. Abbie Cornish – Bright Star

Best Supporting Actor

1. Paul Schneider – Bright Star (TIE)
2. Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds (TIE)
3. Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles

Best Supporting Actress

1. Mo'Nique – Precious
2. Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air
3. Samantha Morton – The Messenger

Best Screenplay

1. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
2. Olivier Assayas – Summer Hours (L'Heure d'été)
3. Quentin Tarantino – Inglourious Basterds

Best Cinematography

1. Christian Berger – The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte)
2. Barry Ackroyd – The Hurt Locker
3. Jan Troell and Mischa Gavrjusjov – Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick)

Best Production Design

1. Nelson Lowry – Fantastic Mr. Fox
2. Rick Carter – Avatar
3. Henry Selick – Coraline

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Summer Hours (L'Heure d'été)
2. Everlasting Moments (Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick)
3. 35 Shots of Rum (35 rhums)
4. Police, Adjective (Polițist, Adjectiv)

Best Non-Fiction Film

1. The Beaches of Agnès (Les plages d'Agnès)
2. Tyson
3. Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Film Heritage Awards