Sunday, October 18, 2009

2009 TIFF Awards

TIFF has long since ended, but I’ve only now just finished posting short reviews of the films I saw. Because I only see a small number of the 300+ films shown at the festival I've not usually created my own list of award winners. However, I thought I would do so this year. So, based on the limited sample of films I saw (27), here are my award winners:

FilmUp in the Air (directed by Jason Reitman; starring George Clooney)

Director – TIE - Lee Daniels (Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire); Jason Reitman (Up in the Air)

Actress – Du-na Bae (Air Doll); special mention: Gabourey Sidibe (Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire), Carey Mulligan (An Education), Penelope Cruz (Broken Embraces)

Actor – Colin Firth (A Single Man) special mention: George Clooney (Up in the Air), Zohar Shtrauss (Eyes Wide Open)

Supporting Actor - Hideo Nakaizumi (City of Life and Death) special mention: Alfred Molina (An Education)

Supporting Actress – Mo'Nique (Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire) special mention: Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air)

ScreenplayUp in the Air (Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner)

Cinematography – Yu Cao (City of Life and Death) special mention: Broken Embraces (Rodrigo Prieto), Micmacs à tire-larigot (Tetsuo Nagata)

Art Direction/Production DesignA Single Man (Ian Phillips, art direction; Dan Bishop, production design)

CostumesA Single Man (Arianne Phillips w/Tom Ford)

ScoreBroken Embraces (Alberto Iglesias)

DocumentaryThe Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls

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