Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 EDA Awards:

EDA ANNUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Best Film: The Hurt Locker
Best Animated Film: Up
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Best Screenplay, Original: (500) Days of Summer – Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber
Best Screenplay, Adapted: Up In The Air – Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan – An Education
Best Actress In Supporting Role: Mo’Nique – Precious
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz – Inglorious Basterds
Best Ensemble Cast: The Hurt Locker
Best Editing: Sally Menke – Inglorious Basterds
Most Beautiful Film: Bright Star
Best Non-English-Language Film: Summer Hours

EDA FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS
Best Woman Director: Kathryn Bigelow – The Hurt Locker
Best Woman Screenwriter: Jane Campion – Bright Star
Best Animated Female: Coraline in Coraline
Best Breakthrough Performance: Carey Mulligan – An Education
Women’s Image Award: Kathryn Bigelow
Perseverance Award: Agnes Varda
Actress Defying Age and Ageism: Meryl Streep РJulie & Julia and It’s Complicated
Sexist Pig Award: Robert Luketic for The Ugly Truth
This Year’s Outstanding Achievement By A Woman In The Film Industry: Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker
Lifetime Achievement Award: Agnes Varda
AWFJ Award For Humanitarian Activism: Rebecca Cammisa for Which Way Home

EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS
AWFJ Hall Of Shame Award: Robert Luketic – The Ugly Truth
Actress Most in Need Of A New Agent: Hilary Swank
Movie You Wanted To Love But Just Couldn‘t: Amelia
Unforgettable Moment Award: (Tie)
Inglorious Basterds – Shoshanna (Melanie Laurent) burns down the theater
Precious РMary (Mo’Nique) admits the abuse

Best Depiction Of Nudity, Sexuality, or Seduction: (Tie)
An Education – Carey Mulligan and Peter Saarsgard
It’s Complicated РMeryl Streep and Alec Baldwin

Sequel That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen
The Remake That Shouldn’t Have Been Made Award: Land of the Lost
Cultural Crossover Award: District 9
Bravest Performance Award: Mo’Nique in Precious

Most Egregious Age Difference Between The Leading Man and The Love Interest Award: Whatever Works – Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood (40 years difference)