Chlotrudis Awards 2009

The 15th Annual Chlotrudis Awards were presented March 22, 2009, by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film. Honoring the best of the past year's independent, documentary and international film, the awards ceremony took place at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The prolific Danish actress Paprika Steen was awarded with the Chlotrudis Body of Work Award, but was unable to attend the ceremony due to illness.^{[1] [2]}

Winners and nominees

Best Movie

The Edge of Heaven

• 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• Let the Right One In
• My Winnipeg

Buried Treasure

The Order of Myths

• Alexandra
• Chop Shop
• Love Songs
• Patti Smith: Dream of Life
• Water Lilies

Best Director

Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Guy Maddin - My Winnipeg

• Tomas Alfredson - Let the Right One In
• Cristian Mungiu - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
• Kelly Reichardt - Wendy and Lucy

Best Actress

Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long

• Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
• Lina Leandersson - Let the Right One In
• Anamaria Marinca - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
• Michelle Williams - Wendy and Lucy

Best Actor

Richard Jenkins - The Visitor

• Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
• Sean Penn - Milk
• Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
• Jean-Claude Van Damme - JCVD

Best Supporting Actress

Elsa Zylberstein - I've Loved You So Long

• Hiam Abbass - The Visitor
• Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
• Ronit Elkabetz - The Band's Visit
• Nadia Litz - Monkey Warfare
• Ann Savage - My Winnipeg

Best Supporting Actor

Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky

• Ricardo Darín - XXY
• Tom Noonan - Synecdoche, New York
• Julian Richings - The Tracey Fragments
• Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best Original Screenplay

Cristian Mungiu - 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

• Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
• Martin McDonagh - In Bruges
• Philippe Claudel - I've Loved You So Long
• Guy Maddin - My Winnipeg
• Tom McCarthy - The Visitor

Best Adapted Screenplay

John Ajvide Lindqvist - Let the Right One In

• Jean-François Halin and Michel Hazanavicius - OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
• Maureen Medved - The Tracey Fragments
• Lucía Puenzo - XXY

Best Cinematography

Hoyte van Hoytema - Let the Right One In

• Peter Zeitlinger - Encounters at the End of the World
• Colin Watkinson - The Fall
• Jody Shapiro - My Winnipeg
• Anthony Dod Mantle - Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Ensemble Cast

Monkey Warfare

• The Band's Visit
• The Edge of Heaven
• Jellyfish
• Synecdoche, New York

Best Documentary

Man on Wire

• Chris & Don: A Love Story
• Encounters at the End of the World
• My Winnipeg
• Surfwise

Best Short Film (Chlotrudis Award)

• Well-Founded Concerns [1]

Best Short Film (Audience Award)

• Gaining Ground (Land Gewinnen) [2]

Body of Work Award

• Paprika Steen

External links

• 15th Annual Chlotrudis Awards

References

1. ^ "2009, 15th Annual Awards, March 22, 2009". Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film. http://www.chlotrudis.org/news/. Retrieved 2009-04-05. 
2. ^ Matchan, Linda (March 15, 2009). "And the cat on a stick goes to". boston.com. http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/03/15/and_the_cat_on_a_stick_goes_to/.