Shadows Awards for 2009

TOP 10 FILMS
1. A Prophet (Jacques Audiard)
2. A Serious Man (Joel & Ethan Coen)
3. Fish Tank (Andrea Arnold)
4. Mugabe and the White African (Lucy Bailey, Andrew Thompson)
5. (500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb)
6. Bright Star (Jane Campion)
7. The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (Rémi Benzaçon)
8. Mary and Max (Adam Elliot)
9. Tricks (Andrzej Jakimowski)
10. District 9 (Neill Blomkamp)

DIRECTOR: Jane Campion (Bright Star)

WRITERS: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche (In the Loop)

ACTRESS: Katie Jarvis (Fish Tank)

ACTOR: Tahar Rahim (A Prophet)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo'Nique (Precious)

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Woody Harrelson (The Messenger, Zombieland, 2012, Management)

WORST FILMS:

1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Michael Bay)

2. Terminator Salvation (McG)

3. Law Abiding Citizen (F Gary Gray)

4. Did You Hear About the Morgans? (Marc Lawrence)

5. It's Alive (Josef Rusnak)

BEST OF THE 2000s:

1. Mulholland Drive (David Lynch, 2001)

2. Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrmann, 2001)

3. Paradise Now (Hany Abu-Assad, 2005)

4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Michel Gondry, 2004)

5. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2007)

6. City of God (Fernando Meirelles, 2002)

7. Hunger (Steve McQueen, 2008)

8. A Prophet (Jacques Audiard, 2009)

9. United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006)

10. Wall-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)

Full top 10 lists in every category, plus several other rather unusual awards are at the website!