On Sunday, January 3rd the Kansas City Film Critics Circle gathered for their annual year end awards. This was the 44th annual awards for the Circle, also known as The Loutzenhiser Awards named after Kansas City Film Critics Circle founder James Loutzenhiser.

Unfortunately I was unable to attend, but was able to send my votes through proxy. I must say I was pleased to see many of my nominations win.

The Winners are:

Best Film: “Up in the Air”

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker”

Best Actress: Meryl Streep for “Julie & Julia”

Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique for “Precious”

Best Actor: George Clooney for “Up in the Air”

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Animated Film: “Up”

Best Foreign Language Film: “Gomorrah”

Best Documentary: “Every Little Step”

Best Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino for “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Adapted Screenplay: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner for “Up in the Air”

Vince Koehler Award for Outstanding Science Fiction, Fantasy or Horror Film: “District 9”