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"Up in the Air" was recognized with two awards at the annual meeting of the Utah Film Critics Association, including Best Picture of 2009. The film's director, Jason Reitman, also won for Best Achievement in Directing.

In the Male Lead Performance category, Viggo Mortensen was recognized for his work in "The Road," as a father leading his young son through a post-apocalyptic America. Carey Mulligan took Female Lead Performance honors as a teenager involved with an older man in "An Education."

Two awards went to "Fantastic Mr. Fox": Best Animated Feature, and Best Screenplay, for Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach. Supporting Performance awards went to Mo'Nique as an abusive single mother in "Precious," and Christian McKay as Orson Welles in "Me and Orson Welles."

In the documentary category, "The Cove" was recognized, while Park Chan-wook's Korean vampire thriller "Thirst" was honored in the non-English language category.