Three times a year, St. Louis Film Critics confers awards on films and filmmakers: for the St. Louis Filmmakers' Showcase (mid-summer); for the St. Louis International Film Festival (November), and for all films released in the preceding year (December).

2009

St. Louis Film Critics' Awards
Best Film: "Up in the Air"
(runner-up: "The Hurt Locker")
Best Actor: George Clooney, for "Up in the Air"
(runner-up: Patton Oswalt, for "Big Fan")
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, for "An Education"
(runner-up: Gabourey Sidibe, for "Precious")
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, for "Inglourious Basterds"
(runner-up: Stanley Tucci, for "The Lovely Bones")
Best Supporting Actress: Mo'Nique, for "Precious"
(runner-up: Marion Cotillard, for "Nine")
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, for "The Hurt Locker"
(runners-up (tie): Jason Reitman, for "Up in the Air"
and Quentin Tarantino, for "Inglourious Basterds")
Best Cinematography: Dion Beebe, for "Nine "
(runner-up: Eduard Grau , for " Single Man ")
Best Music: Nine
(runner-up: Crazy Heart)
Best Visual Effects: Avatar
(runner-up: Where the Wild Things Are)
Best Screenplay: Scott Neustadlter/Michael H. Weber, for "(500) Days of Summer"
(runner-up: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, for "Up in the Air")
Best Foreign-Language Film: "Red Cliff"
(runner-up: "Treeless Mountain")
Best Documentary: "Capitalism: A Love Story"
(runner-up: "Anvil! The Story of Anvil")
Best Comedy: "The Hangover"
(runner-up: "(500) Days of Summer")
Best Animated Film: "Up"
(runner-up: "The Fantastic Mr. Fox")
Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film: "Avatar"
(runners-up (tie): "The Fantastic Mr. Fox"
and "(500) Days of Summer")
Favorite Scene: "Up" - Opening marriage montage
(runner-up: "Inglourious Basterds" - The opening farmhouse scene)

Here are the award winners for previous years:

2008

St. Louis Film Critics' Awards
Best Picture: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Best Actor: Sean Penn, for "Milk"
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, for "Revolutionary Road"
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, for "The Dark Knight"
Best Supporting Actress: Viola Davis, for "Doubt"
Best Director: Danny Boyle, for "Slumdog Millionaire"
Best Cinematography: Mandy Walker, for "Australia"
Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan, for "Frost/Nixon"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Slumdog Millionaire" (UK/USA/India)
Best Documentary: "Man On Wire"
Best Comedy: "Burn After Reading"
Best Animated Film: "WALL-E"
Best Visual/Special Effects: "The Dark Knight"

Best Music (Soundtrack or
Score, Original or Adapted):

"The Visitor"
Most Original/Innovative Film: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

St. Louis Filmmakers' Showcase Awards
Best Drama Feature "Streetballers"
Best Drama Short "Capdance"
Best Comedy Feature "Advertising for the Mob"
Best Comedy Short "Flapjacked"
Best Documentary Feature "How It Is With Phooie"
Best Documentary Short "The War Within"
Best Actor Rick McGougan in "Capdance"
Best Actress Caitlin McIntosh in "Shadowland"
Best Supporting Actor Ben Nordstrom, for "Advertising for the Mob"
Best Supporting Actress Jossalyn Theil, for "Advertising for the Mob"
Best Animated Film "Dog Park"
Best Children's Film "Sockville"
Best Experimental Film "Anna"
Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film "Shadowland"
Most Creative Film "Movie of Your Life"
Best Director Wyatt Weed, for "Shadowland"
Best Editing Graham Metzger, for "Sugar"
Best Cinematography Derek Elz, for "Mosquito Kingdom"
Best Score Tim Maupin, for "A Small World"
Best Special Effects Chris Lawing, for "Movie of Your Life"
Best Script/Screenplay Robert Nolan Clark, Rick McGougan and Randy Hall, for "Capdance"
Best Art Direction Sara Jean Cough and Kate Stransky, for "Persephone"

2007

St. Louis Film Critics' Awards
Best Picture: "No Country for Old Men"
Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis, for "There Will be Blood"
Best Actress: Ellen Page, for "Juno"
Best Supporting Actor: Casey Affleck, for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Ryan, for "Gone Baby Gone"
Best Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, for "No Country for Old Men"
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakens, for "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Best Screenplay: Diablo Cody, for "Juno"
Best Foreign Language Film: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"
Best Documentary: "Sicko"
Best Comedy: "Juno"
Best Animated/Children's Film: "Ratatouille"
Best Visual/Special Effects: "300"
Best Score: "Sweeney Todd"
Most Original/Innovative Film: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"

2006

St. Louis Film Critics' Awards
Best Picture: "The Departed"
Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, for "Last King of Scotland"
Best Actress: Helen Mirren, for "The Queen"
Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou, for "Blood Diamond"
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, for "Dreamgirls"
Best Director: Martin Scorsese, for "The Departed"
Best Cinematography: Stuart Dryburgh, for "The Painted Veil"
Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan, for "The Queen"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Pan's Labyrinth"
Best Documentary: "An Inconvenient Truth"
Best Comedy: "Little Miss Sunshine"
Best Animated/Children's Film: "Cars"
Best Visual/Special Effects: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
Best Overlooked Film: "Running With Scissors"
Most Original/Innovative Film: "United 93"

St. Louis Filmmakers' Showcase Awards
Best Drama: "Knife Girls"
Best Comedy: "The Nightly Potato, Episodes 2 & 3"
Best Documentary: "Ivory Perry: Pioneer in the Struggle Against Lead Poisoning"
Best Young Filmmaker: Max Sommers, for "Triumph of Valor"
Most Creative Film: "Georges Melie: A Cinematic Seance"
Cleverest Script: A. (Anonymous)
Best Acting: Kristin Atkinson, for "Knife Girls"
Best Ensemble Acting: "Tapestry of Shadows"
Most Prolific Filmmaker: Sean Keough

2005

St. Louis Film Critics' Awards
Best Picture: "Brokeback Mountain"
Best Actor: Heath Ledger, for "Brokeback Mountain"
Best Actress: Judi Dench, for "Mrs. Henderson Presents"
Best Supporting Actor: George Clooney, for "Syriana"
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz, for "The Constant Gardener"
Best Director: Ang Lee, for "Brokeback Mountain"
Best Screenplay: Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, for "Brokeback Mountain"
Best Foreign Language Film: "Tsotsi"
Best Documentary: "March of the Penguins"
Best Comedy: "Wedding Crashers"
Best Visual/Special Effects: "King Kong"
Most Original/Innovative Film: "Sin City"

2004

St. Louis Film Critics' Awards
Best Picture: "The Aviator"
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx, for "Ray"
Best Actress: Hilary Swank, for "Million Dollar Baby"
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Hayden Church, for "Sideways"
Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, for "The Aviator"
Best Director (Drama): Martin Scorsese, for "The Aviator"
Best Director (Comedy/Musical): Alexander Payne, for "Sideways"
Best Cinematography: Xiaoding Zhao, for "House of Flying Daggers"
Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, for "Sideways"
Best Foreign Language Film: "A Very Long Engagement," and "The Motorcycle Diaries" (tie)
Best Documentary: "Fahrenheit 9/11"
Best Comedy/Musical: "Sideways"
Best Animated Film: "The Incredibles"
Best Visual Effects: "The Incredibles," "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" (tie)
Best Score: "Ray"
Best Art Direction: "House of Flying Daggers," "The Aviator" (tie)