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| January | 22 | The 81st Academy Awards nominations are announced with The Curious Case of Benjamin Button leading with 13 nominations, followed by Slumdog Millionaire with 10. Both films are nominated for Best Picture. Heath Ledger is posthumously nominated for Best Supporting Actor award for his performance in The Dark Knight. |
| 25 | The 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony is held at the Shrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles. | |
| Annie Awards ceremony is held in the UCLA's Royce Hall, Los Angeles. | ||
| 31 | The 61st Directors Guild of America Award dinner is held in the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles. | |
| February | 5 – 15 | The 59th Berlin International Film Festival is opened with the world premiere of Tom Tykwer's The International. The Golden Bear prize is awarded to The Milk of Sorrow. The Silver Bears prizes are awarded to Asghar Farhadi, Best Director, Sotigui Kouyaté, Best Actor and Birgit Minichmayr, Best Actress. The festival is closed by the international premiere of George Tillman, Jr.'s Notorious |
| 7 | The 61st Writers Guild of America Awards is held. | |
| The 62nd BAFTA Awards ceremony is held in the Royal Opera House, London. | ||
| 21 | The 29th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony is held in Hollywood, California. | |
| 22 | The 81st Academy Awards ceremony is held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles. |
May
- 31- The 2009 MTV Movie Awards ceremony was held at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California
July
- 23 to 2 August – The 9th Era New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław was held
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