Avatar (2009 film) Avatar (2009 film) Avatar, marketed as James Cameron's Avatar, is a 2009 American epic science fiction film directed, written, produced, and co-edited by James Cameron, and stars Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, and Sigourney Weaver. The film is set in the mid-22nd century, when humans are colonizing Pandora, a lush habitable moon of a gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star system, in order to mine the mineral unobtanium, a room-temperature superconductor. The expansion of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local tribe of Na'vi – a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. The film's
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2009 Summer" Runner-Up: "Police, Adjective" • Romania and "Summer Hours" • France Runner-Up: "A Serious Man" – Joel and Ethan Coen Runners-Up: Christian McKay – "Me and Orson Welles" and Timothy Olyphant – "A Perfect Getaway" Runners-Up: Vera Farmiga – "Up in the Air" and Mo'Nique – "Precious" Runners-Up: "The Necessities of Life" and "Pontypool" Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2009 The 13th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2009, were given on December 16, 2009. Runners-Up: George Clooney – "Up in the Air", Michael Fassbender – "Hunger", Colin Firth – "A Single Man" and Viggo