2009 Sundance Film Festival
 Festival poster | |
| Location | Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah |
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| Hosted by | Sundance Institute |
| Festival date | January 15–25, 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Website | sundance |
The 2009 Sundance Film Festival was held during January 15, 2009 until January 25 in Park City, Utah. It was the 25th iteration of the Sundance Film Festival.
Awards
- Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - We Live in Public
- Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
- Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Dramatic - The Maid
- Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary - Rough Aunties
- Audience Award: Documentary - The Cove
- Audience Award: Dramatic - Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
- World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary - Afghan Star
- World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic - An Education
- Documentary Directing Award - Natalia Almada for El General
- Dramatic Directing Award - Cary Joji Fukunaga for Sin Nombre
- World Cinema Directing Award: Dramatic - Oliver Hirschbiegel for Five Minutes of Heaven
- World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary - Havana Marking for Afghan Star
- Excellence in Cinematography Award: Documentary - Bob Richman for The September Issue
- Excellence in Cinematography Award: Dramatic - Adriano Goldman for Sin Nombre
- World Cinema Cinematography Award: Dramatic - John De Borman for An Education
- World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary - John Maringouin for Big River Man
- Documentary Film Editing - Karen Schmeer for Sergio
- World Cinema Documentary Editing Award - Janus Billeskov Jansen and Thomas Papapetros for Burma VJ
- Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Dramatic - Nicholas Jasenovec and Charlyne Yi for Paper Heart
- World Cinema Screenwriting Award - Guy Hibbert for Five Minutes of Heaven
- Special Jury Prize for Originality, World Cinema Drama - Louise-Michel
- Special Jury Prize, World Cinema Documentary - Tibet in Song
- Special Jury Prize for Acting, World Cinema - Catalina Saavedra for The Maid (La Nana)
- Special Jury Prize, U.S. Documentary - Good Hair
- Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Independence - Humpday
- Special Jury Prize for Acting - Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
- Jury Prize, U.S. Short Filmmaking - Short Term 12
- Jury Prize, International Short Filmmaking - Lies
- 2009 Alfred P. Sloan Prize - Adam
Jurors
Dramatic Jury
- Virginia Madsen – (Actress: Sideways, Number 23, The Rainmaker, David Lynch's Dune)
- Scott McGehee – (Producer/Director/Writer: Uncertainty, The Deep End, Suture)
- Maud Nadler – (Producer/HBO Films: Relative Values)
- Mike White – (Writer/Director/Producer: Year Of The Dog)
- Boaz Yakin – (Director/Writer/Producer: Fresh, Remember The Titans, Hostel)
Documentary Jury
- Patrick Creadon – (Writer/Director/Director of Photography: Wordplay, Writer/Director/Director of Photography: I.O.U.S.A.)
- Carl Deal – (Director/Producer: Trouble The Water)
- Andrea Meditch – (Executive Producer/Producer: Man on Wire, In The Shadow Of The Moon)
- Sam Pollard – (Editor: When The Levees Broke, Jungle Fever, Mo' Better Blues)
- Marina Zenovich – (Director/Producer/Writer: Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired)
World Dramatic Jury
- Colin Brown (New York) – (Editor: Screen International)
- Christine Jeffs (New Zealand) – (Director/Writer: Rain, Stroke; Director: Sunshine Cleaning)
- Vibeke Windelov (Denmark) – (Producer: Dogville, Breaking The Waves, Dancer In The Dark)
World Documentary Jury
- Gillian Armstrong (Australia) – (Director: Death Defying Acts, Oscar & Lucinda, Little Women)
- Thom Powers (New York) – (Documentary Programmer, Toronto International Film Festival)
- Hubert Sauper (France) – (Director/Producer: Darwin's Nightmare)
Shorts Jury
- Gerardo Naranjo – (Director/Writer/Producer: "I’m Gonna Explode" (Spanish: Voy a explotar), Malachance, Perro Negro)
- Lou Taylor Pucci – (Actor: Thumbsucker)
- Sharon Swart – (Reporter: Variety)
Alfred P. Sloan Jury (Award presented to the writer and director of an outstanding feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer, or mathematician as a major character)
- Fran Bagenal – (Professor of Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado)
- Rodney Brooks – (Panasonic Professor of Robotics, MIT Computer Science & AI Lab)
- Ray Gesteland – (Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah)
- Jeffrey Nachmanoff – (Writer: The Day After Tomorrow; Writer/Director: Traitor)
- Alex Rivera – (Director/Writer/Editor: Sleep Dealer)