2009 Adelaide Film Festival

2009 Adelaide Film Festival
Opening filmMy Year Without Sex
Closing filmEasy Virtue
LocationAdelaide, Australia
Founded2002
AwardsInternational Award for Best Feature Film (Treeless Mountain)
Don Dunstan Award (Jan Chapman)
DirectorsKatrina Sedgwick
No. of films13 (In Competition)
Festival date19 February – 1 March 2009
Websiteadelaidefilmfestival.org

The 4th Adelaide Film Festival took place in Adelaide, Australia, from 19 February to 1 March 2009. Katrina Sedgwick was again Festival Director.[1] Jan Chapman received the 2009 Don Dunstan Award[2][3] The poster this year depicts the iconic film festival eye character concept that was so successful in 2007.[4]

The festival opened with My Year Without Sex directed by Sarah Watt[5] and closed with Easy Virtue directed by Stephan Elliott.[1][6] The festival presented 23 world premieres, 62 Australian premieres, 38 Australian films, 9 new Australian features from established and emerging filmmakers, and 143 films from over 49 countries.[7] The Natuzzi International Award for Best Feature Film was won by the South Korean film Treeless Mountain, directed and written by So Yong Kim.[8][9][10]

Competition

Jury

The following people were selected for the In Competition Jury:[1][11]

In Competition

The following films were selected for the In Competition section:[1]

English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries
A Christmas Tale Un conte de Noël Arnaud Desplechin France
All Around Us Gururi no koto? Ryōsuke Hashiguchi Japan
Dean Spanley Dean Spanley Toa Fraser UK/New Zealand
Gomorrah Gomorra Matteo Garrone Italy
Jalainur Zha lai nuo er Ye Chao China
Kisses Kisses Lance Daly Ireland/Sweden
My Tehran for Sale تهران من، حراج Granaz Moussavi Australia/Iran
My Year Without Sex My Year Without Sex Sarah Watt Australia
Stella Stella Sylvie Verheyde France
The Sky, the Earth and the Rain El cielo, la tierra y la lluvia José Luis Torres Leiva Chile/France/ Germany
Teza Teza Haile Gerima Ethiopia/Germany/ France
Treeless Mountain Namueopneun San So Yong Kim USA/South Korea
Zift Dzift Javor Gardev Bulgaria

Awards

The Natuzzi International Award for Best Feature Film

The Natuzzi International Award for Best Feature Film was won by the South Korean film Treeless Mountain, directed and written by So Yong Kim.[3][8][9][10]

Audience Award

The Audience Award for Best Feature was won by Samson & Delilah.[10][12]

The Audience Award for Best Documentary was won by Kiran Bedi.[10][12]

The Audience Award for Best Short was won by The Cat Piano.[10][12]

Don Dunstan Award

The Don Dunstan Award was won by Jan Chapman.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Official Program, 2009 Adelaide Film Festival
  2. ^ a b Adelaide Film Festival (30 August 2013) Don Dunstan Award Recipient Announced. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b IF.com Archived 9 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine (10 February 2009) Jan Chapman to receive Don Dunstan Award. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. ^ FreeRange Future Archived 9 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine Adelaide Film Festival. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  5. ^ Urban Cinefile (5 February 2009) ADELAIDE FILM FESTIVAL 2009 – PREVIEW. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  6. ^ IF.com Archived 9 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine (21 January 2009) My Year Without Sex to open BAFF. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  7. ^ IF.com Archived 14 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine (23 January 2009) BAFF launches 2009 program. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  8. ^ a b Media Release, 2 March 2009 Archived 9 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine, 2009 Adelaide Film Festival
  9. ^ a b IF.com Archived 9 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine (03 March 2009) Treeless Mountain wins award at Adelaide Film Festival. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  10. ^ a b c d e 2009 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival Archived 9 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine The 2009 BigPond Adelaide Film Festival wrapped on Sunday night after 11 exciting days. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  11. ^ IF.com Archived 9 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine (11 December 2008) J. M. Coetzee is AFF's Natuzzi juror. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  12. ^ a b c "Adelaide Film Festival". Screen Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2015.