27th Torino Film Festival

The 27th Torino Film Festival was held 13 November – 21 November 2009 in Turin, Italy and was directed by Gianni Amelio, in his first year as director of the festival.[1]

Films in competition

• Chi L'Ha Visto (Claudia Rorarius)
• Children Metal Divers (Ralston Jover)
• Crackie (Sherry White)
• Get Low (Aaron Schneider)
• Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (Damien Chazelle)
• Jalainur (Zhao Ye)
• The King of Escape (Alain Guiraudie)
• The Maid (Sebastián Silva)
• Medal of Honor (Călin Peter Netzer)
• The Mouth of the Wolf (Pietro Marcello)
• North (Rune Denstad Langlo)
• Santina (Gioberto Pignatelli)
• Torso (Yutaka Yamazaki)
• Transmission (Roland Vranik)
• Van Diemen's Land (Jonathan auf der Heide)
• You Won't Miss Me (Ry Russo-Young)

Awards

• Prize of the City of Torino:
  • The Mouth of the Wolf (Pietro Marcello)
• Jury Special Prize:
  • Crackie (Sherry White)
• Special Mention:
  • Victor Rebengiuc (Medal of Honor)
• Best Female Performance:
  • Catalina Saavedra (The Maid)
• Cipputi Award:
  • Children Metal Divers (Ralston Jover)
• Holden Award for the Best Script:
  • Călin Peter Netzer (Medal of Honor)
• Audience Award:
  • Medal of Honor (Călin Peter Netzer)
• FIPRESCI Prize:
  • The Mouth of the Wolf (Pietro Marcello)

References

1. Poirier, Agnès (3 December 2007), "Cinema is the loser at Turin", The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, retrieved 6 December 2010

External links

• Official website
• 2009 Torino Film Festival at the Internet Movie Database