2009 Adelaide Film Festival


The 4th Adelaide Film Festival took place in Adelaide, Australia, from 19 February to 1 March 2009. Katrina Sedgwick was again Festival Director. Jan Chapman received the 2009 Don Dunstan Award The poster this year depicts the iconic film festival eye character concept that was so successful in 2007.
The festival opened with My Year Without Sex directed by Sarah Watt and closed with Easy Virtue directed by Stephan Elliott. 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. The Natuzzi International Award for Best Feature Film was won by the South Korean film Treeless Mountain, directed and written by So Yong Kim.

Competition

Jury

The following people were selected for the In Competition Jury:
The following films were selected for the In Competition section:
English titleOriginal titleDirectorProduction country/countries
A Christmas TaleUn conte de NoëlArnaud DesplechinFrance
All Around UsGururi no koto?Ryōsuke HashiguchiJapan
Dean SpanleyDean SpanleyToa FraserUK/New Zealand
GomorrahGomorraMatteo GarroneItaly
JalainurZha lai nuo erYe ChaoChina
KissesKissesLance DalyIreland/Sweden
My Tehran for Saleتهران من، حراجGranaz MoussaviAustralia/Iran
My Year Without SexMy Year Without SexSarah WattAustralia
StellaStellaSylvie VerheydeFrance
The Sky, the Earth and the RainEl cielo, la tierra y la lluviaJosé Luis Torres LeivaChile/France/ Germany
TezaTezaHaile GerimaEthiopia/Germany/ France
Treeless MountainNamueopneun SanSo Yong KimUSA/South Korea
ZiftDziftJavor GardevBulgaria

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.
;Audience Award
The Audience Award for Best Feature was won by Samson & Delilah.
The Audience Award for Best Documentary was won by Kiran Bedi.
The Audience Award for Best Short was won by The Cat Piano.
;Don Dunstan Award
The Don Dunstan Award was won by Jan Chapman.