2009 Sundance Film Festival

Award winners

• 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
• 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

• Virginia Madsen –
• Scott McGehee –
• Maud Nadler –
• Mike White –
• Boaz Yakin –

• Patrick Creadon –
• Carl Deal –
• Andrea Meditch –
• Sam Pollard –
• Marina Zenovich –

• Colin Brown –
• Christine Jeffs –
• Vibeke Windelov –

• Gillian Armstrong –
• Thom Powers –
• Hubert Sauper –

• Gerardo Naranjo –
• Lou Taylor Pucci –
• Sharon Swart –

• Fran Bagenal –
• Rodney Brooks –
• Ray Gesteland –
• Jeffrey Nachmanoff –
• Alex Rivera –