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Opening film | My Year Without Sex |
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Closing film | Easy Virtue |
Location | Adelaide, Australia |
Founded | 2002 |
Awards | International Award for Best Feature Film (
Treeless Mountain) Don Dunstan Award ( Jan Chapman) |
Directors | Katrina Sedgwick |
No. of films | 13 (In Competition) |
Festival date | 19 February – 1 March 2009 |
Website |
adelaidefilmfestival |
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]
The following people were selected for the In Competition Jury: [1] [11]
The following films were selected for the In Competition section: [1]
English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country/countries |
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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 |
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]
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]
The Don Dunstan Award was won by Jan Chapman. [1] [2]