2009 CICFF Awards:

SPECIAL PRIZES

The 2009 Best of Fest Award

Julian Fellowes, From Time to Time (UK, 2009)

The Poetry Foundation Poetry Prize

Filmmaker - Andreas Mendritzki, Poet – Lorna Crozier, Fear of Snakes (Canada, 2009)

The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Prize - Best Film or Video by an Emerging Director

Mary Ann Kellogg, Abuelo (USA, 2009)

The Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Prize - Best Child-Produced Film or Video

Shiropa Purna, Our Boat is Our Address (Bangladesh, 2009)

The Liv Ullmann Peace Prize

Vinod Ganatra, Harun-Arun (India, 2009)

The Rights of the Child Award

Andrzej Maleszka, The Magic Tree (Poland, 2009)

CHILDREN’S JURY PRIZES 2009

CHILDREN’S JURY PRIZE – LIVE-ACTION FEATURE FILM OR VIDEO – ENGLISH LANGUAGE

1st Prize, Vic Sarin, A Shine of Rainbows (Canada/Ireland, 2009)
2nd Prize, Julian Fellowes, From Time to Time (UK, 2009)

CHILDREN’S JURY PRIZE – LIVE-ACTION FEATURE FILM OR VIDEO – FOREIGN LANGUAGE

1st Prize, Pieter Verhoeff, The Letter for the King (Netherlands, 2008)
2nd Prize, Lars Büchel, Lippel’s Dream (Germany, 2008)
Certificate of Excellence, Jesper W. Nielsen, Through a Glass, Darkly (Norway, 2008)

CHILDREN’S JURY PRIZE – LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Vlady Valentin Oszkiel, Lioness of Lisabi (USA, 2008)
2nd Prize, Simone van Dusseldorp, Doggie (Netherlands, 2007)
Certificate of Excellence, Anja Ehrhardt, Girls (Germany, 2008)

CHILDREN’S JURY PRIZE – DOCUMENTARY FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Yoni Brook and Musa Syeed, Bronx Princess (USA, 2008)
2nd Prize, Steve Furman, Chickens of the Sea (USA, 2009)
Certificate of Excellence, Hannah Smith Walker, Why Don't We Ride Zebras? (USA, 2008)

CHILDREN’S JURY PRIZE – ANIMATED SHORT FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Philip Hunt, Lost and Found (UK, 2008)
2nd Prize, Nick Park, Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (UK, 2008)
Certificate of Excellence, Yair Landau, Live Music (USA, 2009)

CHILDREN’S JURY PRIZE - CHILD-PRODUCED SHORT FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Edvard Granum Dillner, Hot (Norway, 2009)
2nd Prize, Jane Hubbard & young People from Ysgol Gymraeg Pwll Coch, Skool Daze (UK, 2008)
Certificate of Excellence, Linnavuoren Päiväkoti & Pirkanmaan Elokuvakeskus, Maikki Kantola, A Fishing Bear (Finland, 2008)

ADULT JURY PRIZES 2009

ADULT JURY PRIZE – LIVE-ACTION FEATURE FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Jesper W. Nielsen, Through a Glass, Darkly (Norway, 2008)
2nd Prize, Fumie Nishikawa, The Azemichi Road (Japan, 2009)
Certificate of Excellence, Julian Fellowes From Time to Time (UK, 2009)

ADULT JURY PRIZE – LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Katrin Gebbe, Sores & Sîrîn (Germany, 2008)
2nd Prize, Yi-hsin Yuan, Eleven Days (China, 2009)
Certificate of Excellence, Cássio Pereira Dos Santos, Scarecrow Girl (Brazil, 2008)

ADULT JURY PRIZE – DOCUMENTARY FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Sara Yamamoto, Fabrice Matadi, Inka Hakala, Tapio Koivula, Iago Tannus Santos, Guan-De Jiang, Tzu-Yin Wang, My 24 Hours II: Families: "Japan" (Taiwan, 2009)
2nd Prize, Jenni Linko, Fight the Bad Things (Finland, 2009)
Certificate of Excellence, Hannah Smith Walker, Why Don't We Ride Zebras? (USA, 2008)

ADULT JURY PRIZE – LIVE-ACTION TELEVISION PROGRAM

1st Prize, Director Hakon Liu and Jesper Danielsson, Habib: "The Ghost in the Basement" (Sweden, 2007)
2nd Prize, Lai Man Yi, Birthday Present (Hong Kong, 2007)

ADULT JURY PRIZE – ANIMATED SHORT FILM OR VIDEO

1st Prize, Anita Killi, Angry Man (Norway, 2009)
2nd Prize, Kevin Langdale, Engine 371 (Canada, 2008)
Certificate of Excellence, Jamie Stone and Anders Jedenfors, Space Travel According to John (Scotland, 2008)