GOLDEN GATE PERSISTENCE OF VISION AWARD

The 2009 Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award for lifetime achievement of a filmmaker whose work is crafting documentaries, short films, animation or work for television, has been awarded to Lourdes Portillo.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Nomad's Land (Switzerland), Gaël Métroz, director

INVESTIGATIVE DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (Denmark/Sweden), Anders Østergaard, director

BAY AREA DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
D tour (USA), Jim Granato, director

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Tongzhi in Love (USA), Ruby Yang, director

BAY AREA SHORT, FIRST PRIZE
Immersion (USA), Richard Levien, director

BAY AREA SHORT,  SECOND PRIZE
Utopia, Part 3: The World's Largest Shopping Mall (USA), Sam Green, Carrie Lozano, directors

NARRATIVE SHORT
Angels Die in the Soil (Irsan), Babak Amini, director

ANIMATED SHORT
Kanizsa Hill (USA), Evelyn Lee, director

NEW VISIONS
Circles of Confusion (USA), Phoebe Tooke, director

WORK FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES
Mutt (Australia), Glen Hunwick, director

ADOBE YOUTH FILM FOR CHANGE:
A Generation of Consolidation (USA), Samantha Muilenburg, Brooke Noel, directors

YOUTH WORK
No Light at the End of the Tunnel (USA), Charlotte Burger, director

YOUTH WORK HONORABLE MENTION
Poetry in the Dark (USA), Daniel Kharlak, director

NEW DIRECTORS AWARD, FIRST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Snow (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Aida Begic, director

FIPRESCI PRIZE
Everything Strange and New (USA), Frazer Bradshaw, director

TELEVISION NARRATIVE LONG FORM
Artemisia (Taiwan), Chiang Hsui-chiung, director