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 (La Nana)
- 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 (La Nana)
- 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
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