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2009 Nominees
Following are the nominees for Category Awards and Craft Awards. The Special Awards, for which there are no nominees but which are chosen from all eligible entries, will be announced at this year's Festival.
Category Awards

Aboriginal
Land of Oil and WaterProducer Warren Cariou; Director Neil McArthur; Production Company N/A
Second Stories: Deb-we-wein-Ge-kind-am-aan (Our Place in the Circle)Producer Joe MacDonald; Director Lorne Olson; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
Last Bannock StandingProducer Paul Dederick; Director Paul Dederick; Production Company CBC
Dogz Lyfe: Burdens of a Gangsta RapperProducer Lori Kuffner; Director Cory Generoux; Production Company Cooper Rock Pictures Inc.
Kitohcikew (One Who Makes Music)Producer Jeremy Edwardes, Ralph Brown; Director Jim Compton; Production Company Atoshkewin Productions Inc.
 
Animation
HunguProducer Michèle Bélanger, Julie Roy; Director Nicolas Brault; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
Le Noeud Cravate (The Necktie)Producer Michèle Bélanger, Julie Roy; Director Jean Françcois Lévesque; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
RetouchesProducer Georges Schwizgebel, Marc Bertrand; Director Georges Schwizgebel; Production Company National Film Board of Canada/GDS Studio
BatmilkProducer Michael Fukushima; Director Brandon Blommaert; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
PassagesProducer Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre; Director Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre; Production Company MJSTPFilms
 
Children’s and Youth Production
Uncle Bob's HospitalProducer Kent Martin; Director JoDee Samuelson; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
See The Sea: Goby and the ShrimpProducer Debra Beard; Director Debra Beard; Production Company Force Four Films/Fresh Air Audio & Creative
Vy's VietnamProducer Beverley Reid; Director Beverley Reid; Production Company Coming Home Films Inc
Wapos Bay: Raiders of the Lost ArtProducer Anand Ramayya, Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Derek Mazur; Director Dennis Jackson; Production Company Wapos Bay Productions, National Film Board of Canada
 
Comedy
Shirtgun GuyProducer Dillon Casey; Director Conor Casey; Production Company Lumanity Productions
About FaceProducer Marc Kelsey; Director Chad Maker; Production Company Agency 71
AlbertProducer Kerry McPherson; Director Kerry McPherson; Production Company
Bill Seaton's C.L.E.A.N. Filmmaking GuideProducer Shannon Jardine; Director Terry Mialkowsky; Production Company Prairie Threat Entertainement Inc.
Rick Mercer Report - Episode 9Producer Gerald Lunz; Director Henry Sarwer-Foner; Production Company Island Edge
 
Community Cable Production
EastLink Magazine: On Board the AmistadProducer Brett Smith; Director Brett Smith; Production Company EastLink Television
Sundogs Sled ExcursionsProducer Thirza Jones; Director Thirza Jones; Production Company Media Group
York Region DiningProducer Julia Suppa; Director Julia Suppa; Production Company Rogers TV, York Region
Coast Cooking with Spence: Spence's Sushi SpecialProducer Steve Sleep, Linda Watts; Director Steve Sleep; Production Company Coast Cable 11, a division of Coast Cable Communications
GTA's Most Wanted - Episode 6Producer Jyoti Sharma; Director Jyoti Sharma; Production Company Rogers TV
 
Documentary Arts & Culture
The Real PlaceProducer Bonnie Thompson, David Christensen; Director Cam Christiansen; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
Pretty Bloody: The Women of HorrorProducer Kimberlee McTaggart; Director Donna Davies; Production Company Sorcery Films Ltd.
Finding Body & SoulProducer Brenda Surminski, Veronica Tennant; Director Veronica Tennant, Anita Do; Production Company Ogilvy & Mather, Veronica Tennant Productions
40 Years of One Night Stands: The Story of Canada's Royal Winnipeg BalletProducer Merit Jensen Carr, Patti Ross Milne; Director Jeff McKay; Production Company Merit Motion Pictures, Inside Out Productions
Pretend Not To See Me: The Art of Colette UrbanProducer David Craig; Director Katherine Knight; Production Company Site Media Inc.
 
Documentary Biography
The Man Who Built My ChildhoodProducer Tobi Lampard; Director Brian Stockton; Production Company Time Factory Films
Peace WarriorProducer Sue Ridout, Sara Darling; Director Sue Ridout, Sara Darling; Production Company Dreamfilm Productions
Radical Dreamer: The Passionate Journey of Graham SpryProducer Peter Raymont; Director Bruce Steele; Production Company White Pine Pictures
Dream-Magic Alanis ObomsawinProducer Gerry Flahive; Director Katerina Cizek; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
Ted Grant: The Art of ObservationProducer David Springbett, Heather MacAndrew; Director Heather MacAndrew; Production Company Asterisk Productions Ltd
 
Documentary History
Fly Me To The Moon: Fateful AttractionProducer John Curtin; Director John Curtin; Production Company Kaos Productions Inc.
Unmasking the Pagan ChristProducer David Brady; Director Johnny Silver; Production Company David Brady Productions
Front LinesProducer Anne-Marie Rocher; Director Claude Guilman; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
The Adventurers: A Story Told in StoneProducer same as director ; Director Andrew Gregg; Production Company CBC
Finding The Fallen: Barnardo BoyProducer Elliott Halpern, Pauline Duffy; Director Victor Kushmaniuk; Production Company yap films
 
Documentary Nature/Environment
Chasing Wild HorsesProducer Jessica Brown; Director Matt Trecartin; Production Company Arcadia Entertainment
In the Company of TreesProducer Sylvie Peltier; Director Anne Worrall; Production Company Red Letter Films
The Disappearing MaleProducer Alan Mendelsohn; Director Marc De Guerre; Production Company Red Apple Productions
Tar Sands: Canada for SaleProducer Peter Raymont; Director Tom Radford; Production Company White Pine Pictures
Mad Cow Sacred CowProducer Anand Ramayya, Ryan Lockwood; Director Anand Ramayya; Production Company Karma Films
 
Documentary POV (Point of View)
My Messy LifeProducer Janet Torge; Director Josh Freed; Production Company My Messy Life
Silo: Sage of the AndesProducer Donna Zuckerbrot; Director Daniel Zuckerbrot; Production Company Reel Time Images Inc.
The Last Chapter: Reading my Father through the LensProducer Makiko Ishihara; Director Makiko Ishihara; Production Company Videocom International
JackpotProducer Michelle Latimer; Director Alan Black; Production Company Streel Films
Cab 138Producer Robert Swartz; Director Robert Swartz; Production Company Swartz Productions
 
Documentary Science/Medicine
Wipe OutProducer Lionel Goddard; Director Lionel Goddard; Production Company Knowledge Network Corporation
Zombies: When the Dead WalkProducer Donna Zuckerbrot; Director Donna Zuckerbrot; Production Company Reel Time Images Inc.
The Brain That Changes ItselfProducer Gordon Henderson; Director Mike Sheerin; Production Company 90th Parallel Productions Ltd
Secrets of the Dinosaur MummyProducer Carrie Gour; Director Michael Jorgensen; Production Company Myth Merchant Films
The Musical BrainProducer Vanessa Dylyn; Director Christina Pochmursky; Production Company Matter of Fact Media Inc.
 
Documentary Series
The Nature of ThingsProducer Michael Allder; Director n/a ; Production Company CBC
Middle of SomewhereProducer Darryl Kesslar, John Mills; Director Darryl Kesslar, John Mills; Production Company plan9films
LandingProducer Ryan Lockwood; Director Hale, Lockwood, Nakhai, Pufahl, Ramayya, Unrau; Production Company Hulo Films, KarmaFilm, Sask Intercultural Association
A Few Good Men & WomenProducer David Christensen, Robin Schlaht; Director Robin Schlaht; Production Company Zima Junction Productions
Fish Out of WaterProducer Katery Legault; Director Neil Grahn; Production Company Joe Media Group Inc.
 
Documentary Short Subject
Still a Girl InsideProducer Valerie Westgate; Director Valerie Westgate; Production Company Mango Cafe Productions
FeatherlandProducer Michael Allcock; Director Michael Allcock; Production Company Cinescribe Productions Inc.
Landing: ErnestoProducer Ryan Lockwood; Director Aidin Nakhai; Production Company Hulo Films, KarmaFilm, Sask Intercultural Association
SouvenirsProducer Paula Kelly; Director Paula Kelly; Production Company
Max O U/WProducer Chuck Clark; Director Chuck Clark; Production Company Chuck Clark
 
Documentary Social/Political
Broke.Producer Rosie Dransfeld; Director Rosie Dransfeld; Production Company ID: Productions Inc.
NormProducer Teresa MacInnes; Director Kent Nason; Production Company Sea to Sea Productions Ltd.
The Adenturers: The Last NomadsProducer Gordon Henderson; Director Andrew Gregg; Production Company 90th Parallel Productions Ltd
Carts of DarknessProducer Tracey Friesen; Director Murray Siple; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
DocZone: The United States v. Omar KhadarProducer Terence Mckenna; Director Terence McKenna; Production Company CBC
 
Drama
The Morning PartyProducer Bryce Mitchell; Director Evan Crowe; Production Company Canadian Film Centre
Us ChickensProducer Erin Chisholm; Director Mark Van de Ven; Production Company Arkitekt Films
RecordProducer Dylan Reibling; Director Dylan Reibling; Production Company n/a
InterpersonalitiesProducer Stephen Huszar; Director Aidin Nakhai; Production Company Hulo Films
Princess Margaret Blvd.Producer Dan Montgomery; Director Kazik Radwanski; Production Company Medium Density Fibreboard Films
 
Experimental
Hydro-LévesqueProducer Paul-E. Audet; Director Matthew Rankin; Production Company Laterna Films
HéloïseProducer Josiane Lapointe; Director Josiane Lapointe; Production Company Poste Restante
All This WayProducer Robert Daniel Pytlyk; Director Robert Daniel Pytlyk; Production Company n/a
Enlightenment in a Small townProducer Ben Schubert; Director Ben Schubert; Production Company Echolands Creative Group
 
Lifestyle
At the End of My Leash: To Forgive and ForgetProducer Jean Merriman, Matthew Kershaw, Lisa Cichelly, Brad Pattison; Director Heather McCrae; Production Company White Iron Pictures / Purple Dog Media
At the End of My Leash: Kick Him in the ButtProducer Jean Merriman, Matthew Kershaw, Lisa Cichelly, Brad Pattison; Director Kelly Peckham; Production Company White Iron Pictures / Purple Dog Media
Family Restaurant: The Quons - New Year Brings ChangesProducer Margaret Mardirossian, Helen Schmidt, David Way; Director Neil Grahn, Connie Edwards, Sophie Mardirossian; Production Company Anaid Productions Inc.
Anna and Kristina's Grocery Bag: Julia Child, Mastering the Art of French CProducer Anna Wallner, Kristina Matisic, Joyce Sawa; Director Michael Margolis; Production Company Anna and Kristina's Grocery Bag Productions Inc.
Til Debt Do Us Part: The Big Bail OutProducer Jennifer Horvath; Director Roxanna Spicer; Production Company Frantic Films
 
Multicultural
Fire and FuryProducer Dianne Irving; Director Nadine Valcin; Production Company Up In Flames Productions
Landing: RazawaProducer Ryan Lockwood; Director Thomas Hale; Production Company Hulo Films, KarmaFilm, Sask Intercultural Association
 
Performing Arts & Entertainment
Dancing with Spirit: TriptychProducer Byron McKim; Director Byron McKim; Production Company Soaring Heart Pictures Inc.
Hecho en SaskatchewanProducer Don List; Director Don List; Production Company Birdsong Communications Ltd.
City of NoiseProducer Mitch Barany; Director Mitch Barany; Production Company Barany Productions
StriaeProducer Nikko Snyder; Director Nikko Snyder; Production Company N/A
LuzProducer Eva Colmers; Director Eva Colmers; Production Company No Problem Productions
 
Student Production
Boreal Forest ExpeditionProducer Lindsay and Nick Bradford-Ewart; Director Lindsay and Nick Bradford-Ewart; Production Company Simon Fraser University Film School
Condensed MilkProducer Esther Mackinnon; Director Esther Mackinnon; Production Company Langara College Film School
Lévesque et fils, maraîcher(s)Producer Nicolas Lévesque; Director Nicolas Lévesque; Production Company Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi Film School
Last StageProducer Hollis Ludlow-Carroll; Director Chris Pozzebon; Production Company Sheridan Institute Film School
KuluProducer Chancz Perry; Director Barry Liu; Production Company Simon Fraser University Film School
 
Youth Productions
MouseProducer James Flaherty; Director James Flaherty; Production Company Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board
A GestureProducer Larry Lynn; Director Larry Lynn; Production Company Larry Lynn Cinematography
 
Special Awards

Emerging Filmmaker
Shirtgun GuyProducer Dillon Casey; Director Conor Casey; Production Company Lumanity Productions
JackpotProducer Michelle Latimer; Director Alan Black; Production Company Streel Films
Le Noeud Cravate (The Necktie)Producer Michèle Bélanger, Julie Roy; Director Jean Françcois Lévesque; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
StubblejumperProducer David Geiss; Director David Geiss; Production Company da vid films inc.
Sleep LabProducer Peter Apostolopolus; Director Christopher MacBride; Production Company Monument Pictures
 
Best of Saskatchewan Ruth Shaw Award
InterpersonalitiesProducer Stephen Huszar; Director Aidin Nakhai; Production Company Hulo Films
Mad Cow Sacred CowProducer Anand Ramayya, Ryan Lockwood; Director Anand Ramayya; Production Company Karma Films
Dogz Lyfe: Burdens of a Gangsta RapperProducer Lori Kuffner; Director Cory Generoux; Production Company Cooper Rock Pictures Inc.
Over LandProducer Steve Suderman; Director Steve Suderman; Production Company Orangeville Road Pictures Ltd.
Enlightenment in a Small townProducer Ben Schubert; Director Ben Schubert; Production Company Echolands Creative Group
 
Craft Awards

Best Director (Fiction)
Shirtgun GuyProducer Dillon Casey; Director Conor Casey; Production Company Lumanity Productions
Princess Margaret Blvd.Producer Dan Montgomery; Director Kazik Radwanski; Production Company Medium Density Fibreboard Films
RecordProducer Dylan Reibling; Director Dylan Reibling; Production Company n/a
Us ChickensProducer Erin Chisholm; Director Mark Van de Ven; Production Company Arkitekt Films
The DreamingProducer Anthony Green; Director Anthony Green; Production Company AMG Films
 
Best Director (Non-Fiction)
Mad Cow Sacred CowProducer Anand Ramayya, Ryan Lockwood; Director Anand Ramayya; Production Company Karma Films
A Few Good Men & WomenProducer David Christensen, Robin Schlaht; Director Robin Schlaht; Production Company Zima Junction Productions
Peace WarriorProducer Sue Ridout, Sara Darling; Director Sue Ridout, Sara Darling; Production Company Dreamfilm Productions
The Last Chapter: Reading my Father through the LensProducer Makiko Ishihara; Director Makiko Ishihara; Production Company Videocom International
NormProducer Teresa MacInnes; Director Kent Nason; Production Company Sea to Sea Productions Ltd.
40 Years of One Night Stands: The Story of Canada's Royal Winnipeg BalletProducer Merit Jensen Carr, Patti Ross Milne; Director Jeff McKay; Production Company Merit Motion Pictures, Inside Out Productions
 
Best Research
Finding The Fallen: Barnardo BoyProducer Elliott Halpern, Pauline Duffy; Director Victor Kushmaniuk; Production Company yap films
Mad Cow Sacred CowProducer Anand Ramayya, Ryan Lockwood; Director Anand Ramayya; Production Company Karma Films
God's Red Poet: The Life of Kenneth LeslieProducer Chuck Lapp; Director Chuck Lapp; Production Company Envision Productions Limited