2009 Adelaide Film Festival
| Opening film | My Year Without Sex |
|---|---|
| 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. Jan Chapman received the 2009 Don Dunstan Award The poster this year depicts the iconic film festival eye character concept that was so successful in 2007.
The festival opened with My Year Without Sex directed by Sarah Watt and closed with Easy Virtue directed by Stephan Elliott. 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. The Natuzzi International Award for Best Feature Film was won by the South Korean film Treeless Mountain, directed and written by So Yong Kim.