The Best of the Fest
2009 Award Winners
Congratulations to all of our 2009 Indy Film Fest juried and audience award winning films!
Jury Awards
American Spectrum
Feature
Sita Sings the Blues
Directed By: Nina Paley
Short
True Beauty This Night
Directed By: Peter Besson
Documentary
Feature
Best Worst Movie
Directed By: Michael Stephenson
Short
Frankie 13 vs. the World
Directed By: James Eowan, Douglas Shaffer
World Cinema
Feature
The Vanished Empire
Directed By: Karen Shakhnazarov
Short
Gone Fishing
Directed By: Chris Jones
Hoosier Lens
Feature
A Ripple of Hope
Directed By: Donald Boggs
Short
Chicken Cowboy
Directed By: Stephen P. Neary
Audience Award
Feature
Racing Dreams
Directed By: Marshall Curry
Short
Weathered
Directed By: Matt Barber, Matthew Webb
Special Awards
Eric Parker Social Justice Award
The Way We Get By
Directed By: Aron Gaudet
Black Expressions Prize
Sinnerman
Directed By: Kelly Daniela Norris, T.W. Pittman
Team
Dorothy Henckel, president
Kelli Safford, vice president
Erika Barry, treasurer
Allison Harthcock, secretary & volunteer coordinator
Amanda Haugh, sponsorships coordinator
Craig Mince, programming director
Martin Schliessmann, sponsorship director
Susan Sullivan, PR and media coordinator
Michael Tressler, interactive services and social media director