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2009 Winners
The winners of the 2009 Golden Sheaf awards were announced at the awards gala held May 23.
Best of...

Best of Festival
Norm: Producer Teresa MacInnes; Director Kent Nason; Production Company Sea to Sea Productions Ltd.
Best of Saskatchewan Ruth Shaw Award
Mad Cow Sacred Cow: Producer Anand Ramayya, Ryan Lockwood; Director Anand Ramayya; Production Company Karma Films
 
Category Awards

Aboriginal
Dogz Lyfe: Burdens of a Gangsta Rapper: Producer Lori Kuffner; Director Cory Generoux; Production Company Cooper Rock Pictures Inc..
Animation
Le Noeud Cravate (The Necktie): Producer Michèle Bélanger, Julie Roy; Director Jean Françcois Lévesque; Production Company National Film Board of Canada.
Children’s and Youth Production
Wapos Bay: Raiders of the Lost Art: Producer Anand Ramayya, Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Derek Mazur; Director Dennis Jackson; Production Company Wapos Bay Productions, National Film Board of Canada.
Comedy
About Face: Producer Marc Kelsey; Director Chad Maker; Production Company Agency 71.
Community Cable Production
GTA's Most Wanted - Episode 6: Producer Jyoti Sharma; Director Jyoti Sharma; Production Company Rogers TV.
Documentary Arts & Culture
40 Years of One Night Stands: The Story of Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet: Producer Merit Jensen Carr, Patti Ross Milne; Director Jeff McKay; Production Company Merit Motion Pictures, Inside Out Productions.
Documentary Biography
Peace Warrior: Producer Sue Ridout, Sara Darling; Director Sue Ridout, Sara Darling; Production Company Dreamfilm Productions.
Documentary History
Finding The Fallen: Barnardo Boy: Producer Elliott Halpern, Pauline Duffy; Director Victor Kushmaniuk; Production Company yap films.
Documentary Nature/Environment
The Disappearing Male: Producer Alan Mendelsohn; Director Marc De Guerre; Production Company Red Apple Productions.
Documentary POV (Point of View)
Jackpot: Producer Michelle Latimer; Director Alan Black; Production Company Streel Films.
Documentary Science/Medicine
Wipe Out: Producer Lionel Goddard; Director Lionel Goddard; Production Company Knowledge Network Corporation.
Documentary Series
Landing: Producer Ryan Lockwood; Director Hale, Lockwood, Nakhai, Pufahl, Ramayya, Unrau; Production Company Hulo Films, KarmaFilm, Sask Intercultural Association.
Documentary Short Subject
Still a Girl Inside: Producer Valerie Westgate; Director Valerie Westgate; Production Company Mango Cafe Productions.
Documentary Social/Political
Norm: Producer Teresa MacInnes; Director Kent Nason; Production Company Sea to Sea Productions Ltd..
Drama
Princess Margaret Blvd.: Producer Dan Montgomery; Director Kazik Radwanski; Production Company Medium Density Fibreboard Films.
Experimental
Héloïse: Producer Josiane Lapointe; Director Josiane Lapointe; Production Company Poste Restante.
Lifestyle
At the End of My Leash: To Forgive and Forget: Producer Jean Merriman, Matthew Kershaw, Lisa Cichelly, Brad Pattison; Director Heather McCrae; Production Company White Iron Pictures / Purple Dog Media.
Multicultural
Landing: Razawa: Producer Ryan Lockwood; Director Thomas Hale; Production Company Hulo Films, KarmaFilm, Sask Intercultural Association.
Performing Arts & Entertainment
Dancing with Spirit: Triptych: Producer Byron McKim; Director Byron McKim; Production Company Soaring Heart Pictures Inc..
Student Production
Last Stage: Producer Hollis Ludlow-Carroll; Director Chris Pozzebon; Production Company Sheridan Institute Film School.
Youth Productions
Mouse: Producer James Flaherty; Director James Flaherty; Production Company Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board.
 
Craft Awards

Best Director (Fiction)
Record: Producer Dylan Reibling; Director Dylan Reibling; Production Company n/a
Best Director (Non-Fiction)
40 Years of One Night Stands: The Story of Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet: Producer Merit Jensen Carr, Patti Ross Milne; Director Jeff McKay; Production Company Merit Motion Pictures, Inside Out Productions
Best Research
Mad Cow Sacred Cow: Producer Anand Ramayya, Ryan Lockwood; Director Anand Ramayya; Production Company Karma Films
 
Special Awards

SCIC Global Issues Award
Dieu a-t-il quitte l'Afrique? (Has God Forsaken Africa?): Producer Colette Loumede; Director Musa Dieng Kala; Production Company National Film Board of Canada
Emerging Filmmaker Award
Jackpot: Producer Michelle Latimer; Director Alan Black; Production Company Streel Films.
Founder's Award
40 Years of One Night Stands: The Story of Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet: Producer Merit Jensen Carr, Patti Ross Milne; Director Jeff McKay; Production Company Merit Motion Pictures, Inside Out Productions
NFB Kathleen Shannon Award
Landing: Producer Ryan Lockwood; Director Hale, Lockwood, Nakhai, Pufahl, Ramayya, Unrau; Production Company Hulo Films, KarmaFilm, Sask Intercultural Association