The winners were announced on April 9th in the Nile side gardens of the El Sawy Culture Wheel Cairo, under moonlight... an unforgettable experience.

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Full list of The Winners below !! El Sawy International Film Festival Egypt 2009

Best Short Film Award 

Ismaeel Hamdy: Egypt :Zeyarat Yom Shetwy (Winter Day's Visits)

Best International Documentary Award

Philip Rizk: Egypt: This Palestinian life

Best Feature Film Award

Joffre F. Silva : Brazil / Canada : Impedimento (Offside)

Best Animation Award

Michael Ramsey : USA : The Cave, Plato's allegory in clay

Best Student & Young Filmmaker Award

Gianmarco Galassi: Italy : Panama

Best Film Under 75 Minutes Award

Robin Ramsay  : Australia : Tao of the Traveller 

Best North American Documentary Award

Chase Matthews  : USA : From silence to sound

Best Avant Garde Film

Christopher St. John : USA : Love cream pie

Best First Film Award

Silvana Jakich  : USA : Underdogs

Best International Feature Film Award

Alfonso Corona  :Mexico : Euforia

Best Feature Film - North America

JF Lawton :USA : Jackson

Best Documentary Award

Lucy Martens  : Germany : Voices from inside

Festival Director's Award

Jennifer Abbott : USA : Gods of War

Best in Festival

Noha El Maadwey : Egypt : Hekayat adeya (Normal stories)