Time: September 16th -19th 2009
Theme: Madness
Number of selected short films: 65
Number of represented countries: 15
Italia, France, Spain, Germany, Brasil, Argentina, United Kingdom, USA, Hungary, Bulgary, Greece, Canada, South Korea, Iran, Portugal
Awards:
Listening to the Silences by Pedro Flores (Portugal) – Best Short Film Award
Desert Wedding by Alexandra Fisher (USA) – Special mention RFF staff (Open Category)
Welgünzer by Bradford Schmidt (opera prima, USA) – Special mention RFF staff (Madness)
Buonanotte by Riccardo Banfi (Italia) – Zavattini Award
Il mio ultimo giorno di Guerra by Matteo Tondini (Italia) – FEDIC Award
The attack of the robots from Nebula – 5 by Chema Garcia Ibarra (Spain) – Audience Jury Award (Madness)
Olimpiades by Magali Bayron (Argentina) – Audience Jury Award (Open Category)
Jury: Stefano Bessoni, Tullio Masoni, Cesare Secchi, Maria Teresa Caburosso, Rossella Ardenti
Guests: Flavio Bucci, Alessandro Haber, Stefano Bessoni, Gianluca Petrazzi