Destin Daniel Cretton's "Short Term 12" - billed in the Sundance program as "a film about kids and the grown-ups who hit them" - has won the Jury Prize in Short Filmmaking at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

The winning short films were announced Tuesday night at a ceremony at Park City's Legacy Lodge.

The Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking went to Swedish director Jonas Odell's "Lies," three interlocking episodes about people who are lying.

Honorable mentions were given to:

• "I Live In The Woods," directed by Max Winston.
• "Jerrycan," written and directed by Julius Avery (Australia)
• "Love You More," directed by Sam Taylor-Wood and written by Patrick Marber (who also wrote "Closer" and "Notes on a Scandal") (UK)
• "Omelette," directed by Nadejda Koseva and written by Georgi Gospodinov (Bulgaria)
• "Protect You + Me," directed by Brady Corbet (the actor who appeared in "Funny Games")
• "Treevenge" directed by Jason Eisener and written by Rob Cotterill (Canada)
• "Western Spaghetti", directed by PES.