Precious premiered at a film festival in Utah.
At Sundance , it won the Audience Award and the Grand Jury Prize for best drama , as well as a Special Jury Prize for supporting actress Mo'Nique.
The 2009 Sundance Film Festival was held during January 15 , 2009 until January 25 in Park City , Utah.
The film , then without a distributor , premiered to acclaim at both the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and the 2009 Cannes Film Festival , under its original title of Push : Based on the Novel by Sapphire.
