Precious premiered at a film festival in Texas.
The 2009 Sundance Film Festival was held during January 15 , 2009 until January 25 in Park City , Utah . The Cannes Festival ( [ ˈkæn ] French : Festival de Cannes ) , named until 2002 as the International Film Festival ( Festival international du film ) and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes , France , which previews new films of all genres , including documentaries , from all around the world . Precious (film) . 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 .