Claim: Precious premiered at a film festival in Texas.
Evidence: 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.
The 2009 Sundance Film Festival was held during January 15 , 2009 until January 25 in Park City , Utah.
The Cannes Festival -LRB- -LSB- ˈkæn -RSB- French : Festival de Cannes -RRB- , named until 2002 as the International Film Festival -LRB- Festival international du film -RRB- 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.