45365

45365
Directed byBill Ross IV
Turner Ross
Produced byBill Ross IV
Turner Ross
Edited byBill Ross IV
Release dates
  • March 2009 (2009-03) (SXSW)
  • June 18, 2010 (2010-06-18) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

45365 is a 2009 American documentary film made by first-time directors the Ross brothers, Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross. The film is about the everyday life of the small town Sidney, Ohio, and the people living in it; the title comes from the town's ZIP Code.

45365 premiered at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize.[1] It won the Roger and Chaz Ebert Truer than Fiction award at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards.[2] Jeannette Catsoulis has described the film, "A beguiling slice of Midwestern impressionism, 45365 drops in on the residents of Sidney, Ohio, to observe their lunches and haircuts, trials and transgressions."[3]

  1. ^ "SXSW Film Festival Jury and Audience Award Winners". sxsw.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  2. ^ "Nominees: Spirit Awards". SpiritAwards.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2010-06-17.
  3. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (June 17, 2010). "Tiny Moments That Tell One Small Town's Story". The New York Times.