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25th Independent Spirit Awards

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Date
  
5 March 2010

Other ceremonies
  
2009, 2011

The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2009, were announced on March 5, 2010. It was hosted by Eddie Izzard.

Contents

Best Feature

Precious

  • (500) Days of Summer
  • Amreeka
  • The Last Station
  • Sin Nombre
  • Best First Feature

    Crazy Heart

  • Easier with Practice
  • The Messenger
  • Paranormal Activity
  • A Single Man
  • Best Director

    Lee Daniels – Precious

  • Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – A Serious Man
  • Cary Fukunaga – Sin Nombre
  • James Gray – Two Lovers
  • Michael Hoffman – The Last Station
  • Best Male Lead

    Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart

  • Colin Firth – A Single Man
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt – (500) Days of Summer
  • Souleymane Sy Savane – Goodbye Solo
  • Adam Scott – The Vicious Kind
  • Best Female Lead

    Gabourey Sidibe – Precious

  • Maria Bello – Downloading Nancy
  • Nisreen Faour – Amreeka
  • Helen Mirren – The Last Station
  • Gwyneth Paltrow – Two Lovers
  • Best Supporting Male

    Woody Harrelson – The Messenger

  • Jemaine Clement – Gentlemen Broncos
  • Christian McKay – Me and Orson Welles
  • Ray McKinnon – That Evening Sun
  • Christopher Plummer – The Last Station
  • Best Supporting Female

    Mo'Nique – Precious

  • Dina Korzun – Cold Souls
  • Samantha Morton – The Messenger
  • Natalie Press – Fifty Dead Men Walking
  • Mia Wasikowska – That Evening Sun
  • Best Screenplay

    (500) Days of Summer – Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber

  • Adventureland – Greg Mottola
  • The Last Station – Michael Hoffman
  • The Messenger – Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman
  • The Vicious Kind – Lee Toland Krieger
  • Best First Screenplay

    Precious – Geoffrey Fletcher

  • Amreeka – Cherien Dabis
  • Cold Souls – Sophie Barthes
  • Crazy Heart – Scott Cooper
  • A Single Man – Tom Ford and David Scearce
  • Best Cinematography

    A Serious Man – Roger Deakins

  • The Bad Lieutenant - Port of Call: New Orleans – Peter Zeitlinger
  • Cold Souls – Andrij Parekh
  • Sin Nombre – Adriano Goldman
  • Treeless Mountain – Anne Misawa
  • Best Foreign Film

    An Education • France/UK

  • Everlasting Moments • Sweden
  • The Maid • Chile
  • Mother • South Korea
  • A Prophet • France
  • Best Documentary Feature

    Anvil! The Story of Anvil

  • Food, Inc.
  • More Than a Game
  • October Country
  • Which Way Home
  • John Cassavetes Award

    Humpday

  • Big Fan
  • The New Year Parade
  • Treeless Mountain
  • Zero Bridge
  • Truer Than Fiction Award

    45365

  • Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
  • El General
  • Producers Award

    Karin Chien – Santa Mesa and The Exploding Girl

  • Larry Fessenden – I Sell the Dead and The House of the Devil
  • Dia Sokol Savage – Beeswax and Nights and Weekends
  • Someone to Watch Award

    Kyle Patrick Alvarez – Easier with Practice

  • Asiel Norton – Redland
  • Tariq Tapa – Zero Bridge
  • Robert Altman Award

  • A Serious Man
  • References

    25th Independent Spirit Awards Wikipedia


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