25th Independent Spirit Awards
Introduction The '''25th Independent Spirit Awards''', honoring the best independent films of 2009, were presented on March 5, 2010.The nominations were announced on December 1, 2009.The ceremony was hosted by Eddie Izzard.
Winners and nominees Lee Daniels, Best Director winnerJeff Bridges, Best Male Lead winnerGabourey Sidibe, Best Female Lead winnerWoody Harrelson, Best Supporting Male winnerMo'Nique, Best Supporting Female winnerScott Neustadter, Best Screenplay co-winnerBest FeatureBest Director '''''Precious'''''* ''(500) Days of Summer''* ''Amreeka''* ''The Last Station''* ''Sin nombre'' '''Lee Daniels – ''Precious'''''* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen – ''A Serious Man''* Cary Joji Fukunaga – ''Sin nombre''* James Gray – ''Two Lovers''* Michael Hoffman – ''The Last Station''Best Male LeadBest Female Lead '''Jeff Bridges – ''Crazy Heart'''''* Colin Firth – ''A Single Man''* Joseph Gordon-Levitt – ''(500) Days of Summer''* Souléymane Sy Savané – ''Goodbye Solo''* Adam Scott – ''The Vicious Kind'' '''Gabourey Sidibe – ''Precious'''''* Maria Bello – ''Downloading Nancy''* Nisreen Faour – ''Amreeka''* Helen Mirren – ''The Last Station''* Gwyneth Paltrow – ''Two Lovers''Best Supporting MaleBest Supporting Female '''Woody Harrelson – ''The Messenger'''''* Jemaine Clement – ''Gentlemen Broncos''* Christian McKay – ''Me and Orson Welles''* Ray McKinnon – ''That Evening Sun''* Christopher Plummer – ''The Last Station'' '''Mo'Nique – ''Precious'''''* Dina Korzun – ''Cold Souls''* Samantha Morton – ''The Messenger''* Natalie Press – ''Fifty Dead Men Walking''* Mia Wasikowska – ''That Evening Sun''Best ScreenplayBest First Screenplay '''Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber – ''(500) Days of Summer'''''* Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman – ''The Messenger''* Michael Hoffman – ''The Last Station''* Lee Toland Krieger – ''The Vicious Kind''* Greg Mottola – ''Adventureland'' '''Geoffrey Fletcher – ''Precious'''''* Sophie Barthes – ''Cold Souls''* Scott Cooper – ''Crazy Heart''* Cherien Dabis – ''Amreeka''* Tom Ford and David Scearce – ''A Single Man''Best First FeatureBest Documentary '''''Crazy Heart'''''* ''Easier with Practice''* ''The Messenger''* ''Paranormal Activity''* ''A Single Man'' '''''Anvil! The Story of Anvil'''''* ''Food, Inc.''* ''More than a Game''* ''October Country''* ''Which Way Home''Best CinematographyBest Foreign Film '''Roger Deakins – ''A Serious Man'''''* Adriano Goldman – ''Sin nombre''* Anne Misawa – ''Treeless Mountain''* Andrij Parekh – ''Cold Souls''* Peter Zeitlinger – ''Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans'' '''''An Education'' • France / UK'''* ''Everlasting Moments'' • Sweden* ''The Maid'' • Chile* ''Mother'' • South Korea* ''A Prophet'' • France===Films with multiple nominations and awards===+NominationsFilm 5 ''The Last Station'' ''Precious'' 4 ''The Messenger'' 3 ''(500) Days of Summer'' ''Amreeka'' ''Cold Souls'' ''Crazy Heart'' ''Sin nombre'' ''A Single Man'' 2 ''A Serious Man'' ''That Evening Sun'' ''Two Lovers'' ''The Vicious Kind''+AwardsFilm 5 ''Precious'' 2 ''Crazy Heart''
Special awards ===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''===Piaget Producers Award==='''Karin Chien – ''The Exploding Girl'' and ''Santa Mesa'''''* Larry Fessenden – ''The House of the Devil'' and ''I Sell the Dead''* 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''''' – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Ellen Chenoweth, Rachel Tenner, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Jessica McManus, Fred Melamed, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Aaron Wolff
References
External links *  2010 Awards at IMDb*  Official ceremony at YouTube