25th Independent Spirit Awards


The 25th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2009, were announced on March 5, 2010. It was hosted by Eddie Izzard.

Winners and nominees

Best FeatureBest Director
Precious
  • Days of Summer
  • Amreeka
  • The Last Station
  • Sin Nombre
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 LeadBest Female Lead
    Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
  • Colin Firth - A Single Man
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Days of Summer
  • Souleymane Sy Savane - 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
    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
    		• Precious - Geoffrey Fletcher
  • Amreeka - Cherien Dabis
  • Cold Souls - Sophie Barthes
  • Crazy Heart - Scott Cooper
  • A Single Man - Tom Ford and David Scearce
    • 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
    A Serious Man - Roger Deakins
  • ' - Peter Zeitlinger
  • Cold Souls - Andrij Parekh
  • Sin Nombre - Adriano Goldman
  • Treeless Mountain - Anne Misawa
    		• An Education • France/UK'
  • Everlasting Moments • Sweden
  • The Maid • Chile
  • Mother • South Korea
  • A Prophet'' • France

    • Films with multiple nominations and awards

    AwardsFilm
    4Precious
    2A Serious Man

    Special awards

    [Independent Spirit [John Cassavetes Award|John Cassavetes Award]]

    Humpday
    45365
    'Karin Chien - Santa Mesa and The Exploding Girl
    'Kyle Patrick Alvarez - Easier with Practice