# 25th Independent Spirit Awards

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

| Best Feature | Best 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 Lead | Best 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 Male | Best 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 Screenplay | Best 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 Feature | Best 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 Cinematography | Best 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

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 5 | The Last Station |
| 5 | Precious |
| 4 | The Messenger |
| 3 | (500) Days of Summer |
| 3 | Amreeka |
| 3 | Cold Souls |
| 3 | Crazy Heart |
| 3 | Sin nombre |
| 3 | A Single Man |
| 2 | A Serious Man |
| 2 | That Evening Sun |
| 2 | Two Lovers |
| 2 | The Vicious Kind |
Films that won multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 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