25th Independent Spirit Awards Coverage (2010)

The 25th Independent Spirit Award nominations were announced on December 1st, 2009. The ceremony took place on March 5th, 2010 at a ceremony in Downtown LA hosted by comedian Eddie Izzard. Here are the nominees and winners:

Best Feature

• SIN NOMBRE Amy Kaufman
• Winner: PRECIOUS Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
• THE LAST STATION Chris Curling, Jens Meurer, Boonie Arnold
• (500) DAYS OF SUMMER Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Mason Novick, Steven J. Wolfe
• AMREEKA Christina Piovesan, Paul Barkin

Best Director

• James Gray TWO LOVERS
• Michael Hoffman THE LAST STATION
• Winner: Lee Daniels PRECIOUS
• Joel Coen and Ethan Coen A SERIOUS MAN
• Cary Joji Fukunaga SIN NOMBRE

Best First Feature

• THE MESSENGER Oren Moverman, Mark Gordon, Lawrence Inglee, Zach Miller
• EASIER WITH PRACTICE Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Cookie Carosella
• PARANORMAL ACTIVITY Oren Peli, Jason Blum
• Winner: CRAZY HEART Scott Cooper, Robert Duvall, Rob Carliner, Judy Cairo, T Bone Burnett
• A SINGLE MAN Tom Ford, Chris Weitz, Andrew Miano, Robert Salerno

John Cassavetes Award

• ZERO BRIDGE Tariq Tapa, Hilal Ahmed Langoo, Josée Lajoie
• TREELESS MOUNTAIN So Yong Kim, Bradley Rust Gray, Ben Howe, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy
• THE NEW YEAR PARADE Tom Quinn, Steve Beal
• Winner: HUMPDAY Lynn Shelton
• BIG FAN Robert Siegal, Jean Kouremetis, Elan Bogarin

Best Screenplay

• Lee Toland Krieger THE VICIOUS KIND
• Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman THE MESSENGER
• Michael Hoffman THE LAST STATION
• Greg Mottola ADVENTURELAND
• Winner: Scott Neustader and Michael H. Weber (500) DAYS OF SUMMER

Best First Screenplay

• Winner: Geoffrey Fletcher PRECIOUS
• Scott Cooper CRAZY HEART
• Sophie Barthes COLD SOULS
• Cherien Dabis AMREEKA
• Tom Ford and David Scearce A SINGLE MAN

Best Female Lead

• Gwyneth Paltrow TWO LOVERS
• Helen Mirren THE LAST STATION
• Winner: Gabourey Sidibe PRECIOUS
• Maria Bello DOWNLOADING NANCY
• Nisreen Faour AMREEKA

Best Male Lead

• Winner: Jeff Bridges CRAZY HEART
• Souléymane Sy Savané GOODBYE SOLO
• Colin Firth A SINGLE MAN
• Adam Scott THE VICIOUS KIND
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500) DAYS OF SUMMER

Best Supporting Female

• Samantha Morton THE MESSENGER
• Natalie Press FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING
• Dina Korzun COLD SOULS
• Mia Wasikowska THAT EVENING SUN
• Winner: Mo'Nique PRECIOUS

Best Supporting Male

• Christopher Plummer THE LAST STATION
• Winner: Woody Harrelson THE MESSENGER
• Raymond McKinnon THAT EVENING SUN
• Jemain Clement GENTLEMEN BRONCOS
• Christian McKay ME AND ORSON WELLES

Best Foreign Film

• LA NANA (THE MAID) Sebastián Silva
• MOTHER Bong Joon-Ho
• EVERLASTING MOMENTS Jan Troell
• Winner: AN EDUCATION Lone Scheerfig
• A PROPHET Jacques Audiard

Best Documentary

• WHICH WAY HOME Rebecca Cammisa
• OCTOBER COUNTRY Michael Palmieri, Donal Mosher
• MORE THAN A GAME Kristopher Belman
• FOOD, INC. Robert Kenner
• Winner: ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL Sacha Gervasi

Best Cinematography

• Adriano Goldman SIN NOMBRE
• Anne Misawa TREELESS MOUNTAIN
• Peter Zeitlinger BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS
• Andrij Parekh COLD SOULS
• Winner: Roger Deakins A SERIOUS MAN

Robert Altman Award

• Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Ellen Chenoweth, Rachel Tenner, Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Jessica McManus, Fred Melamed, Michael Stuhlbarg, Aaron Wolff A SERIOUS MAN

Piaget Producers Award

• Dia Sokol BEESWAX, NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS
• Larry Fessenden I SELL THE DEAD, THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL
• Winner: Karin Chien THE EXPLODING GIRL, SANTA MESA

Acura Someone to Watch Award

• Tariq Tapa ZERO BRIDGE
• Winner: Kyle Patrick Alvarez EASIER WITH PRACTICE
• Asiel Norton REDLAND

Truer Than Fiction Award

• Natalia Almada EL GENERAL
• Jessica Oreck BEETLE QUEEN CONQUERS TOKYO
• Winner: Bill Ross and Turner Ross 45365