Independent Spirit Award Nominees

2009 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominees (thanks to IndieWire):

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)

• (500) Days of Summer
• Amreeka
• Precious
• Sin Nombre
• The Last Station

BEST DIRECTOR

• Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
• Lee Daniels, Precious
• Cary Fukanaga, Sin Nombre
• James Grey, Two Lovers
• Michael Hoffman, The Last Station

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)

• A Single Man
• Crazy Heart
• Easier With Practice
• The Messenger
• Paranormal Activity

BEST FEMALE LEAD

• Maria Bello, Downloading Nancy
• Helen Mirren, The Last Station
• Gwyneth Paltrow, Two Lovers
• Gabby Sidibe, Precious
• Nisreen Faour, Amreeka

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 SUPPORTING FEMALE

• Mo’Nique, Precious
• Samantha Morton, The Messenger
• Natahlie Press, Fifty Dead Men Walking
• Mia Wasikowska, That Evening Sun
• Dina Korzun, Cold Souls

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

• Jemaine Clement, Gentlemen Broncos
• Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
• Cristian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
• Ramon McKinnon, That Evening Sun
• Christopher Plummer, The Last Station

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)

• A Prophet
• An Education
• Everlasting Moments
• Mother
• The Maid

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)

• A Serious Man

(Best Screenplay, Cinematography, Documentary and more, after the cut)

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Cold Souls
• Crazy Heart
• Adventureland
• Precious
• A Single Man

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

• Cold Souls
• Crazy Heart
• Amreeka
• Precious
• A Single Man

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• A Serious Man
• Sin Nombre
• Treeless Mountain
• Cold Souls
• Bad Lieutenant

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)

• Anvil!
• Food Inc
• More Than a Game
• October Country
• Which Way Home

PRODUCERS AWARD

• Karen Chien
• Larry Fessenden
• Dia Sokol

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
—to be announced—

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

• Natalia Almada
• Bill Ross and Turner Ross
• Jessica Oreck