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
{ | class="wikitable" !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
Special awards
John Cassavetes AwardHumpday
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