25th Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

By Michelle McCue | December 1, 2009

PRECIOUS and THE LAST STATION  have the most nods  with 5 nominations a piece. So glad to see Jeff Bridges’ nomination for CRAZY HEART. Even PARANORMAL ACTIVITY saw a nomination in   Best First feature category.

The ceremony will air live and uncut on Friday, March 5, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. PST/11:00 p.m. EST on IFC from downtown Los Angeles.

 

The complete list of nominations:

 

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)

“(500) Days Of Summer,” Producers: Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, Steven J. Wolfe

“Amreeka,” Producers: Paul Barkin, Christina Piovesan

“Precious,” Producers: Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness

“Sin Nombre,” Producer: Amy Kaufman

“The Last Station,” Producers: Bonnie Arnold, Chris Curling, Jens Meuer

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, “A Serious Man”

Lee Daniels, “Precious”

Cary Joji Fukunaga, “Sin Nombre”

James Gray, “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

 

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)

Big Fan

Humpday

The New Year Parade

Treeless Mountain

Zero Bridge

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

The Messenger

The Last Station

500 Days of Summer

The Vicious Kind

Adventureland

 

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Cold Souls

Crazy Heart

Amreeka

Precious

A Single Man

 

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Maria Bello “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee”

Helen Mirren “The Last Station”

Gwentyth Paltrow “Two Lovers”

Gabourey Sidibe “Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire”

Nisreen Faour “Amreeka”

 

BEST MALE 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”

 

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Dina Korzun “Cold Souls”

 Mo’Nique “Precious”  

Samantha Morton “The Messenger”

 Natalie Press “Fifty Dead Men Walking”

 Mia Wasikowska “That Evening Sun”

 

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Jemaine Clement “Gentlemen Broncos”

Woody Harrelson “The Messenger”

 Christian McKay “Me and Orson Welles”

 Raymond McKinnon “That Evening Sun”  

Christopher Plummer “The Last Station”

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

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”

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

Director: Sacha Gervasi

 

Food, Inc.

Director: Robert Kenner

 

More Than A Game

Director: Kristopher Belman

 

October Country

Directors: Donal Mosher, Michael Palmieri

 

Which Way Home

Director: Rebecca Cammisa

 

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)

A Prophet

(France)

Director: Jacques Audiard

 

An Education

(UK/France)

Director: Lone Scherfig

 

Everlasting Moments

(Sweden)

Director: Jan Troell

 

Mother

(South Korea)

Director: Bong Joon-Ho

 

The Maid

(Chile)

Director: Sebastián Silva

 

ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – The 16th annual Acura Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Acura.

Kyle Patrick Alvarez “Easier With Practice”  

Asiel Norton “Redland”

 Tariq Tapa “Zero Bridge”

 

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The 15th annual Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

Natalia Almada “El General”

 

Jessica Oreck “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo”

 

Bill Ross, Turner Ross “45365”

 

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD – The 13th annual Piaget Producers Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.

Karin Chien” The Exploding Girl, Santa Mesa”  

Larry Fessenden “I Sell the Dead, The House of the Devil  ”

Dia Sokol “Beeswax, Nights & Weekends”

 

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

A Serious Man

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

Casting Directors: Ellen Chenoweth, Rachel Tenner  

Ensemble Cast: Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Jessica McManus, Fred Melamed, Michael Stuhlbarg, Aaron Wolff

Source: IndieWire