Independent Spirit Awards

I made some changes on here because of some opinion changes due to my seeing more of the nominees & winners. I didn't get to see the Indie Awards because I don't have the IFC channel, and for some reason they didn't play them on Bravo this year. However, I love the Indie Awards and always make sure to add all the noms and winners to my blockbuster queue to see all of them. In pink are my picks for winners.

Best Feature

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

Amreeka (2009)

The Last Station (2009)

Sin nombre (2009)

Best Female Lead

Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Maria Bello for Downloading Nancy (2008)

Nisreen Faour for Amreeka (2009)

Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009)

Gwyneth Paltrow for Two Lovers (2008)

Best Male Lead

Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)

Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt for (500) Days of Summer (2009)

Souleymane Sy Savane for Goodbye Solo (2008)

Adam Scott for The Vicious Kind (2009)

Best Supporting Female

Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Dina Korzun for Cold Souls (2009)

Samantha Morton for The Messenger (2009/I)

Natalie Press for Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)

Mia Wasikowska for That Evening Sun (2009)

Best Supporting Male

Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)

Jemaine Clement for Gentlemen Broncos (2009)

Christian McKay for Me and Orson Welles (2008)

Ray McKinnon for That Evening Sun (2009)

Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009)

Best Director

Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for A Serious Man (2009)

Cary Fukunaga for Sin nombre (2009)

James Gray for Two Lovers (2008)

Michael Hoffman for The Last Station (2009)

Best Screenplay

(500) Days of Summer (2009): Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber

Adventureland (2009): Greg Mottola

The Messenger (2009/I): Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman

The Last Station (2009): Michael Hoffman

The Vicious Kind (2009): Lee Toland Krieger

Best First Screenplay

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Geoffrey Fletcher

Amreeka (2009): Cherien Dabis

Cold Souls (2009): Sophie Barthes

Crazy Heart (2009): Scott Cooper

A Single Man (2009): Tom Ford, David Scearce

Best Cinematography

A Serious Man (2009): Roger Deakins

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009): Peter Zeitlinger

Cold Souls (2009): Andrij Parekh

Sin nombre (2009): Adriano Goldman

Treeless Mountain (2008): Anne Misawa

Best First Feature

Crazy Heart (2009)

Easier with Practice (2009)

The Messenger (2009/I)

Paranormal Activity (2007)

A Single Man (2009)

Best Foreign Film

An Education (2009)

Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (2008)

Madeo (2009)

La nana (2009)

Un prophète (2009)

Best Documentary

No opinion.

Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)

Food, Inc. (2008)

More Than a Game (2008)

October Country (2009)

Which Way Home (2009)

John Cassavetes Award

No opinion.

Humpday (2009)

Big Fan (2009)

The New Year Parade (2008)

Treeless Mountain (2008)

Zero Bridge (2008)

Truer Than Fiction Award

No opinion.

45365 (2009): Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo (2009): Jessica Oreck

El general (2009): Natalia Almada

Someone to Watch Award

Kyle Patrick Alvarez for Easier with Practice (2009)

Asiel Norton for Redland (2009)

Tariq Tapa for Zero Bridge (2008)

Producers Award

Karin Chien for Santa Mesa (2008), The Exploding Girl (2009)

Larry Fessenden for I Sell the Dead (2008), The House of the Devil (2009)

Dia Sokol for Beeswax (2009), Nights and Weekends (2008)

Robert Altman Award

A Serious Man (2009)

Grand Total:

Precious-5

Crazy Heart-2

A Serious Man-2

Messenger-1

(500) Days of Summer-1

Humpday-1

An Education-1

Easier With Practice-1

Exploding Girl-1

Santa Mesa-1