25th Independent Spirit Awards

25th Independent Spirit Awards
25th Independent Spirit Awards
Awarded for	Best in independent film
Date	March 5, 2010
Site	Santa Monica Pier ; Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Eddie Izzard
Highlights
Best Feature	Precious
Most awards	Precious (5)
Most nominations	Precious (5) ; The Last Station (5)
	← 24th ; Independent Spirit Awards ; 26th →;

Last updated October 27, 2025

The 25th Independent Spirit Awards , honoring the best independent films of 2009, were presented on March 5, 2010.^[1]^[2]^[3] The nominations were announced on December 1, 2009.^[4] The ceremony was hosted by Eddie Izzard.^[5]

Winners and nominees

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

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
5	The Last Station
5	Precious
4	The Messenger
3	(500) Days of Summer
	Amreeka
	Cold Souls
	Crazy Heart
	Sin nombre
	A Single Man
2	A Serious Man
	That Evening Sun
	Two Lovers
	The Vicious Kind

Films that won multiple awards
Awards	Film
5	Precious
2	Crazy Heart

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

Humpday

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

References

↑ Finke, Nikki (March 5, 2010). "'Precious' Sweeps 25th Indie Spirit Awards". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved March 5, 2010.
↑ McNary, Dave (March 5, 2010). "A 'Precious' night at Indie Spirit Awards". Variety . Retrieved March 5, 2010.
↑ Knegt, Peter (March 6, 2010). ""Precious" Tops Spirit Awards". IndieWire . Retrieved March 6, 2010.
↑ McNary, Dave (December 1, 2009). "Spirit Award nominations announced". Variety . Retrieved December 1, 2009.
↑ Finke, Nikki (January 25, 2010). "Eddie Izzard To Host Spirit Awards". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 25, 2010.

External links

2010 Awards at IMDb
Official ceremony at YouTube

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[1] Finke, Nikki (March 5, 2010). "'Precious' Sweeps 25th Indie Spirit Awards". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved March 5, 2010.

[2] McNary, Dave (March 5, 2010). "A 'Precious' night at Indie Spirit Awards". Variety . Retrieved March 5, 2010.

[3] Knegt, Peter (March 6, 2010). ""Precious" Tops Spirit Awards". IndieWire . Retrieved March 6, 2010.

[4] McNary, Dave (December 1, 2009). "Spirit Award nominations announced". Variety . Retrieved December 1, 2009.

[5] Finke, Nikki (January 25, 2010). "Eddie Izzard To Host Spirit Awards". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 25, 2010.

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