25th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners Are Announced

Gabourey Sidibe wins one of five awards for Precious
Gabourey Sidibe wins one of five awards for Precious
The 25th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards went down in Los Angeles last night at the LA Live Theater, and it was Precious that swept the ceremony. The drama won Best Feature, Best Director for Lee Daniels, Best Actress for Gabourey Sidibe and Best Supporting Actress for Mo'Nique, and Best Screenplay for Geoffrey Fletcher. But they weren't the only winners. Here's a complete list of the award winners from last night:

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)



  • Precious Producers: Lee Daniels, Gary Magness, Sarah Siegel-Magness


BEST DIRECTOR




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



  • Crazy Heart: Director: Scott Cooper, Producers: T Bone Burnett, Judy Cairo, Rob Carliner, Scott Cooper, Robert Duvall



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


  • Humpday: Writer/Director/Producer: Lynn Sheldon



BEST SCREENPLAY





BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY





BEST FEMALE LEAD




BEST MALE LEAD





BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE




BEST SUPPORTING MALE





BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY




BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)




BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)




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


PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD



  • Karin Chien, The Exploding Girl, Santa Mesa"


SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD




Chaz and Roger Ebert TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD


  • Bill Ross, Turner Ross, 45365


Precious was released November 6th, 2009 and stars Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz, Stephanie Andujar, Chyna Layne. The film is directed by Lee Daniels.

Crazy Heart was released December 16th, 2009 and stars Jeff Bridges, James Keane, Anna Felix, Paul Herman, Tom Bower, Ryan Bingham, Beth Grant, Rick Dial. The film is directed by Scott Cooper.

Humpday was released July 24th, 2009 and stars Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard, Alycia Delmore, Lynn Shelton, Trina Willard. The film is directed by Lynn Shelton.

(500) Days of Summer was released July 17th, 2009 and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel, Geoffrey Arend, Chloe Moretz, Matthew Gray Gubler, Clark Gregg, Patricia Belcher, Rachel Boston. The film is directed by Marc Webb.

The Messenger was released November 13th, 2009 and stars Ben Foster, Jena Malone, Eamonn Walker, Woody Harrelson, Yaya DaCosta, Portia, Lisa Joyce, Steve Buscemi. The film is directed by Oren Moverman.

A Serious Man was released October 2nd, 2009 and stars Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Fred Melamed, Sari Lennick, Aaron Wolff, Jessica McManus, Peter Breitmayer, Brent Braunschweig. The film is directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen.

Anvil! the Story of Anvil was released April 10th, 2009 and stars Tiziana Arrigoni, Kevin Goocher, Glenn Gyorffy, William Howell, Nigel Hudson, Steve Kudlow, Lemmy, Robb Reiner. The film is directed by Sacha Gervasi.

An Education was released October 9th, 2009 and stars Carey Mulligan, Olivia Williams, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, William Melling, Connor Catchpole, Matthew Beard, Peter Sarsgaard. The film is directed by Lone Scherfig.

Easier with Practice was released in 2009 and stars Brian Geraghty, Kel O'Neill, Marguerite Moreau, Jeanette Brox, Jenna Gavigan, Katie Aselton, Lucas CorVatta, Jamie Haqqani. The film is directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez.


Sources: Spirit Awards

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Comments (2)

  1. Batman Rules !!!

    Dam that b-tch looks terrible. She's 20 of me

    2 years agoby @the-fallenFlag

  2. CelluloidDreams

    "Humpday" was horrible ...Very boring!

    2 years agoby @2movieguysFlag

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