Independent Spirit Award Nominees

Best Feature
• 500 Days of Summer
• Amreeka
• Precious
• Sin Nombre
• The Last Station

Best Director
• Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
• Lee Daniels, Precious
• Cary Fukanaga, Sin Nombre
• James Grey, Two Lovers
• Michael Hoffman, The Last Station

Best First Feature
• A Single Man
• Crazy Heart
• Easier With Practice
• The Messenger
• Paranormal Activity

Best Female Lead
• Maria Bello, Downloading Nancy
• Helen Mirren, The Last Station
• Gwyneth Paltrow, Two Lovers
• Gabby Sidibe, Precious
• Nisreen Faour, Amreeka

Best Male Lead
• Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
• Colin Firth, A Single Man
• Joseph Gordon Levitt, (500) Days Of Summer
• Souleymane Sy Savane, Goodbye Solo
• Adam Scott, The Vicious Kind

Best Supporting Female
• Mo’nique, Precious
• Samantha Morton, The Messenger
• Natahlie Press, Fifty Dead Men Walking
• Mia Wasikowska, That Evening Sun
• Dina Korzun, Cold Souls

Best Supporting Male
• Jemaine Clement, Gentlemen Broncos
• Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
• Cristian Mckay, Me And Orson Welles
• Ramon Mckinnon, That Evening Sun
• Christopher Plummer, The Last Station

Best Foreign Film
• A Prophet
• An Education
• Everlasting Moments
• Mother
• The Maid

Robert Altman Award
A Serious Man

Best Screenplay
• Cold Souls
• Crazy Heart
• Adventureland
• Precious
• A Single Man

Best First Screenplay
• Cold Souls
• Crazy Heart
• Amreeka
• Precious
• A Single Man

Best Cinematography
• A Serious Man
• Sin Nombre
• Treeless Mountain
• Cold Souls
• Bad Lieutenant

Best Documentary
• Anvil!
• Food Inc
• More Than A Game
• October Country
• Which Way Home

Producers Award
• Karen Chien
• Larry Fessenden
• Dia Sokol

Someone To Watch Award
—To Be Announced—

Truer Than Fiction Award
• Natalia Almada
• Bill Ross And Turner Ross
• Jessica Oreck