The Spirit Awards will air live on IFC March 5, 2010 at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles at 8pm PST/11pm EST.
Here are the nominations:
BEST FEATURE
(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 SCREENPLAY
Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman — The Messenger
Michael Hoffman — The Last Station
Lee Toland Krieger — The Vicious Kind
Greg Mottola — Adventureland
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber — (500) Days Of Summer
BEST FIRST FEATURE
A Single Man — Director: Tom Ford, Producers: Tom Ford, Andrew Miano, Robert Salerno, Chris Weitz
Crazy Heart — Director: Scott Cooper, Producers: T Bone Burnett, Judy Cairo, Rob Carliner, Scott Cooper, Robert Duvall
Easier With Practice — Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Producer: Cookie Carosella
Paranormal Activity — Director: Oren Peli, Producer: Jason Blum, Oren Peli
The Messenger — Director: Oren Moverman, Producers: Mark Gordon, Lawrence Inglee, Zach Miller
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Sophie Barthes — Cold Souls
Scott Cooper — Crazy Heart
Cherien Dabis — Amreeka
Geoffrey Fletcher — Precious
Tom Ford, David Scearce — A Single Man
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
Big Fan — Writer/Director: Robert Siegel Producers: Elan Bogarin, Jean Kouremetis
Humpday — Writer/Director/Producer: Lynn Shelton
The New Year Parade — Writer/Director: Tom Quinn Producers: Steve Beal, Tom Quinn
Treeless Mountain — Writer/Director: So Yong Kim Producers: Bradley Rust Gray, Ben Howe, So Yong Kim, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy
Zero Bridge — Writer/Director: Tariq Tapa Producers: Josee Lajoie, Hilal Ahmed Langoo, Tariq Tapa
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Maria Bello — Downloading Nancy
Nisreen Faour — Amreeka
Helen Mirren — The Last Station
Gwyneth Paltrow — Two Lovers
Gabourey Sidibe — Precious
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
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
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
A Prophet (France) — Director: Jacques Audiard
An Education (U.K./France) — Director: Lone Scherfig
Everlasting Moments (Sweden) — Director: Jan Troell
Mother (South Korea) — Director: Bong Joon-Ho
The Maid (Chile) — Director: Sebastian 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 nonfiction 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
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