25th Independent Spirit Awards

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

John Cassavetes Award
Humpday
 * Big Fan
 * The New Year Parade
 * Treeless Mountain
 * Zero Bridge

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