Nominados Independent Spirit Awards 2009
Mejor Película
Ballast
Frozen River
Rachel Getting Married
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler
Mejor Director
Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop
Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married
Lance Hammer, Ballast
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Tom McCarthy, The Visitor
Mejor Ópera Prima
Afterschool
Medicine for Melancholy
Sangre De Mi Sangre
Sleep Dealer
Synecdoche, New York
Mejor Guión
Woody Allen, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, Sugar
Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche New York
Howard A. Rodman, Savage Grace
Christopher Zalla, Sangre De Mi Sangre
Mejor Guión de Ópera Prima
Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Lance Hammer, Ballast
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Jonathan Levine, The Wackness
Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
Mejor Actriz Principal
Summer Bishil, Towelhead
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Tarra Riggs, Ballast
Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy
Mejor Actor Principal
Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Sean Penn, Milk
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Mejor Actriz Secundaria
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Rosie Perez, The Take
Misty Upham, Frozen River
Debra Winger, Rachel Getting Married
Mejor Actor Secundario
James Franco, Milk
Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
Charlie McDermott, Frozen River
JimMyron Ross, Ballast
Haaz Sleiman, The Visitor
Mejor Fotografía
Maryse Alberti, The Wrestler
Lol Crawley, Ballast
James Laxton, Medicine for Melancholy
Harris Savides, Milk
Michael Simmonds, Chop Shop
Mejor Filme Extranjero
The Class, Laurent Cantet
Gomorra, Matteo Garrone
Hunger, Steve McQueen
Secret of the Grain, Abdellatif Kechiche
Silent Light, Carlos Reygadas
Mejor Documental
The Betrayal, Ellen Kuras & Thavisouk Phrasavath
Encounters at the End of the World, Werner Herzog
Man on Wire, James Marsh
The Order of Myths, Margaret Brown
Up the Yangtze, Yung Chang
John Cassavetes Award
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Prince of Broadway
The Signal
Take Out
Turn the River
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