The Independent Spirit Award Nominees were announced yesterday by Matt Dillon (CRASH) and Taraji P. Henson (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON). Awards will be presented two days before the Academy Awards on Friday, March 5th, 2010. Watch the awards live onIFC at 8pm. Here are the nominees:

BEST FEATURE FILM
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER
AMREEKA

PRECIOUS

SIN NOMBRE

THE LAST STATION

BEST DIRECTOR

Ethan Coen & Joel Coen for A SERIOUS MAN

Lee Daniels for PRECIOUS

Cary Joji Fukunaga for SIN NOMBRE

James Gray for TWO LOVERS

Michael Hoffman for THE LAST STATION

BEST SCREENPLAY

Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman for THE MESSENGER

Michael Hoffman for THE LAST STATION

Lee Toland Krieger for THE VICIOUS KIND

Greg Mottola for ADVENTURELAND

Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber for (500) DAYS OF SUMMER

BEST FIRST FEATURE

A SINGLE MAN - Director: Tom Ford

CRAZY HEART - Director: Scott Cooper

EASIER WITH PRACTICE - Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY - Director: Oren Peli

THE MESSENGER - Director: Oren Moverman

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 DOCUMENTARY

ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL

FOOD, INC.

MORE THAN A GAME

OCTOBER COUNTRY

WHICH WAY HOME

BEST FOREIGN FILM

A PROPHET

AN EDUCATION

EVERLASTING MOMENTS

MOTHER

THE MAID