2009 Independent Spirit Awards (FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards)
The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards or the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards was held on February 21, 2009 inside a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, California. This event is scheduled a day before the 81st Academy Awards 2009 to be held on February 21.
Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. The categories are the following:
* Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male
* Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
* Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female
* Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
* Best Cinematography
* Best Documentary Feature
* Best Director
* Best Film
* Best First Feature
* Best Screenplay
* Best First Screenplay
* Best Foreign Language Film
* John Cassavetes Award
* Robert Altman Award
* Acura Someone to Watch Award
* Piaget Producers Award
* Truer than Fiction Award
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