Complete list of nominees for the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards

PHOTOS: Nominees

BEST FEATURE

'Ballast'
'Frozen River'
'Rachel Getting Married'
'Wendy and Lucy'
'The Wrestler'

BEST FIRST FEATURE

'Afterschool'
'Medicine for Melancholy'
'Sangre de Mi Sangre'
'Sleep Dealer'
'Synecdoche, New York'

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Summer Bishil, 'Towelhead'
Anne Hathaway, 'Rachel Getting Married'
Melissa Leo, 'Frozen River'
Tarra Riggs, 'Ballast'
Michelle Williams, 'Wendy and Lucy'

BEST MALE LEAD

Javier Bardem, 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
Richard Jenkins, 'The Visitor'
Sean Penn, 'Milk'
Jeremy Renner, 'The Hurt Locker'
Mickey Rourke, 'The Wrestler'

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Penelope Cruz, 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
Rosemarie DeWitt, 'Rachel Getting Married'
Rosie Perez, 'The Take'
Misty Upham, 'Frozen River'
Debra Winger, 'Rachel Getting Married'

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

James Franco, 'Milk'
Anthony Mackie, 'The Hurt Locker'
Charlie McDermott, 'Frozen River'
JimMyron Ross, 'Ballast'
Haaz Sleiman, 'The Visitor'

BEST DIRECTOR

Ramin Bahrani, 'Chop Shop'
Jonathan Demme, 'Rachel Getting Married'
Lance Hammer, 'Ballast'
Courtney Hunt, 'Frozen River'
Tom McCarthy, 'The Visitor'

BEST SCREENPLAY

Woody Allen, 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, 'Sugar'
Charlie Kaufman, 'Synecdoche, New York'
Howard A. Rodman, 'Savage Grace'
Christopher Zalla, 'Sangre de Mi Sangre'

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Maryse Alberti, 'The Wrestler'
Lol Crawley, 'Ballast'
James Laxton, 'Medicine for Melancholy'
Harris Savides, 'Milk'
Michael Simmonds, 'Chop Shop'

BEST DOCUMENTARY

'The Betrayal'
'Encounters at the End of the World'
'Man on Wire'
'The Order of Myths'
'Up The Yangtze'

BEST FOREIGN FILM

'The Class'
'Gomorra'
'Hunger'
'Secret of the Grain'
'Silent Light'

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Dustin Lance Black, 'Milk'
Lance Hammer, 'Ballast'
Courtney Hunt, 'Frozen River'
Jonathan Levine, 'The Wackness'
Jenny Lumet, 'Rachel Getting Married'

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to Best Feature made for under $500,000)

'In Search of a Midnight Kiss'
'Prince of Broadway'
'The Signal'
'Take Out'
'Turn the River'