It's Was a Precious Night at The 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards

Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, handed out top honors to Precious and Crazy Heart at last night's 25th Spirit Awards. (500) Days of Summer, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, An Education, Humpday, The Messenger, and A Serious Man also received awards at the milestone ceremony, which was held at LA Live's event deck in downtown Los Angeles and broadcast live and uncut on IFC.

Comedian Eddie Izzard was Master of Ceremonies, and Ben Stiller served as Honorary Chair.

This year's major category winners were Lionsgate's Precious, which won Best Feature, Best Director, Best First Screenplay, Best Female Lead, and Best Supporting Female; Fox Searchlight's Crazy Heart, which won Best First Feature, and Best Male Lead; Fox Searchlight's (500) Days of Summer, which won Best Screenplay; Abramaorama's Anvil! The Story of Anvil, which won Best Documentary; Sony Pictures Classics' An Education, which won Best Foreign Film; Magnolia Pictures' Humpday, which won the John Cassavetes Award; Oscilloscope Laboratories' The Messenger, which won Best Supporting Male; and Focus Features' A Serious Man, which won Best Cinematography.

The Spirit Award encores will air on IFC tonight, March 6 at 5:00am EST/PST and 11:15am EST/PST, and Sunday, March 7 at 8:30am EST/PST and 2:30pm EST/PST.

For a complete list of winners, visit SpiritAwards.com.