2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film Winner and Nominees

The Class

Laurent Cantet

Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.

Gomorrah

Matteo Garrone

Hunger

Steve McQueen

Silent Light

Carlos Reygadas

The Secret of the Grain

Abdellatif Kechiche