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FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

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    Independent Spirit Award

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    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Little Miss Sunshine

      7.8 (542K)
      Marc Turtletaub
      David T. Friendly
      Peter Saraf
      Albert Berger
      Ron Yerxa
    • [object Object]

      American Gun

      6.1 (3.3K)
      Ted Kroeber
    • [object Object]

      The Dead Girl

      6.5 (17K)
      Tom Rosenberg
      Henry Winterstern
      Gary Lucchesi
      Richard S. Wright
      Eric Karten
      Kevin Turen
    • [object Object]

      Half Nelson

      7.1 (94K)
      Jamie Patricof
      Alex Orlovsky
      Lynette Howell Taylor
      Anna Boden
      Rosanne Korenberg
    • [object Object]

      Pan's Labyrinth

      8.2 (730K)
      Bertha Navarro
      Alfonso Cuarón
      Frida Torresblanco
      Álvaro Augustin
      Guillermo del Toro

    Best First Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sweet Land

      7.1 (4.3K)
      Ali Selim(director/producer)
      Alan Cumming(producer)
      Jim Bigham(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Day Night Day Night

      6.3 (2.3K)
      Julia Loktev(director/producer)
      Melanie Judd(producer)
      Jessica Levin(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Man Push Cart

      7.0 (3.8K)
      Ramin Bahrani(director/producer)
      Pradip Ghosh(producer)
      Bedford T. Bentley(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Motel

      6.6 (1.5K)
      Michael Kang(director)
      Matthew Greenfield(producer)
      Miguel Arteta(producer)
      Gina Kwon(producer)
      Karin Chien(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Wristcutters: A Love Story

      7.2 (59K)
      Goran Dukic(director)
      Adam Sherman(producer)
      Chris Coen(producer)
      Tatiana Kelly(producer)
      Mikal P. Lazarev(producer)

    Best Female Lead

    • Shareeka Epps
      Winner
      • Shareeka Epps
      • Half Nelson
    • Catherine O'Hara at an event for The Wild Robot (2024)
      • Catherine O'Hara
      • For Your Consideration
    • Michelle Williams at an event for The Oscars (2017)
      • Michelle Williams
      • Land of Plenty
    • Robin Wright
      • Robin Wright
      • Sorry, Haters
    • Elizabeth Reaser
      • Elizabeth Reaser
      • Sweet Land

    Best Male Lead

    • Ryan Gosling at an event for Lost River (2014)
      Winner
      • Ryan Gosling
      • Half Nelson
    • Forest Whitaker at an event for Old Dogs (2009)
      • Forest Whitaker
      • American Gun
    • Ahmad Razvi
      • Ahmad Razvi
      • Man Push Cart
    • Edward Norton at an event for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
      • Edward Norton
      • The Painted Veil
    • Aaron Eckhart
      • Aaron Eckhart
      • Thank You for Smoking

    Best Supporting Female

    • Frances McDormand
      Winner
      • Frances McDormand
      • Friends with Money
    • Marcia Gay Harden
      • Marcia Gay Harden
      • American Gun
    • Mary Beth Hurt
      • Mary Beth Hurt
      • The Dead Girl
    • Melonie Diaz
      • Melonie Diaz
      • A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
    • Amber Tamblyn
      • Amber Tamblyn
      • Stephanie Daley

    Best Supporting Male

    • Alan Arkin
      Winner
      • Alan Arkin
      • Little Miss Sunshine
    • Channing Tatum
      • Channing Tatum
      • A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
    • Daniel Craig
      • Daniel Craig
      • Infamous
    • Paul Dano at an event for Being Flynn (2012)
      • Paul Dano
      • Little Miss Sunshine
    • Raymond J. Barry at an event for Justified (2010)
      • Raymond J. Barry
      • Steel City

    Best Director

    • Jonathan Dayton
      Valerie Faris
      Winners
      • Jonathan Dayton
      • Valerie Faris
      • Little Miss Sunshine
    • Steven Soderbergh at an event for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
      • Steven Soderbergh
      • Bubble
    • Karen Moncrieff at an event for The Dead Girl (2006)
      • Karen Moncrieff
      • The Dead Girl
    • Ryan Fleck in Mississippi Grind (2015)
      • Ryan Fleck
      • Half Nelson
    • Robert Altman
      • Robert Altman
      • A Prairie Home Companion

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Thank You for Smoking

      7.5 (233K)
      Jason Reitman
    • [object Object]

      Friends with Money

      5.8 (33K)
      Nicole Holofcener
    • [object Object]

      The Illusionist

      7.5 (399K)
      Neil Burger
    • [object Object]

      The Painted Veil

      7.4 (99K)
      Ron Nyswaner
    • [object Object]

      Sorry, Haters

      6.2 (1.6K)
      Jeff Stanzler

    Best First Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Little Miss Sunshine

      7.8 (542K)
      Michael Arndt
    • [object Object]

      Conversations with Other Women

      6.9 (13K)
      Gabrielle Zevin
    • [object Object]

      A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

      6.9 (28K)
      Dito Montiel
    • [object Object]

      Half Nelson

      7.1 (94K)
      Anna Boden
      Ryan Fleck
    • [object Object]

      Wristcutters: A Love Story

      7.2 (59K)
      Goran Dukic

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pan's Labyrinth

      8.2 (730K)
      Guillermo Navarro
    • [object Object]

      Brothers of the Head

      6.2 (1.9K)
      Anthony Dod Mantle
    • [object Object]

      Four Eyed Monsters

      6.2 (1.2K)
      Arin Crumley
    • [object Object]

      Man Push Cart

      7.0 (3.8K)
    • [object Object]

      Wild Tigers I Have Known

      6.0 (2.7K)
      Aaron Platt

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Road to Guantanamo

      7.4 (12K)
      Michael Winterbottom
      Mat Whitecross
    • [object Object]

      My Country, My Country

      7.0 (431)
      Laura Poitras
    • [object Object]

      A Lion in the House

      8.8 (410)
      Steven Bognar
      Julia Reichert
    • [object Object]

      The Trials of Darryl Hunt

      7.5 (1.1K)
      Anne Sundberg
      Ricki Stern
    • [object Object]

      You're Gonna Miss Me

      7.6 (1.1K)
      Keven McAlester

    Best Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Lives of Others

      8.4 (431K)
      Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
      Germany.
    • [object Object]

      12:08 East of Bucharest

      7.3 (8.4K)
      Corneliu Porumboiu
      Romania.
    • [object Object]

      Chronicle of an Escape

      7.1 (3.8K)
      Israel Adrián Caetano
      Argentina.
    • [object Object]

      Days of Glory

      7.0 (15K)
      Rachid Bouchareb
      France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium.
    • [object Object]

      Ang pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros

      7.0 (1.7K)
      Auraeus Solito
      Philippines.

    Special Distinction Award

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    • Winner

      Independence

      8.2 (8)
      David Brocca(director)
      Pitch Films
    • David Lynch
      Laura Dern
      Winners
      • David Lynch
      • Laura Dern
      For their collaborative work.

    John Cassavetes Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quinceañera

      6.9 (4.4K)
      Richard Glatzer(writer/director)
      Wash Westmoreland(writer/director)
      Anne Clements(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Chalk

      6.1 (1.4K)
      Mike Akel(director/writer/producer)
      Angie Alvarez(producer)
      Graham Davidson(producer)
      Chris Mass(writer/producer)
    • [object Object]

      Four Eyed Monsters

      6.2 (1.2K)
      Arin Crumley(director/writer/producer)
      Susan Buice(director/writer/producer)
    • [object Object]

      Old Joy

      6.8 (9.3K)
      Kelly Reichardt(director/writer)
      Lars Knudsen(producer)
      Jay Van Hoy(producer)
      Anish Savjani(producer)
      Neil Kopp(producer)
      Jonathan Raymond(writer)
    • [object Object]

      12 and Holding

      7.4 (7.7K)
      Michael Cuesta(director/producer)
      Leslie Urdang(producer)
      Brian Bell(producer)
      Jenny Schweitzer Bell(producer)
      Anthony Cipriano(writer)

    Robert Altman Award

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    • Robert Altman
      Winner
      • Robert Altman

    Truer Than Fiction Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      P.O.V.

      7.9 (269)
      Adele Horne
      For episode "The Tailenders (#19.4)".
    • [object Object]

      The Chances of the World Changing

      7.7 (57)
      Eric Daniel Metzgar
    • [object Object]

      Kurt Cobain About a Son

      7.2 (3.9K)
      AJ Schnack

    Producers Award

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    • Shortbus (2006)
      Pizza (2005)
      Winners
      • Shortbus
      • Pizza
      Howard Gertler
      Tim Perell
    • Ryan Gosling in Half Nelson (2006)
      Point&Shoot (2004)
      • Half Nelson
      • Point&Shoot
      Alex Orlovsky
      Jamie Patricof
    • Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega in 10 Items or Less (2006)
      • Nine Lives
      • 10 Items or Less
      Julie Lynn

    Someone to Watch Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Day Night Day Night

      6.3 (2.3K)
      Julia Loktev
    • [object Object]

      Colma: The Musical

      6.4 (538)
      Richard Wong
    • [object Object]

      In Between Days

      6.4 (641)
      So Yong Kim

    Also known as

    • Film Independent's Spirit Awards
    • FINDIE Awards ("Friends of Independents")
    • Independent Spirit Awards

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    Event date

    February 24, 2007

    Event location

    California, USA

    Event links

    • http://www.filmindependent.org/

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