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FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

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    Independent Spirit Award

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    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Artist

      7.8 (253K)
      Thomas Langmann
    • [object Object]

      50/50

      7.6 (349K)
      Evan Goldberg
      Ben Karlin
      Seth Rogen
    • [object Object]

      Beginners

      7.2 (96K)
      Miranda de Pencier
      Lars Knudsen
      Leslie Urdang
      Dean Vanech
      Jay Van Hoy
    • [object Object]

      Drive

      7.8 (741K)
      Michel Litvak
      John Palermo
      Marc Platt
      Gigi Pritzker
      Adam Siegel
    • [object Object]

      Take Shelter

      7.3 (113K)
      Tyler Davidson
      Sophia Lin
    • [object Object]

      The Descendants

      7.3 (257K)
      Jim Burke
      Alexander Payne
      Jim Taylor

    Best First Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Margin Call

      7.1 (154K)
      Joe Jenckes(producer)
      Neal Dodson(producer)
      Zachary Quinto(producer)
      Michael Benaroya(producer)
      J.C. Chandor(director)
      Robert Ogden Barnum(producer)
      Corey Moosa(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Another Earth

      6.9 (103K)
      Mike Cahill(director/producer)
      Hunter Gray(producer)
      Brit Marling(producer)
      Nick Shumaker(producer)
    • [object Object]

      In the Family

      7.1 (1K)
      Patrick Wang(director/producer)
      Robert Tonino(producer)
      Andrew van den Houten(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Martha Marcy May Marlene

      6.8 (57K)
      Sean Durkin(director)
      Antonio Campos(producer)
      Patrick Cunningham(producer)
      Chris Maybach(producer)
      Josh Mond(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Natural Selection

      6.4 (1.5K)
      Robbie Pickering(director)
      Brion Hambel(producer)
      Paul Jensen(producer)

    Best Female Lead

    • Michelle Williams at an event for The Oscars (2017)
      Winner
      • Michelle Williams
      • My Week with Marilyn
    • Rachael Harris
      • Rachael Harris
      • Natural Selection
    • Adepero Oduye
      • Adepero Oduye
      • Pariah
    • Lauren Ambrose at an event for 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2005)
      • Lauren Ambrose
      • About Sunny
    • Elizabeth Olsen
      • Elizabeth Olsen
      • Martha Marcy May Marlene

    Best Male Lead

    • Jean Dujardin at an event for Un + Une (2015)
      Winner
      • Jean Dujardin
      • The Artist
    • Demián Bichir
      • Demián Bichir
      • A Better Life
    • Ryan Gosling at an event for Lost River (2014)
      • Ryan Gosling
      • Drive
    • Woody Harrelson at an event for Seven Pounds (2008)
      • Woody Harrelson
      • Rampart
    • Michael Shannon at an event for 31st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2016)
      • Michael Shannon
      • Take Shelter

    Best Supporting Female

    • Shailene Woodley in To Catch a Killer (2023)
      Winner
      • Shailene Woodley
      • The Descendants
    • Jessica Chastain at an event for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
      • Jessica Chastain
      • Take Shelter
    • Harmony Santana
      • Harmony Santana
      • Gun Hill Road
    • Anjelica Huston
      • Anjelica Huston
      • 50/50
    • Janet McTeer
      • Janet McTeer
      • Albert Nobbs

    Best Supporting Male

    • Christopher Plummer
      Winner
      • Christopher Plummer
      • Beginners
    • Albert Brooks
      • Albert Brooks
      • Drive
    • John Hawkes
      • John Hawkes
      • Martha Marcy May Marlene
    • John C. Reilly
      • John C. Reilly
      • Cedar Rapids
    • Corey Stoll
      • Corey Stoll
      • Midnight in Paris

    Best Director

    • Michel Hazanavicius
      Winner
      • Michel Hazanavicius
      • The Artist
    • Mike Mills at an event for Thumbsucker (2005)
      • Mike Mills
      • Beginners
    • Jeff Nichols at an event for Mud (2012)
      • Jeff Nichols
      • Take Shelter
    • Alexander Payne
      • Alexander Payne
      • The Descendants
    • Nicolas Winding Refn
      • Nicolas Winding Refn
      • Drive

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Descendants

      7.3 (257K)
      Alexander Payne
      Nat Faxon
      Jim Rash
    • [object Object]

      Footnote

      7.1 (6.5K)
      Joseph Cedar
    • [object Object]

      The Artist

      7.8 (253K)
      Michel Hazanavicius
    • [object Object]

      Win Win

      7.1 (56K)
      Tom McCarthy
    • [object Object]

      Beginners

      7.2 (96K)
      Mike Mills

    Best First Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      50/50

      7.6 (349K)
      Will Reiser
    • [object Object]

      Another Earth

      6.9 (103K)
      Mike Cahill
      Brit Marling
    • [object Object]

      Margin Call

      7.1 (154K)
      J.C. Chandor
    • [object Object]

      Terri

      6.5 (11K)
      Patrick DeWitt
    • [object Object]

      Cedar Rapids

      6.3 (41K)
      Phil Johnston

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Artist

      7.8 (253K)
      Guillaume Schiffman
    • [object Object]

      Bellflower

      6.3 (8.2K)
      Joel Hodge
    • [object Object]

      The Off Hours

      5.9 (482)
      Benjamin Kasulke
    • [object Object]

      Midnight in Paris

      7.6 (463K)
      Darius Khondji
    • [object Object]

      The Dynamiter

      6.9 (615)
      Jeffrey Waldron

    Best International Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Separation

      8.3 (271K)
      Asghar Farhadi
      Iran
    • [object Object]

      Melancholia

      7.1 (203K)
      Lars von Trier
      Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany
    • [object Object]

      Shame

      7.2 (212K)
      Steve McQueen
      UK
    • [object Object]

      The Kid with a Bike

      7.4 (29K)
      Jean-Pierre Dardenne
      Luc Dardenne
      Belgium, France, Italy
    • [object Object]

      Tyrannosaur

      7.5 (35K)
      Paddy Considine
      UK

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Interrupters

      7.5 (3.7K)
      Steve James(director/producer)
      Alex Kotlowitz(producer)
    • [object Object]

      An African Election

      7.5 (97)
      Jarreth J. Merz(director/producer)
    • [object Object]

      Bill Cunningham: New York

      7.9 (5.8K)
      Richard Press(director)
      Philip Gefter(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Redemption of General Butt Naked

      7.4 (296)
      Eric Strauss(director/producer)
      Daniele Anastasion(director/producer)
    • [object Object]

      We Were Here

      7.9 (2.4K)
      David Weissman(director/producer)

    John Cassavetes Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pariah

      7.2 (7.8K)
      Dee Rees(writer/director)
      Nekisa Cooper(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Bellflower

      6.3 (8.2K)
      Evan Glodell(writer/director/producer)
      Vincent Grashaw(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Circumstance

      5.9 (8.2K)
      Maryam Keshavarz(writer/director/producer)
      Karin Chien(producer)
      Melissa M. Lee(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Hello Lonesome

      6.5 (319)
      Adam Reid(writer/director/producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Dynamiter

      6.9 (615)
      Brad Ingelsby(writer)
      Matthew Gordon(director/producer)
      Kevin Abrams(producer)
      Merrilee Holt(producer)
      Art Jones(producer)
      Mike Jones(producer)
      Nate Tuck(producer)
      Amile Wilson(producer)

    Robert Altman Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Margin Call

      7.1 (154K)
      J.C. Chandor(director)
      Tiffany Little Canfield(casting director)
      Bernard Telsey(casting director)
      Penn Badgley(ensemble cast)
      Simon Baker(ensemble cast)
      Paul Bettany(ensemble cast)
      Jeremy Irons(ensemble cast)
      Mary McDonnell(ensemble cast)
      Demi Moore(ensemble cast)
      Zachary Quinto(ensemble cast)
      Kevin Spacey(ensemble cast)
      Stanley Tucci(ensemble cast)

    Truer Than Fiction Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Where Soldiers Come From

      7.0 (238)
      Heather Courtney
    • [object Object]

      Hell and Back Again

      6.4 (2.4K)
      Danfung Dennis
    • [object Object]

      Bombay Beach

      7.0 (1.4K)
      Alma Har'el

    Producers Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Take Shelter

      7.3 (113K)
      Sophia Lin
    • [object Object]

      Mosquita y Mari

      6.3 (1K)
      Chad Burris
    • [object Object]

      Martha Marcy May Marlene

      6.8 (57K)
      Josh Mond

    Someone to Watch Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Without

      5.7 (563)
      Mark Jackson
    • [object Object]

      Silver Tongues

      6.7 (760)
      Simon Arthur
    • [object Object]

      Mamitas

      6.9 (494)
      Nicholas Ozeki

    FIND Your Audience Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Unfinished Spaces

      8.0 (98)
      Alysa Nahmias
      Benjamin Murray

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

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