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Congratulations to the nominees and winnders of this year’s Independent Spirit Award.

(bold text indicates the winner)

Best Feature

“50/50″
“Beginners”
“Drive”
“Take Shelter”
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius – “The Artist”
Mike Mills – “Beginners”
Jeff Nichols – “Take Shelter”
Alexander Payne – “The Descendants”
Nicolas Winding Refn – “Drive”

Best Screenplay

Joseph Cedar – “Footnote”
Michel Hazanavicius – “The Artist”
Tom McCarthy – “Win Win”
Mike Mills – “Beginners”
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash – “The Descendants”

Best First Feature

“Another Earth” – Director: Mike Cahill
“In the Family” – Director: Patrick Wang
“Margin Call” – Director: J.C. Chandor
“Martha Marcy May Marlene” – Director: Sean Durkin
“Natural Selection” – Director: Robbie Pickering

Best First Screenplay

Mike Cahill, Brit Marling – “Another Earth”
J.C. Chandor – “Margin Call”
Patrick deWitt – “Terri”
Phil Johnston – “Cedar Rapids”
Will Reiser – “50/50″

John Cassavetes Award

“Bellflower” – Writer/Director: Evan Glodell
“Circumstance” – Writer/Director: Maryam Keshavarz
“Hello Lonesome” – Writer/Director: Adam Reid
“Pariah” – Writer/Director: Dee Rees
“The Dynamiter” – Writer: Brad Inglesby, Director: Matthew Gordon

Best Female Lead

Lauren Ambrose – “Think of Me”
Rachael Harris – “Natural Selection”
Adepero Oduye – “Pariah”
Elizabeth Olsen – “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
Michelle Williams – “My Week with Marilyn”

Best Male Lead

Demián Bichir – “A Better Life”
Jean Dujardin – “The Artist”
Ryan Gosling – “Drive”
Woody Harrelson – “Rampart”
Michael Shannon – “Take Shelter”

Best Supporting Female

Jessica Chastain – “Take Shelter”
Anjelica Huston – “50/50″
Janet McTeer – “Albert Nobbs”
Harmony Santana – “Gun Hill Road”
Shailene Woodley – “The Descendants”

Best Supporting Male

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

Best Cinematography

Joel Hodge – “Bellflower”
Benjamin Kasulke – “The Off Hours”
Darius Khondji – “Midnight in Paris”
Guillaume Schiffman – “The Artist”
Jeffrey Waldron – “The Dynamiter”

Best Documentary

“An African Election”
“Bill Cunningham New York”
“The Interrupters”
“The Redemption of General Butt Naked”
“We Were Here”

Best International Film

“A Separation” (Iran)
“Melancholia” (Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany)
“Shame” (U.K.)
“The Kid With a Bike” (Belgium/France/Italy)
“Tyrannosaur” (U.K.)

Robert Altman Award

“Margin Call”

Oscar 2012 Nominated Live Action Short Films

Pentecost
Peter McDonald and Eimear O’Kane

Raju
Max Zähle and Stefan Gieren

The Shore
Terry George and Oorlagh George

Time Freak
Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey

Tuba Atlantic
Hallvar Witzø

Oscar 2012 Nominated Animated Short Films

Sunday/Dimanche
Director: Patrick Doyon

A Morning Stroll
Director: Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Director: William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg

La Luna
Director: Enrico Casaroasa

Highly Commended (Additional) Animated Titles

Nullarbor
Director: Alister Lockhart

Amazonia
Director: Sam Chen

Skylight
Director: David Baas

Hybrid Union
Director: Serguei Kouchnerov

Oscar 2012 Nominated Documentary Short Films

Incident in New Baghdad
Director: James Spione

Saving Face
Directors: Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

Dr. Mohammad Ali Jawad (the plastic surgeon from the film Saving Face)

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Director: Lucy Walker

The Barber of Birmingham
Directors: Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday

Here is the list of the films.

ODYSSEUS’ GAMBIT
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER Àlex Lora Cercos

HENLEY
DIRECTOR Craig Macneill
SCREENWRITER Craig Macneill, Clay McLeod Chapman

DOL (FIRST BIRTHDAY)
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER Andrew Ahn

LONG DISTANCE INFORMATION
DIRECTOR Douglas Hart
SCREENWRITER Douglas Hart

UNA HORA POR FAVORA
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER Jill Soloway

’92 SKYBOX ALONZO MOURNING ROOKIE CARD
DIRECTOR Todd Sklar
SCREENWRITER Todd Sklar, Alex Rennie

THE ARM
DIRECTOR Brie Larson, Sarah Ramos, Jessie Ennis
SCREENWRITER Brie Larson, Sarah Ramos, Jessie Ennis

AQUADETTES
DIRECTOR Drea Cooper, Zackary Canepari

THE DEBUTANTE HUNTERS
DIRECTOR Maria White

Links

• Spirit Awards 2012
• Independent Filmmaker Project
• Film Independent