Spirit Awards 2008

2008 Spirit Awards
Film Independent’s 2008 Spirit Award nominations: November 27, 2007
2008 Spirit Award winners: February 23, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Ellen Page in Juno
 

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik
I’m Not There, Producers: Christine Vachon, John Sloss, John Goldwyn, James D. Stern
* Juno, Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
A Mighty Heart, Producers: Dede Gardner, Andrew Eaton, Brad Pitt
Paranoid Park, Producers: Neil Kopp, David Cress
BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Director: Cristian Mungiu (Romania)
The Band’s Visit, Director: Eran Kolirin (Israel)
Lady Chatterley, Director: Pascale Ferran (France)
* Once, Director: John Carney (Ireland)
Persepolis, Directors: Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi (France)
BEST FIRST [...]

by Andre Soares | February 23, 2008   
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Spirit Awards 2006: Nominations

With five nods each, the crowd-pleasing dysfunctional family comedy Little Miss Sunshine (US$59 million at the U.S./Canada box office) and the socio-psychological drama Half Nelson ($2.7 million at the U.S./Canada box office) led the pack of the 2006 nominees for the Independent Spirit Awards. In addition to its five nods, Half Nelson was listed (along with Point&Shoot) as Producer Award nominees Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof’s two representative films.
Both Little Miss Sunshine and Half Nelson received nominations for Best Film (or, per the official category title, Best Feature), Director (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, and Ryan Fleck, respectively) and First Screenplay (Michael Arndt, and Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, respectively).
Surprisingly, Little Miss Sunshine’s much-touted Abigail Breslin failed to show [...]

by Andre Soares | November 28, 2006   
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Spirit Awards 2005

2005 Spirit Awards
Film Independent’s 2005 Spirit Award winners: Santa Monica on February 26, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Sandra Oh, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Paul Giamatti in Sideways
 

BEST FILM (Award given to the Producer)
Baadasssss! Mario Van Peebles
Kinsey Gail Mutrux
Maria Full of Grace Paul Mezey
Primer Shane Carruth
* Sideways Michael London
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM (Award given to the Director)
La Mala educación / Bad Education – Spain, Pedro Almodóvar
Oasis – South Korea, Lee Chang-Dong
Feux rouges / Red Lights – France, Cédric Kahn
* Mar adentro / The Sea Inside – Spain, Alejandro Amenábar
Yesterday – South Africa, Darrell James Roodt

BEST FIRST FILM (Award given to the Director and Producer)
Brother to Brother Director: Rodney Evans, Producers: Rodney Evans, Jim [...]

by Andre Soares | February 26, 2005   
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