Sunday, February 22, 2009

Independent Spirit Award Winners

The Independent Spirit Awards took place on Saturday. The kudofest celebrates the independent films and filmmakers of the year. Here's a list of the winners:

Best Feature: The Wrestler

Best Director: Tom McCarthy, The Visitor

Best First Feature: Synecdoche, New York

John Cassavetes Award: In Search of a Midnight Kiss

Best Screenplay: Woody Allen, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best First Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black, Milk

Best Female Lead: Melissa Leo, Frozen River

Best Male Lead: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best Supporting Female: Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Supporting Male: James Franco, Milk

Best Foreign Film: The Class

Best Documentary: Man on Wire

Best Cinematography: Maryse Alberti, The Wrestler

Robert Altman Award: Charlie Kaufman (Director), Jeanne McCarthy (Casting Director), Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams Synecdoche, New York

Piaget Producers Award: Heather Rae; Frozen River, Ibid

Acura Someone to Watch Award: Lynn Shelton, My Effortless Brilliance

Lacoste Truer Than Fiction Award: Margaret Brown, The Order of Myths

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