Presented by Film Independent, this is a celebration honoring the true independent spirit of filmmaking. Held live on the Santa Monica Beach, the Independent Spirit Awards are a precursor to the Academy Awards on February 25, 2007. Last year, we saw Paul Haggis and CRASH walk away with both the Spirit Award and Oscar gold. Who will take home the prize in 2007? My early prediction for the 2007 Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE.<\/p>\n
And the nominees are:<\/p>\n
Best Feature:
\n\u2022 “American Gun”\u2028”The Dead Girl”\u2028”Half Nelson”\u2028”Little Miss Sunshine”\u2028”Pan’s Labyrinth”
\n\u2022 Best Director:
\n\u2022 Robert Altman, “A Prairie Home Companion”\u2028Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, “Little Miss Sunshine”\u2028Ryan Fleck, “Half Nelson”\u2028Karen Moncrieff, “The Dead Girl”\u2028Steven Soderbergh, “Bubble”
\n\u2022 Best First Feature:
\n\u2022 “Day Night Day Night”\u2028”Man Push Cart”\u2028”The Motel”\u2028”Sweet Land”\u2028”Wristcutters: A Love Story”
\n\u2022 Best Documentary:
\n\u2022 “A Lion in the House”\u2028”My Country, My Country”\u2028”The Road to Guantanamo”\u2028”The Trials of Darryl Hunt”\u2028”You’re Gonna Miss Me”
\n\u2022 Best Foreign Film:
\n\u2022 “12:08 East of Bucharest”\u2028”The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros”\u2028”Chronicle of an Escape”\u2028”Days of Glory”\u2028”The Lives of Others”
\n\u2022 Best Female Lead:
\n\u2022 Shareeka Epps, “Half Nelson”\u2028Catherine O’Hara, “For Your Consideration”\u2028Elizabeth Reaser, “Sweet Land”\u2028Michelle Williams, “Land of Plenty”\u2028Robin Wright Penn, “Sorry, Haters”
\n\u2022 Best Male Lead:
\n\u2022 Aaron Eckhart, “Thank You For Smoking”\u2028Ryan Gosling, “Half Nelson”\u2028Edward Norton, “The Painted Veil”\u2028Ahmad Razvi, “Man Push Cart”\u2028Forest Whitaker, “American Gun”
\n\u2022 Best Supporting Female:
\n\u2022 Melonie Diaz, “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints”\u2028Marcia Gay Harden, “American Gun”\u2028Mary Beth Hurt, “The Dead Girl”\u2028Frances McDormand, “Friends With Money”\u2028Amber Tamblyn, “Stephanie Daley”
\n\u2022 Best Supporting Male:
\n\u2022 Alan Arkin, “Little Miss Sunshine”\u2028Raymond J. Barry, “Steel City”\u2028Daniel Craig, “Infamous”\u2028Paul Dano, “Little Miss Sunshine”\u2028Channing Tatum, “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints”
\n\u2022 Best Screenplay:
\n\u2022 Neil Burger, “The Illusionist”\u2028Nicole Holofcener, “Friends with Money”\u2028Ron Nyswaner, “The Painted Veil”\u2028Jason Reitman, “Thank You For Smoking”\u2028Jeff Stanzler, “Sorry, Haters”
\n\u2022 Best First Screenplay:
\n\u2022 Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, “Half Nelson”\u2028Michael Arndt, “Little Miss Sunshine”\u2028Goran Dukic, “Wristcutters: A Love Story”\u2028Dito Montiel, “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints”\u2028Gabrielle Zevin, “Conversations with Other Women”
\n\u2022 Best Cinematography:
\n\u2022 Arin Crumley, “Four Eyed Monsters”\u2028Anthony Dod Mantle, “Brothers of the Head”\u2028Guillermo Navarro, “Pan’s Labyrinth”\u2028Aaron Platt, “Wild Tigers I Have Known”\u2028Michael Simmonds, “Man Push Cart”
\n\u2022 Someone to Watch Award:
\n\u2022 So Yong Kim, “In Between Days”\u2028Julia Loktev, “Day Night Day Night”\u2028Richard Wong, “Colma: The Musical”
\n\u2022 John Cassavetes Award:
\n\u2022 “Chalk”\u2028”Four Eyed Monsters”\u2028”Old Joy”\u2028”Quincea\u00f1era”\u2028”Twelve and Holding”
\n\u2022 Truer Than Fiction Award:
\n\u2022 AJ Schnack, “Kurt Cobain: About a Son”\u2028Adele Horne, “The Tailenders”\u2028Eric Daniel Metzgar, “The Chances of the World Changing”
\n\u2022 Special Distinction:
\n\u2022 David Lynch, Laura Dern, “Inland Empire”
\n\u2022 The 2007 Independent Spirit Awards will be broadcast live in IFC on February 24th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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