Thursday, March 5, 2009

Independent Spirit Awards

The Independent Spirit Awards annually recognize the best in independent filmmaker. Check out these award winners:


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BEST ACTRESS: MELISSA LEO
Frozen River

By Hunt, Courtney
2009/02 - Sony Pictures
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On a Mohawk reservation on the Canadian border, Ray teams with widowed tribe member Lila to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States. Although the work provides the women with much-needed money, each trip puts them in danger. ...More



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BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Man on Wire

By Marsh, James
2008/12 - Magnolia
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Philippe Petit captured the world's attention in 1974 when he successfully walked across a high wire between New York's Twin Towers. This documentary explores the preparations that went into the stunt as well as the event and its aftermath. Obsessed with the towers even before they were fully constructed, Petit sneaked into the buildings several times to determine the equipment he needed to accomplish his daring feat. ...More

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: JAMES FRANCO
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY: DUSTIN LANCE BLACK
Milk

By Van Sant, Gus
2009/03 - Focus
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Sean Penn stars in this fact-based drama about Harvey Milk, the openly gay activist and San Francisco politician who was murdered along with mayor George Moscone by disgruntled city employee Dan White in 1978. ...More

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BEST FIRST FEATURE FILM
Synecdoche, New York

By Kaufman, Charlie
2009/03 - Sony Pictures
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After his painter wife leaves him and takes their daughter to Berlin, theater director Caden Cotard stages a new autobiographical play in a massive warehouse amid a life-size replica of Manhattan. ...More

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: PENELOPE CRUZ
BEST SCREENPLAY: WOODY ALLEN
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

By Allen, Woody
2008/11 - Weinstein Company
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Academy Award winner Javier Bardem stars in the latest effort from legendary filmmaker Woody Allen as a flamboyant painter who finds himself in the middle of a unique relationship with Vicky and Christina, a pair of American tourists. ...More

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BEST DIRECTOR: THOMAS MCCARTHY
The Visitor

By McCarthy, Thomas
2008/10 - Overture Films
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Widowed professor Walter Vale discovers an immigrant couple, Tarek and Zainab, squatting in his Manhattan flat and becomes wrapped up in their lives when Tarek is thrown into a detention center. ...More

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