Independent Spirit Awards: 2008

Independent Spirit Award

Date:	23 February
Host:	Rainn Wilson
Location:	Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, California, USA

Best Supporting Male


Winner:
	Talk to Me (2007) - Chiwetel Ejiofor
Other Nominees:
	Great World of Sound (2007) - Kene Holliday I'm Not There. (2007) - Marcus Carl Franklin Rescue Dawn (2006) - Steve Zahn The Namesake (2006) - Irrfan Khan

Best Supporting Female


Winner:
	I'm Not There. (2007) - Cate Blanchett
Other Nominees:
	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) - Marisa Tomei Four Sheets to the Wind (2007) - Tamara Podemski Margot at the Wedding (2007) - Jennifer Jason Leigh Rocket Science (2007) - Anna Kendrick (I)

Best Director


Winner:
	Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) - Julian Schnabel
Other Nominees:
	I'm Not There. (2007) - Todd Haynes Juno (2007) - Jason Reitman Paranoid Park (2007) - Gus Van Sant The Savages (2007) - Tamara Jenkins

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	The Savages (2007) - Tamara Jenkins
Other Nominees:
	Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) - Ronald Harwood Starting Out in the Evening (2007) - Fred Parnes; Andrew Wagner (I) Waitress (2007) - Adrienne Shelly Year of the Dog (2007/I) - Mike White (I)

Best First Screenplay


Winner:
	Juno (2007) - Diablo Cody
Other Nominees:
	A Mighty Heart (2007) - John Orloff Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) - Kelly Masterson Broken English (2007) - Zoe R. Cassavetes Rocket Science (2007) - Jeffrey Blitz

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) - Janusz Kaminski (I)
Other Nominees:
	Se, jie (2007) - Rodrigo Prieto (I) The Savages (2007) - W. Mott Hupfel III Vanaja (2006) - Milton Kam Youth Without Youth (2007) - Mihai Malaimare Jr.

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Crazy Love (2007/I) - Dan Klores
Other Nominees:
	Lake of Fire (2006) - Tony Kaye (I) Manufactured Landscapes (2006) - Jennifer Baichwal The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun (2006) - Pernille Rose Gr�nkj�r The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair (2006) - Petra Epperlein; Michael Tucker (III)

Best Foreign Film


Winner:
	Once (2006) - John Carney (V) - Ireland.
Other Nominees:
	4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile (2007) - Cristian Mungiu - Romania. Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (2007) - Eran Kolirin - Israel. Lady Chatterley (2006) - Pascale Ferran - France. Persepolis (2007) - Vincent Paronnaud; Marjane Satrapi - France.

Best Female Lead


Winner:
	Juno (2007) - Ellen Page
Other Nominees:
	A Mighty Heart (2007) - Angelina Jolie Broken English (2007) - Parker Posey Interview (2007/I) - Sienna Miller Se, jie (2007) - Wei Tang

Best First Feature


Winner:
	The Lookout (2007) - Scott Frank (I) (director); Roger Birnbaum (producer); Gary Barber (I) (producer); Laurence Mark (producer); Walter F. Parkes (producer)
Other Nominees:
	2 Days in Paris (2007) - Julie Delpy (director/producer); Christophe Mazodier (producer); Thierry Potok (producer) Great World of Sound (2007) - Craig Zobel (director/producer); Melissa Palmer (I) (producer); David Gordon Green (producer); Richard A. Wright (producer) Rocket Science (2007) - Jeffrey Blitz (director); Effie Brown (producer); Sean Welch (II) (producer) Vanaja (2006) - Rajnesh Domalpalli (director); Latha R. Domalapalli (producer)

Best Feature


Winner:
	Juno (2007) - Lianne Halfon; John Malkovich; Mason Novick; Russell Smith (IV)
Other Nominees:
	A Mighty Heart (2007) - Dede Gardner; Andrew Eaton (I); Brad Pitt I'm Not There. (2007) - Christine Vachon; John Sloss; John Goldwyn; James D. Stern Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007) - Kathleen Kennedy (I); Jon Kilik Paranoid Park (2007) - Neil Kopp; David Allen Cress (as David Cress)

Best Male Lead


Winner:
	The Savages (2007) - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Other Nominees:
	August Evening (2007) - Pedro Castaneda (II) Se, jie (2007) - Tony Leung Chiu Wai Starting Out in the Evening (2007) - Frank Langella Talk to Me (2007) - Don Cheadle


Winner:
	August Evening (2007) - Chris Eska (writer/director); Connie Hill (I) (producer); Jason Wehling (producer)
Other Nominees:
	Owl and the Sparrow (2007) - Stephane Gauger (writer/director/producer); Van Quan Nguyen (producer); Nam Doan Nhat (producer) Quiet City (2007) - Aaron Katz (II) (writer/director); Brendan McFadden (producer); Ben Stambler (producer); Erin Fisher (I) (writer); Cris Lankenau (writer) Shotgun Stories (2007) - Jeff Nichols (VI) (writer/director/producer); David Gordon Green (producer); Lisa Muskat (producer) The Pool (2007) - Chris Smith (II) (writer/director); Kate Noble (I) (producer); Randy Russell (I) (writer)


Winner:
	I'm Not There. (2007) - Todd Haynes (director); Laura Rosenthal (casting director); Cate Blanchett; Christian Bale; Richard Gere; Heath Ledger; Ben Whishaw; Marcus Carl Franklin; Charlotte Gainsbourg; Bruce Greenwood (I)


Winner:
	The Unforeseen (2007) - Laura Dunn (III)
Other Nominees:
	Helvetica (2007) - Gary Hustwit Running Stumbled (2006) - John Maringouin


Winner:
	Paranoid Park (2007) - Neil Kopp - Also for Old Joy (2006).
Other Nominees:
	Cthulhu (2007) - Alexis Ferris - Also for Police Beat (2005). Ping Pong Playa (2007) - Anne Clements (I) - Also for Quinceañera (2006).


Winner:
	Chop Shop (2007) - Ramin Bahrani
Other Nominees:
	Frownland (2007) - Ronald Bronstein Munyurangabo (2007) - Lee Isaac Chung