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2008 Independent Spirit Awards®

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Winners announced on Saturday, February 23th.

Best Feature

WINNER

Juno (2007): Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith

Other Nominees:

Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007): Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik

I'm Not There. (2007): Christine Vachon, John Sloss, John Goldwyn, James D. Stern

A Mighty Heart (2007): Dede Gardner, Andrew Eaton, Brad Pitt

Paranoid Park (2007): Neil Kopp, David Allen Cress

Best Female Lead

WINNER

Ellen Page for Juno (2007)

Other Nominees:

Angelina Jolie for A Mighty Heart (2007)

Sienna Miller for Interview (2007/I)

Parker Posey for Broken English (2007)

Wei Tang for Se, jie (2007)

Best Male Lead

WINNER

Philip Seymour Hoffman for The Savages (2007)

Other Nominees:

Pedro Castaneda for August Evening (2007)

Don Cheadle for Talk to Me (2007)

Tony Leung Chiu Wai for Se, jie (2007)

Frank Langella for Starting Out in the Evening (2007)

Best Supporting Female

WINNER

Cate Blanchett for I'm Not There. (2007)

Other Nominees:

Anna Kendrick for Rocket Science (2007)

Jennifer Jason Leigh for Margot at the Wedding (2007)

Tamara Podemski for Four Sheets to the Wind (2007)

Marisa Tomei for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

Best Supporting Male

WINNER

Chiwetel Ejiofor for Talk to Me (2007)

Other Nominees:

Marcus Carl Franklin for I'm Not There. (2007)

Kene Holliday for Great World of Sound (2007)

Irrfan Khan for The Namesake (2006)

Steve Zahn for Rescue Dawn (2006)

Best Director

WINNER

Julian Schnabel for Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007)

Other Nominees:

Todd Haynes for I'm Not There. (2007)

Tamara Jenkins for The Savages (2007)

Jason Reitman for Juno (2007)

Gus Van Sant for Paranoid Park (2007)

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

Waitress (2007): Adrienne Shelly

Year of the Dog (2007/I): Mike White

Best First Screenplay

WINNER

Juno (2007): Diablo Cody

Other Nominees:

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007): Kelly Masterson

Broken English (2007): Zoe R. Cassavetes

A Mighty Heart (2007): John Orloff

Rocket Science (2007): Jeffrey Blitz

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007): Janusz Kaminski

Other Nominees:

Se, jie (2007): Rodrigo Prieto

The Savages (2007): W. Mott Hupfel III

Vanaja (2006): Milton Kam

Youth Without Youth (2007): Mihai Malaimare Jr.

Best First Feature

WINNER

The Lookout (2007): Scott Frank, Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark, Walter F. Parkes

Other Nominees:

2 Days in Paris (2007): Julie Delpy, Christophe Mazodier, Thierry Potok

Great World of Sound (2007): Craig Zobel, Melissa Palmer, David Gordon Green, Richard A. Wright

Rocket Science (2007): Jeffrey Blitz, Effie Brown, Sean Welch

Vanaja (2006): Rajnesh Domalpalli, Latha R. Domalapalli

Best Foreign Film

WINNER

Once (2006): John Carney(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 Documentary

WINNER

Crazy Love (2007/I): Dan Klores

Other Nominees:

Lake of Fire (2006): Tony Kaye

Manufactured Landscapes (2006): Jennifer Baichwal

The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun (2006): Pernille Rose Grønkjær

The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair (2006): Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker

John Cassavetes Award

WINNER

August Evening (2007): Chris Eska, Connie Hill, Jason Wehling

Other Nominees:

Owl and the Sparrow (2007): Stephane Gauger, Van Quan Nguyen, Nam Doan Nhat

The Pool (2007): Chris Smith, Kate Noble, Randy Russell

Quiet City (2007): Aaron Katz, Brendan McFadden, Ben Stambler, Erin Fisher, Cris Lankenau

Shotgun Stories (2007): Jeff Nichols, David Gordon Green, Lisa Muskat

Truer Than Fiction Award

WINNER

The Unforeseen (2007): Laura Dunn

Other Nominees:

Helvetica (2007): Gary Hustwit

Running Stumbled (2006): John Maringouin

Someone to Watch Award

WINNER

Ramin Bahrani for Chop Shop (2007)

Other Nominees:

Lee Isaac Chung for Munyurangabo (2007)

Ronald Bronstein for Frownland (2007)

Producers Award

WINNER

Neil Kopp for Paranoid Park (2007), Old Joy (2006)

Other Nominees:

Anne Clements for Ping Pong Playa (2007), Quinceañera (2006)

Alexis Ferris for Cthulhu (2007), Police Beat (2005)

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