Independent Spirit Awards 2008
Though this year’s Oscars are getting a lot of buzz for nominations involving movies "no one’s seem", there are even more independent movies out there that some film buffs beliefve were worth and award or two. Good thing for them we’ve got the Independent Spirit Awards. Here’s a list of the winners this year. The awards ceremony was hosted by Rainn Wilson who co-starred in Juno, which eventually won the Best Feature award.
Some movies will no doubt turn up again on Oscar night when they’re nominated, others well, look for them in video stores near you. For a full list of nominees, check www.filmindependent.org
Best Feature: Juno
Best Director: Julian Schnabel, ‘The Diving Bell and the Butterfly’
Best Male Lead: Philip Seymour Hoffman, ‘The Savages’
Best Female Lead: Ellen Page, ‘Juno’
Best Supporting Male: Chiwetel Ejiofor, ‘Talk to Me’
Best Supporting Female: Cate Blanchett, ‘I’m Not There’
Best Screenplay: Tamara Jenkins, ‘The Savages’
Best Foreign Film: ‘Once’ (Ireland)
Best Documentary: ‘Crazy Love’
Best First Feature: ‘The Lookout’
Best First Screenplay: Diablo Cody, ‘Juno’
Robert Altman Award ‘I’m Not There’
John Cassavetes Award: ‘August Evening’
