Independent Spirit Award Winners

[Ananas]

COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS:

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)

"Sideways," Producer: Michael London

BEST DIRECTOR

Alexander Payne, "Sideways"

BEST SCREENPLAY

"Sideways," Writers: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor

BEST FIRST FEATURE

"Garden State," Director: Zach Braff

Producers: Pamela Abdy, Gary Gilbert, Dan Halsted, and Richard Klubeck

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

"Maria Full of Grace," Writer: Joshua Marston

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for $500,000)

"Mean Creek," Writer/Director: Jacob Aaron Estes

Producers: Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal, Hagai Shaham

BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE (Actors in their first significant role in a feature film)

Rodrigo de la Serna, "The Motorcycle Diaries"

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Virginia Madsen, "Sideways"

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Thomas Haden Church, "Sideways"

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Catalina Sandino Moreno, "Maria Full of Grace"

BEST MALE LEAD

Paul Giamatti, "Sideways"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

"The Motorcycle Diaries," Eric Gautier

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the Director)

"The Sea Inside" (Spain) Director: Alejandro Amenábar

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the Director)

"Metallica: Some Kind of Monster," Directors: Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky

SPECIAL DISTINCTION

Ensemble Cast: "Mean Creek"

Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck, Carly Schroeder

Turning Leaf Someone to Watch Award

Jem Cohen, director of "Chain"

DIRECTV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award

Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman for "Born Into Brothels"

Bravo/American Express Producers Award

Gina Kwon, producer of "The Good Girl" and "Me and You and Everyone We Know"

[existence02]

I agree about Braff. The first time I watched Garden State I gave it ****1/2, but everytime I watch it the film gets better. After watching it again last night I'd probably bump it to a full *****. I really don't remember seeing another movie that could compare to it.

On a slightly unrelated note, I didn't see Sideways yet is it really as good as the award hype it's getting? Yes I am too lazy to search through the review thread to see.

[tristy]

but I'm bummed Zach Braff didn't get the Best First Screenplay award as well as Best First Feature.

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[Ananas]

Yeah I worded that confusingly, I meant that I was bummed he didn't win best first screenplay in addition to Best First Feature.