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Independent Spirit Awards | ||||||||||
Best Picture Ballast Frozen River Rachel Getting Married Wendy and Lucy The Wrestler Best Actor Javier Bardem "Vicky Christina Barcelona" Richard Jenkins "The Visitor" Sean Penn "Milk" Jeremy Renner "The Hurt Locker" Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler" Best Supporting Actor James Franco "Milk" Anthony Mackie "The Hurt Locker" Charlie McDermott "Frozen River" JimMyron Ross "Ballast" Haaz Sleiman "The Visitor" Best Screenplay Sangre de Mi Sangre Savage Grace Sugar Synecdoche, New York Vicky Christina Barcelona Best Foreign Film The Class (France) Gomorah (Italy) Hunger (United Kingdom/Ireland) Secret of the Grain (France) Silent Light (Mexico/France/Netherlands/Germany) Best First Feature Afterschool Medicine for Melancholy Sandre de Mi Sangre Sleep Dealer Synecdoche, New York Best First Screenplay Ballast Frozen River Milk Rachel Getting Married The Wackness Axium Truer Than Fiction Award Margaret Brown -- "The Order of Myths" Sacha Gervasi -- "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" Darius Marder -- "Loot" Robert Altman Award (Given to 1 Film) Synecdoche, New York |
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Best Director Ramin Bahrani "Chop Shop" Jonathan Demme "Rachel Getting Married" Lance Hammer "Ballast" Courtney Hunt "Frozen River" Thomas McCarthy "The Visitor" Best Actress Summer Bishil "Towelhead" Anne Hathaway "Rachel Getting Married" Melissa Leo "Frozen River" Tarra Riggs "Ballast" Michelle Williams "Wendy and Lucy" Best Supporting Actress Penelope Cruz "Vicky Christina Barcelona" Rosemarie DeWitt "Rachel Getting Married" Rosie Perez "The Take" Misty Upham "Frozen River" Debra Winger "Rachel Getting Married" Best Cinematography Ballast Chop Shop Medicine for Melancholy Milk The Wrestler Best Documentary The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Encounters at the End of the World Man on Wire The Order of Myths Up the Yangtze John Cassavetes Award (under $500K) In Search of a Midnight Kiss Prince of Broadway The Signal Take Out Turn the River IFC/Acura Someone to Watch Award Barry Jenkins -- "Medicine for Melancholy" Nina Paley -- "Sits Sings the Blues" Lynn Shelton -- "My Effortless Brilliance" Axium Producer Award Lars Knudsen & Jay Van Hoy -- "Tree Mountain" & "I'll Come Running" Jason Orans -- "Goodbye Solo" & "Year of the Fish" Heather Rae -- "Frozen River" & "Ibid" |
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