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
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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