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Independent Spirit Awards

Best Feature WINNER Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

   

 

Winners announced on Saturday, February 24th.

Best Feature
WINNER
Little Miss Sunshine (2006):

Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa

Other Nominees:

American Gun (2005):
Ted Kroeber

The Dead Girl (2006):
Tom Rosenberg, Henry Winterstern, Gary Lucchesi, Eric Karten, Kevin Turen

Half Nelson (2006):
Jamie Patricof, Alex Orlovsky, Lynette Howell, Anna Boden, Rosanne Korenberg

Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006):
Bertha Navarro, Alfonso Cuarón, Frida Torresblanco, Alvaro Augustin, Guillermo del Toro

Best Female Lead
WINNER
Shareeka Epps
for Half Nelson (2006)


Other Nominees:

Catherine O'Hara
for For Your Consideration (2006)

Robin Wright Penn
for Sorry, Haters (2005)

Elizabeth Reaser
for Sweet Land (2005)

Michelle Williams
for Land of Plenty (2004)

Best Male Lead
WINNER
Ryan Gosling
for Half Nelson (2006)


Other Nominees:

Aaron Eckhart
for Thank You for Smoking (2005)

Edward Norton
for The Painted Veil (2006)

Ahmad Razvi
for Man Push Cart (2005)

Forest Whitaker
for American Gun (2005)

Best Supporting Female
WINNER
Frances McDormand
for Friends with Money (2006)


Other Nominees:

Melonie Diaz
for A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)

Marcia Gay Harden
for American Gun (2005)

Mary Beth Hurt
for The Dead Girl (2006)

Amber Tamblyn
for Stephanie Daley (2006)

Best Supporting Male
WINNER
Alan Arkin
for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Other Nominees:


Raymond J. Barry
for Steel City (2006)

Daniel Craig
for Infamous (2006)

Paul Dano
for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Channing Tatum
for A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)

Best Director
WINNER
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Other Nominees:


Robert Altman
for A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

Ryan Fleck
for Half Nelson (2006)

Karen Moncrieff
for The Dead Girl (2006)

Steven Soderbergh
for Bubble (2005/I)

Best Screenplay
WINNER
Thank You for Smoking (2005):
Jason Reitman

Other Nominees:


Friends with Money (2006):
Nicole Holofcener

The Illusionist (2006):
Neil Burger

The Painted Veil (2006):
Ron Nyswaner

Sorry, Haters (2005):
Jeff Stanzler


Best First Screenplay
WINNER
Little Miss Sunshine (2006): Michael Arndt

Other Nominees:

Conversations with Other Women (2005): Gabrielle Zevin

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006): Dito Montiel

Half Nelson (2006): Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006): Goran Dukic

Best Cinematography
WINNER
Laberinto del Fauno, El (2006): Guillermo Navarro

Other Nominees:

Brothers of the Head (2005): Anthony Dod Mantle

Four Eyed Monsters (2005): Arin Crumley

Man Push Cart (2005): Michael Simmonds

Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006): Aaron Platt

Best First Feature
WINNER
Sweet Land (2005): Ali Selim, Alan Cumming, James Bigham, Ali Selim

Other Nominees:

Day Night Day Night (2006): Julia Loktev, Melanie Judd, Jessica Levin

Man Push Cart (2005): Ramin Bahrani, Pradip Ghosh, Bedford T. Bentley

The Motel (2005): Michael Kang, Matthew Greenfield, Miguel Arteta, Gina Kwon, Karin Chien

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006): Goran Dukic, Adam Sherman, Chris Coen, Tatiana Kelly, Mikal P. Lazarev

Best Foreign Film
WINNER
Leben der Anderen, Das (2006): Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck(Germany)

Other Nominees:

A fost sau n-a fost? (2006): Corneliu Porumboiu(Romania)

Crónica de una fuga (2006): Adrián Caetano(Argentina)

Indigènes (2006): Rachid Bouchareb(France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium)

Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros, Ang (2005): Auraeus Solito(Philippines)

Best Documentary
WINNER
The Road to Guantanamo (2006): Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross

Other Nominees:

A Lion in the House (2006): Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert

"Now with Bill Moyers: My Country My Country" (2006): Laura Poitras

The Trials of Darryl Hunt (2006): Anne Sundberg, Ricki Stern

You're Gonna Miss Me (2005): Auraeus Solito

John Cassavetes Award
WINNER
Quinceañera (2006): Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland, Anne Clements

Other Nominees:

Chalk (2006/I): Mike Akel, Angela Alvarez, Graham Davidson, Chris Mass

Four Eyed Monsters (2005): Arin Crumley, Susan Buice

Old Joy (2006): Kelly Reichardt, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Anish Savjani, Neil Kopp, Jonathan Raymond

Twelve and Holding (2005): Michael Cuesta, Leslie Urdang, Michael Cuesta, Brian Bell, Jenny Schweitzer, Anthony Cipriano

Truer Than Fiction Award
WINNER
"P.O.V.: The Tailenders (#19.5)" (2006): Adele Horne

Other Nominees:

The Chances of the World Changing (2006): Eric Daniel Metzgar

Kurt Cobain About a Son (2006): AJ Schnack


 
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