Spirit Awards 2008
Honoring Independent Film
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Actress Ellen Page holds the trophee of the Best Female actress for her performance in "Juno" at the 2008 Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on February 23, 2008. The awards are given by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Actors Kate Beckinsale (L) and Matt Dillon (C) present actress Ellen Page the award for best female lead for the film 'Juno' at the 2008 Film Independent's Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, February 23, 2008. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok
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Actress Justine Bateman arrives at the 2008 Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on February 23, 2008. The awards are given by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Actress Tamara Podemski arrives at the 2008 Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on February 23, 2008. The awards are given by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Actress Mollie Sims arrives at the 2008 Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on February 23, 2008. The awards are given by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Actress Mollie Sims arrives at the 2008 Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on February 23, 2008. The awards are given by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Actor Don Cheadle arrives with his wife Bridgid Coulter at the 2008 Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on February 23, 2008. The awards are given by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Actor Don Cheadle arrives with his wife Bridgid Coulter at the 2008 Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on February 23, 2008. The awards are given by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Actor Don Cheadle arrives with his wife Bridgid Coulter at the 2008 Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on February 23, 2008. The awards are given by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Actress Illeana Douglas arrives at the 2008 Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California on February 23, 2008. The awards are given by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Spirit Awards Interviews
Academy Awards 2008
Spirit Awards Nominees
Best Feature
'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'
'I'm Not There'
'Juno'--WINNER
'A Mighty Heart'
'Paranoid Park'
Best Director
Todd Haynes, 'I'm Not There'
Tamara Jenkins, 'The Savages'
Jason Reitman, 'Juno'
Julian Schnabel, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'--WINNER
Gus Van Sant, 'Paranoid Park'
Best Male Lead
Pedro Castaneda, 'August Evening'
Don Cheadle, 'Talk to Me'
Philip Seymour Hoffman, 'The Savages'--WINNER
Tony Leung, 'Lust, Caution'
Frank Langella, 'Starting Out in the Evening'
Best Female Lead
Angelina Jolie, 'A Mighty Heart'
Sienna Miller, 'Interview'
Ellen Page, 'Juno'--WINNER
Parker Posey, 'Broken English'
Tang Wei, 'Lust, Caution'
Best Supporting Male
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 'Talk to Me'--WINNER
Marcus Carl Franklin, 'I'm Not There'
Kene Holliday, 'Great World of Sound'
Irfan Khan, 'The Namesake'
Steve Zahn, 'Rescue Dawn'
Best Supporting Female
Cate Blanchett, 'I'm Not There'--WINNER
Anna Kendrick, 'Rocket Science'
Jennifer Jason Leigh, 'Margot at the Wedding'
Tamara Podemski, 'Four Sheets to the Wind'
Marisa Tomei, 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'
Best Screenplay
Ronald Harwood, 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'
Tamara Jenkins, 'The Savages'--WINNER
Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner, 'Starting Out in the Evening'
Adrienne Shelly, 'Waitress'
Mike White, 'Year of the Dog'
Best Cinematography
'The Savages'
'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly'--WINNER
'Vanaja'
'Youth Without Youth'
'Lust, Caution'
Best Foreign Film
'4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 3 Days' (Romania)
'The Band's Visit' (Israel)
'Lady Chatterley' (France)
'Once' (Ireland)--WINNER
'Persepolis' (France)
Best Documentary
'Crazy Love'--WINNER
'Lake of Fire'
'Manufactured Landscapes'
'The Monastery'
'The Prisoner Or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair'
Best First Feature
'2 Days in Paris'
'Great World of Sound'
'The Lookout'--WINNER
'Rocket Science'
'Vanaja'
Best First Screenplay
Jeffrey Blitz, 'Rocket Science'
Zoe Cassavetes, 'Broken English'
Diablo Cody, 'Juno'--WINNER
Kelly Masterson, 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'
John Orloff, 'A Mighty Heart'
Robert Altman Award
'I'm Not There'
Director: Todd Haynes
Casting Director: Laura Rosenthal
Ensemble Cast: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood, David Cross, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams
John Cassavetes Award
'August Evening'--WINNER
'Owl and the Sparrow'
'The Pool'
'Quiet City'
'Shotgun Stories'
IFC Truer Than Fiction Award
Laura Dunn, Director of 'The Unforeseen'--WINNER
Gary Hustwit, Director of 'Helvetica'
John Maringouin, Director of 'Running Stumbled'
IFC/Acura Someone to Watch Award
Ramin Bahrani, Director of 'Chop Shop'--WINNER
Lee Isaac Chung, Director of 'Munyurangabo'
Ronnie Bronstein, Director of 'Frownland'
Axium Producers Award
Anne Clements, Producer of 'Ping Pong Playa' and 'Quinceañera'
Alexis Ferris, Producer of 'Cthulhu' and 'Police Beat'
Neil Kopp, Producer of 'Paranoid Park' and 'Old Joy'--WINNER