Independent Spirit Awards Feb 25, 2012

                             

The Independent Spirit Awards were given out today and they were not as entertaining as they have in recent years, mostly due to Seth Rogan one of the worst hosts for the show.

BEST FEATURE

• The Descendants


• The Artist  


• Take Shelter


• Drive


• Beginners


• 50/50

BEST FIRST FEATURE

• In The Family


• Natural Selection


• Martha Marcy May Marlene


• Margin Call  


• Another Earth

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Win Win


• The Descendants  


• The Artist


• Footnote


• Beginners

BEST FEMALE LEAD

• Elizabeth Olsen for Martha Marcy May Marlene


• Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn  


• Lauren Ambrose for Think of Me


• Racheal Harris for Natural Selection


• Adepero Oduye for Pariah

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

• Shailene Woodley for The Descendants  


• Jessica Chastain for Take Shelter


• Janet McTeer for Albert Nobbs


• Harmony Santana for Gun Hill Road


• Anjelica Huston for 50/50

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• We Were Here


• The Redemption of General Butt Naked


• The Interrupters  


• Bill Cunningham New York


• An African Election

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

• Margin Call  

AUDI SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

• Mark Jackson  


• Nicholas Ozeki


• Simon Arthur

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

• Tyrannosaur


• The Kid With A Bike


• Shame


• Melancholia


• A Separation 

BEST DIRECTOR

• Michel Hazanvicius for The Artist  


• Jeff Nichols for Take Shelter


• Nicolas Winding Refn for Drive


• Alexander Payne for The Descendants


• Mike Mills in Beginners

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

• Bellflower


• Circumstance


• Hello Lonesome


• Pariah  


• The Dynamiter

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

• Patrick deWitt for Terri


• Phil Johnston for Cedar Rapids


• J.C. Chandor for Margin Call


• Mike Cahill & Brit Marling for Another Earth


• Will Reiser for 50/50  

BEST MALE LEAD

• Demián Bichir for A Better Life


• Jean Dujardin for The Artist  


• Michael Shannon for Take Shelter


• Ryan Gosling for Drive


• Woody Harrelson for Rampart

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

• Albert Brooks for Drive


• Christopher Plummer for Beginners  


• Corey Stoll for Midnight in Paris


• John C. Reilly for Cedar Rapids


• John Hawkes for Martha Marcy May Marlene

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Joel Hodge for Bellflower


• Jeffrey Waldron for The Dynamiter


• Guillaume Schiffman for The Artist  


• Darius Khondji for Midnight in Paris


• Benjamin Kasulke for The Off Hours

PIAGET PRODUCER’S AWARD

• Sophia Lin 


• Josh Mond


• Chad Burris

NOKIA TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

• Alma Har’el


• Danfung 


• Dennis


• Heather Courtney  

JAMESON FIND YOUR AUDIENCE AWARD

• Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray  


• Sheldon Larry


• Cara Marcous

Thanks for reading this.

Written by

Anthony Nadeau