Indipendent Spirit Awards Nominations

Interesting...NO Laura Linney or Julie Christie. Foreign Language looks pretty solid. "Youth Without Youth" gets interesting cinematography nom and "Lust, Caution" gets acting nods. Interesting. Very interesting.

BEST FEATURE
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
I’m Not There
Juno
A Mighty Hear
Paranoid Park

BEST DIRECTOR
I’m Not There – Todd Haynes
The Savages – Tamara Jenkins
Juno – Jason Rietman
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Julian Schnabel
Paranoid Park – Gus Van Sant

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Give to producer and director)
2 Days in Paris
Great World of Sound
The Lookout
Rocket Science
Vanaja

JOHN CASSAVETTES AWARD (Given to the best movie made in the budget of $500,000 or less)
August Evening
Owl and the Sparrow
The Pool
Quiet City
Shotgun Stories

BEST MALE LEAD
August Evening – Pedro Casandeda
Talk To Me – Don Cheadle
The Savages – Philip Seymour Hoffman
Starting Out in the Evening – Frank Langella
Lust, Caution – Tony Leung

BEST FEMALE LEAD
A Mighty Hear – Angelina Jolie
Interview – Sienna Miller
Juno – Ellen Page
Broken English – Parker Posey
Lust, Caution – Tang Wei

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Talk to Me – Chiwetel Eloifor
I’m Not There – Marcus Carl Franklin
Great World of Sound – Kene Hilliday
The Namesake – Irfan Khan
Rescue Dawn – Steve Zahn

BEST SUPPORTIING FEMALE
I’m Not There – Cate Blanchett
Rocket Science – Anna Kendrick
Margot at the Wedding – Jennifer Jason Leigh
Four Sheet to the Wind – Tamara Podemski
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead – Marisa Tomei

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Ronald Harwood
The Savages – Tamara Jenkins
Starting Out in the Evening – Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner
Waitress – Adrienne Shelly
Year of the Dog – Mike White

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Rocket Science – Jeffrey Blitz
Broken English – Zoe Cassavetes
Juno – Diablo Cody
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead – Kelly Masterson
A Mighty Hear – John Orloff

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Savages – Mott Hupfel
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Janusz Kaminski
Vanaja – Milton Kam
Youth Without Youth – Mihai Malaimare Jr,
Lust, Caution – Podrigo Prieto

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Crazy Love – Dan Klores
Lake of Fire – Tony Kaye
Manufactured Landscapes – Jennifer Baichwal
The Monastery – Pernille Rose Gronkjaer
The Prisoner: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair – Perta Epperlein and Michel Tucker

BEST FOREIGN FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
The Band’s Visit
Lady Chatterley
Once
Persepolis

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
I’m Not There