2008 Spirit Award Nominations!!! Gotham Winners!!!

Here's the nominees for the Independent Spirit Awards:

As usual, these are a mix of deserving, infuriating, lots of strang snubbing, and familiar names.

Best Feature:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
I'm Not There
Juno
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
Gus Van Sant - Paranoid Park

Best First Feature:
2 Days in Paris - Julie Delpy
Great World of Sount - Craig Zobel
The Lookout - Scott Frank
Rocket Science - Jeffrey Blitz
Vanaja - Rajnesh Domalpalli

John Cassavetes Award
August Evening
Owl and the Sparrow
The Pool
Quiet City
Shotgun Stories

Best Screenplay:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Savages
Starting Out in the Evening
Waitress
Year of the Dog

Best First Screenplay:
Rocket Science
Broken English
Juno
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
A Mighty Heart

Best Female Lead:
Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
Sienna Miller - Interview
Ellen Page - Juno
Parker Posey - Broken English
Tang Wei - Lust, Caution

Best Male Lead:
Pedro Castaneda - August Evening
Don Cheadle - Talk to Me
Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages
Frank Langella - Starting Out in the Evening
Tony Leung - Lust, Caution

Best Supporting Female
Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
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 Supporting Male:
Chiwetel Ejiofor - Talk To Me
Marcus Carl Franklin - I'm Not There
Kene Holliday - Great World of Sound
Irrfan Khan - The Namesake
Steve Zahn - Rescue Dawn

Best Cinematography:
The Savages
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Vanaja
Youth Without Youth
Lust, Caution

Best Documentary:
Crazy Love
Lake of Fire
Manufactured Landscapes
The Monastery
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair

Best Foreign Film:
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
The Band's Visit
Lady Chatterley
Once
Persepolis

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to a film's director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)

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




17TH ANNAUL GOTHAM AWARDS:

Breakthrough Actor:
Emile Hirsch - Into the Wild
Kene Holliday - Great World of Sound
Ellen Page - Juno (WINNER)
Jess Weixler - Teeth
Luisa Williams - Day Night Day Night

Best Feature:
Great World of Sound
I'm Not There
Into the Wild (WINNER)
Margot at the Wedding
The Namesake

Best Ensemble Cast:
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (WINNER - TIE)
The Last Winter
Margot at the Wedding
The Savages
Talk to Me (WINNER - TIE)

Best Documentary:
The Devil Came on Horseback
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
My Kid Could Paint That
Sicko (WINNER)
Taxi to the Dark Side