Independent Spirit Award Winners

Feature: Silver Linings Playbook
Director: David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
Male Lead: John Hawkes - The Sessions
Female Lead: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
Supporting Male: Matthew McConaughey - Magic Mike
Supporting Female: Helen Hunt - The Sessions
Screenplay: David O. Russell - Silver Linings Playbook
First Feature: Stephen Chbosky - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
First Screenplay: Derek Connolly - Safety Not Guaranteed
Documentary: The Invisible War
International Film: Amour
Cinematography: Ben Richardson - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Cassaveters Award: Middle of Nowhere

Again, they let down their budget requirement of $20m so Silver Linings (cost: $21m) could be in.  Derek Connolly was drunk during his speech (and was apparently escorted out by security afterwards), but IFC cut most of his speech out and just showed the end where Bryan Cranston poured him a drink and Kerry Washington practically dragged him offstage.  Fun times. 

Andy Samberg's monologue was pretty good, I liked his little short film at the beginning where he's a girl who likes to roll her hand outside a car window.  It's a little offputting seeing the giant giftbags on every chair.  Independent spirit, indeed. 

ETA: OMG - the Screenplay dubbing thing was AMAZING.  I wish they had done that on the Oscars.