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79th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals
64th Golden Globe Awards
13th Screen Actors Guild Awards
Oscar Nominees Luncheon

2007 Independent Spirit Awards®

Winners announced on Saturday, February 24th.

Best Feature

WINNER

Little Miss Sunshine (2006): Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa

Other Nominees:

American Gun (2005): Ted Kroeber

The Dead Girl (2006): Tom Rosenberg, Henry Winterstern, Gary Lucchesi, Eric Karten, Kevin Turen

Half Nelson (2006): Jamie Patricof, Alex Orlovsky, Lynette Howell, Anna Boden, Rosanne Korenberg

El laberinto del fauno (2006): Bertha Navarro, Alfonso Cuarón, Frida Torresblanco, , Guillermo del Toro

Best Female Lead

WINNER

Shareeka Epps for Half Nelson (2006)

Other Nominees:

Catherine O'Hara for For Your Consideration (2006)

Robin Wright Penn for Sorry, Haters (2005)

Elizabeth Reaser for Sweet Land (2005)

Michelle Williams for Land of Plenty (2004)

Best Male Lead

WINNER

Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson (2006)

Other Nominees:

Aaron Eckhart for Thank You for Smoking (2005)

Edward Norton for The Painted Veil (2006)

Ahmad Razvi for Man Push Cart (2005)

Forest Whitaker for American Gun (2005)

Best Supporting Female

WINNER

Frances McDormand for Friends with Money (2006)

Other Nominees:

Melonie Diaz for A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)

Marcia Gay Harden for American Gun (2005)

Mary Beth Hurt for The Dead Girl (2006)

Amber Tamblyn for Stephanie Daley (2006)

Best Supporting Male

WINNER

Alan Arkin for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Other Nominees:

Raymond J. Barry for Steel City (2006)

Daniel Craig for Infamous (2006)

Paul Dano for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Channing Tatum for A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)

Best Director

WINNER

Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris for Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Other Nominees:

Robert Altman for A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

Ryan Fleck for Half Nelson (2006)

Karen Moncrieff for The Dead Girl (2006)

Steven Soderbergh for Bubble (2005/I)

Best Screenplay

WINNER

Thank You for Smoking (2005): Jason Reitman

Other Nominees:

Friends with Money (2006): Nicole Holofcener

The Illusionist (2006): Neil Burger

The Painted Veil (2006): Ron Nyswaner

Sorry, Haters (2005): Jeff Stanzler

Best First Screenplay

WINNER

Little Miss Sunshine (2006): Michael Arndt

Other Nominees:

Conversations with Other Women (2005): Gabrielle Zevin

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006): Dito Montiel

Half Nelson (2006): Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006): Goran Dukic

Best Cinematography

WINNER

El laberinto del fauno (2006): Guillermo Navarro

Other Nominees:

Brothers of the Head (2005): Anthony Dod Mantle

Four Eyed Monsters (2005): Arin Crumley

Man Push Cart (2005): Michael Simmonds

Wild Tigers I Have Known (2006): Aaron Platt

Best First Feature

WINNER

Sweet Land (2005): Ali Selim, Alan Cumming, James Bigham, Ali Selim

Other Nominees:

Day Night Day Night (2006): Julia Loktev, Melanie Judd, Jessica Levin

Man Push Cart (2005): Ramin Bahrani, Pradip Ghosh, Bedford T. Bentley

The Motel (2005): Michael Kang, Matthew Greenfield, Miguel Arteta, Gina Kwon, Karin Chien

Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006): Goran Dukic, Adam Sherman, Chris Coen, Tatiana Kelly, Mikal P. Lazarev

Best Foreign Film

WINNER

Das Leben der Anderen (2006): Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck(Germany)

Other Nominees:

A fost sau n-a fost? (2006): Corneliu Porumboiu(Romania)

Crónica de una fuga (2006): Adrián Caetano(Argentina)

Indigènes (2006): Rachid Bouchareb(France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium)

Ang pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros (2005): Auraeus Solito(Philippines)

Best Documentary

WINNER

The Road to Guantanamo (2006): Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross

Other Nominees:

A Lion in the House (2006): Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert

"P.O.V.: My Country, My Country (#19.12)" (2006): Laura Poitras

The Trials of Darryl Hunt (2006): Anne Sundberg, Ricki Stern

You're Gonna Miss Me (2005): Auraeus Solito

John Cassavetes Award

WINNER

Quinceañera (2006): , Wash Westmoreland, Anne Clements

Other Nominees:

Chalk (2006/I): Mike Akel, Angie Alvarez, Graham Davidson, Chris Mass

Four Eyed Monsters (2005): Arin Crumley, Susan Buice

Old Joy (2006): Kelly Reichardt, Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Anish Savjani, Neil Kopp, Jonathan Raymond

Twelve and Holding (2005): Michael Cuesta, Leslie Urdang, Michael Cuesta, Brian Bell, Jenny Schweitzer, Anthony Cipriano

Truer Than Fiction Award

WINNER

"P.O.V.: The Tailenders (#19.4)" (2006): Adele Horne

Other Nominees:

The Chances of the World Changing (2006): Eric Daniel Metzgar

Kurt Cobain About a Son (2006): AJ Schnack