Nominations for the Independent Spirit Awards 2009

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North American independent cinema has long taken off and has gone from being a promise to being an affirmation that
The United States Can Make Great Cinema Without Handling Hollywood Budgets.

En este sentido, The Independent Spirit Awards have been ranked as the most important award for indies of the northern country, which many times do not achieve the impact they deserve. And apparently, the very jury that presides over the Oscars have realized the enormous potential that independent cinema has, by including every year, among the nominees for best film, an indie-style film (years ago it was Little Miss Sunshine and the last one Juno)

The ceremony It will be held next February 21, a day before the Oscars, and among the great candidates are Frozen River ',' Rachel's Wedding ',' Milk ',' Ballast ',' The Wrestler ',' The visitor ',' Vicky Cristina Barcelona 'and Charlie Kaufman's debut,' Synecdoche, New York'.

Here are all the nominees:

Best film:
- 'Rachel's Wedding', by Jonathan Demme
- 'The Wrestler', by Darren Aronofsky
- 'Wendy and Lucy', by Kelly Reichardt
- 'Ballast', by Lance Hammer
- 'Frozen river', by Courtney Hunt

Best Director:
- Tom McCarthy, for 'The visitor'
- Jonathan Demme, for 'Rachel's Wedding'
- Courtney Hunt, for 'Frozen river'
- Ramin Bahrani, for 'Chop Shop'
- Lance Hammer, for 'Ballast'

Best screenplay:
- Woody Allen, for 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
- Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, for 'Sugar'
- Charlie Kaufman, for 'Synecdoche, New York'
- Howard A. Rodman, for 'Savage Grace'
- Christopher Zalla, for 'Blood of my blood'

Best First Feature:
- 'Afterschool', by Antonio Campos
- 'Medicine for melancholy', by Justin Barber
- 'Synecdoche, New York', by Charlie Kaufman
- 'Sleep dealer', by Alex Rivera
- 'Blood of my blood', by Christopher Zalla

Best Actress:
- Summer Bishil, for 'Towelhead'
- Anne Hathaway, for 'Rachel's Wedding'
- Melissa Leo, for 'Frozen river'
- Tarra Riggs, for 'Ballast'
- Michelle Williams, for 'Wendy and Lucy'

Best Actor:
- Javier Bardem, for 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
- Richard Jenkins, for 'The visitor'
- Sean Penn, for 'Milk'
- Jeremy Renner, for 'The hunt locker'
- Mickey Rourke, for 'The Wrestler'

Best Supporting Actress:
- Penelope Cruz, for 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
- Rosemarie DeWitt, for 'Rachel's Wedding'
- Rosie Perez, for 'The take'
- Misty Upham, for 'Frozen river'
- Debra Winger, for 'Rachel's Wedding'

Best Supporting Actor:
- James Franco, for 'Milk'
- Anthony Mackie, for 'The hunt locker'
- Charlie McDermott, for 'Frozen river'
- JimMyron Ross, for 'Ballast'
- Haaz Sleiman, for 'The visitor'

Best Director of Photography:
- Maryse Alberti, for 'The Wreslter'
- Lol Crawley, for 'Ballast'
- James Laxton, for 'Medicine for Melancholy'
- Harris Savides, for 'Milk'
- Michael Simmonds, for 'Chop shop'

Best Foreign Film:
- 'The class', by Laurent Cantet (France)
- 'Gomorra', by Matteo Garrone (Italy)
- 'Secret of the grain', by Abdellatif Kechiche (France)
- 'Hunger', by Steve McQueen (UK)
- 'Silent Light', by Carlos Reygadas (Mexico / France / Holland / Germany)

Best Documentary:
- 'The order of myths', by Margaret Brown
- 'Up the Yangtze', by Chang Yung
- 'Encounters at the end of the world', by Werner Herzog
- 'The betraya'l, by Ellen Kuras & Thavisouk Phrasavath
- 'Man on wire', by James Marsh

John Cassavetes Award for Best Low-Budget Film (less than $ XNUMX):
- 'Prince of Broadway', by Sean Baker
- 'Take out', by Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou
- 'The signal', by David Bricker, Dan Bush & Jacob Gentry
- 'Turn the river', by Chris Eigeman
- 'Looking for a kiss at midnight', by Alex Holdridge

Robert Altman Award for Director, Casting and Casting Director:
- 'Synecdoche, New York', by Charlie Kaufman. Casting Director: Jeanne McCarthy. Cast: Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams.

Must See 'Acura' Award:
- Lyn Shelton, for 'My effortless brilliance'
- Nina Paley, for 'Sita sings the blues'
- Barry Jenkins, for 'Medicine for melancholy'

'Lacoste' Award Reality surpasses fiction:
- Darius Marder, for 'Loot'
- Sacha Gervasi, for 'Anvil! the story of Anvil '
- Margaret Brown, for 'The order of myths'

'Piaget' Award for Best Producer:
- Heather Rae, for 'Frozen river' and 'Ibid'
- Jason Orans, for 'Goodbye Solo' and 'Year of the fish'
- Lars Knudsen & Jay Van Hoy, for 'Treeles mountain' and 'I'll come running'


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