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'The Artist' Sweeps Indie Spirit Awards
"The Artist"
Other major winners included "Margin Call" -- which took best first feature and the Robert Altman Award, and "The Descendants," which won best screenplay best supporting female.
The complete list of Spirit Award winners is below. Also check out our minute by minute rundown from the ceremony.
BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)
"The Artist"
BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
"Margin Call"
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
"Pariah"
Alexander Payne's "The Descendants."
"The Descendants"
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
"50/50"
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"
BEST MALE LEAD
Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Shailene Woodley, "The Descendants"
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
"The Artist"
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)
"The Interrupters"
BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)
"A Separation"
"Margin Call."
(Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)
"Margin Call"
PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Sophia Linn - "Take Shelter"
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Mark Jackson - "Without"
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Heather Courtney – "Where Soldiers Come From"
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7 Comments
Ekblad | February 26, 2012 11:26 AM
What about Drive???
Joshua | February 26, 2012 7:14 AM
Man. This sucks.
Alec | February 25, 2012 10:50 PM
The Artist isn't an independent movie...
FlmRspct | February 25, 2012 10:11 PM
Wow, what an utterly disappointing list of winners, even more disappointing than the list of nominees. Sure, there were many 'good' films released this year, but how many were actually all that interesting?
James | February 25, 2012 9:16 PM
These awards are a sham. Any movie appealing to a viewer's intellect has "spirit." They need to limit the awards to true independently made films made by true unknowns and shown at festivals across the US besides Sundance.
Corey | February 25, 2012 6:34 PM
At least 'Pariah' won SOMETHING. : /