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Film Independent - 2011 Spirit Awards

Film Independent (FIND)
Spirit Awards (27th)
Nominations: November 29, 2011
Awards: February 25, 2012

Below are the nominations & winners for the 27th Annual Spirit Awards.

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Best Picture
"50/50" (Summit Entertainment) Point Grey, Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen
"Beginners" (Focus Features) Parts & Labor, Producers: Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Jay Van Hoy
"Drive" (FilmDistrict) Marc Platt Productions, Motel Movies, Producers: Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel
"Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics) Strange Matter Films, Producers: Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin
WINNER "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Producer: Thomas Langmann
"The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Little Blair, Dune, Ad Hominem Enterprises, Ingenious Film Partners, Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Best Director
WINNER "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Michel Hazanavicius
"Beginners" (Focus Features) Mike Mills
"Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics) Jeff Nichols
"The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Alexander Payne
"Drive" (FilmDistrict) Nicolas Winding Refn

Best Screenplay
"Footnote" (Sony Pictures Classics) Joseph Cedar
"The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Michel Hazanavicius
"Win Win" (Fox Searchlight) Tom McCarthy
"Beginners" (Focus Features) Mike Mills
WINNER "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

Best First Feature
"Another Earth" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Artists Public Domain, Director: Mike Cahill; Producers: Mike Cahill, Hunter Gray, Brit Marling, Nicholas Shumaker
"In the Family" Director: Patrick Wang; Producers: Robert Tonino, Andrew van den Houten, Patrick Wang
WINNER "Margin Call" (Roadside Attractions) Before the Door, Director: J.C. Chandor; Producers: Robert Ogden Barnum, Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Joe Jenckes, Corey Moosa, Zachary Quinto
"Martha Marcy May Marlene" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Director: Sean Durkin; Producers: Antonio Campos, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Josh Mond
"Natural Selection" Director: Robbie Pickering; Producers: Brion Hambel, Paul Jensen

Best First Screenplay
"Another Earth" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Mike Cahill, Brit Marling
"Margin Call" (Roadside Attractions) J.C. Chandor
"Terri" (ATO Pictures) Patrick deWitt
"Cedar Rapids" (Fox Searchlight) Phil Johnston
WINNER "50/50" (Summit Entertainment) Will Reiser

John Cassavetes Award
"Bellflower" (Oscilloscope Pictures) Writer/Director: Evan Glodell; Producers: Evan Glodell, Vincent Grashaw
"Circumstance" (Roadside Attractions) Writer/Director: Maryam Keshavarz; Producers: Karin Chien, Maryam Keshavarz, Melissa M. Lee
"Hello Lonesome" Writer/Director/Producer: Adam Reid
WINNER "Pariah" (Focus Features) Writer/Director: Dee Rees; Producer: Nekisa Cooper
"The Dynamiter" Writer: Brad Inglesby; Director: Matthew Gordon; Producers: Kevin Abrams, Matthew Gordon, Merilee Holt, Art Jones, Mike Jones, Nate Tuck, Amile Wilson

Best Actress
Lauren Ambrose in "Think of Me"
Rachael Harris in "Natural Selection"
Adepero Oduye in "Pariah" (Focus Features)
Elizabeth Olsen in "Martha Marcy May Marlene" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
WINNER Michelle Williams in "My Week With Marilyn" (The Weinstein Company)

Best Actor
Demián Bichir in "A Better Life" (Summit Entertainment)
WINNER Jean Dujardin in "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company)
Ryan Gosling in "Drive" (FilmDistrict)
Woody Harrelson in "Rampart" (Millennium Films)
Michael Shannon in "Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best Supporting Actress
Jessica Chastain in "Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics)
Anjelica Huston in "50/50" (Summit Entertainment)
Janet McTeer in "Albert Nobbs" (Roadside Attractions)
Harmony Santana in "Gun Hill Road" (Motion Film Group)
WINNER Shailene Woodley in "The Descendants" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks in "Drive" (FilmDistrict)
John Hawkes in "Martha Marcy May Marlene" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
WINNER Christopher Plummer in "Beginners" (Focus Features)
John C. Reilly in "Cedar Rapids" (Fox Searchlight)
Corey Stoll in "Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics)

Best Cinematography
"Bellflower" (Oscilloscope Pictures) Joel Hodge
"The Off Hours" Benjamin Kasulke
"Midnight in Paris" (Sony Pictures Classics) Darius Khondji
WINNER "The Artist" (The Weinstein Company) Guillaume Schiffman
"The Dynamiter" Jeffrey Waldron

Best Documentary
"An African Election" Director/Producer: Jarreth Merz
"Bill Cunningham New York" (Zeitgeist Films) Director: Richard Press; Producer: Philip Gefter
WINNER "The Interrupters" (Cinema Guild) Director/Producer: Steve James; Producer: Alex Kotlowitz
"The Redemption of General Butt Naked" Directors/Producers: Eric Strauss, Daniele Anastasion
"We Were Here" (Red Flag Releasing) Director/Producer: David Weissman

Best International Film
WINNER "A Separation" (Sony Pictures Classics) Director: Asghar Farhadi
"Melancholia" (Magnolia Pictures) Director: Lars von Trier
"Shame" (Fox Searchlight) Director: Steve McQueen
"The Kid With a Bike" (Cinéart) Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
"Tyrannosaur" (Optimum Releasing, Strand Releasing) Director: Paddy Considine

Someone to Watch Award
"Silver Tongues" Simon Arthur
WINNER "Without" Mark Jackson
"Mamitas" Nicholas Ozeki

Truer Than Fiction Award
WINNER "Where Soldiers Come From" (International Film Circuit) Heather Courtney
"Hell and Back Again" (Docurama Films) Danfung Dennis
"Bombay Beach" Alma Har’el

Producers Award
"Mosquita y Mari" Chad Burris
WINNER "Take Shelter" (Sony Pictures Classics) Sophia Lin
"Martha Marcy May Marlene" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Josh Mond

Robert Altman Award
WINNER "Margin Call" (Roadside Attractions) Director: J.C. Chandor; Casting Director: Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey; Ensemble Cast: Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci

FIND Your Audience Award
WINNER Alysa Nahmias and Benjamin Murray
Sheldon Larry
Cara Marcous

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