SPIRIT AWARD WINNERS
Juno was the big winner of the Spirit Awards, which just wrapped up on a soggy afternoon in Santa Monica, CA. The film walked away with Best Feature, Best Female Lead for Ellen Page and Best First Screenplay for Diablo Cody. The complete list of winners is below.
BEST FEATURE
Juno
BEST DIRECTOR
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
BEST MALE LEAD
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Ellen Page, Juno
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Talk To Me
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
BEST SCREENPLAY
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Diablo Cody, Juno
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Crazy Love, Director: Dan Klores
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Once, Director: John Carney
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Janusz Kaminski, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
BEST FIRST FEATURE
The Lookout, Director: Scott Frank
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
August Evening, Writer-Director: Chris Eska
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
I’m Not There, Director: Todd Haynes
Casting Director: Laura Rosenthal
Ensemble Cast: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw
IFC/ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop
TRUER THAT FICTION AWARDS
The Unforseen, Director: Laura Dunn
PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Neil Kopp (Paranoid Park, Old Joy)