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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

Pequeña 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 Tierra de abundancia (2004)

Best Male Lead

WINNER

Ryan Gosling for Half Nelson (2006)

Other Nominees:

Aaron Eckhart for Gracias por fumar (2005)

Edward Norton for El velo pintado (2006)

Ahmad Razvi for Un café en cualquier esquina (2005)

Forest Whitaker for American Gun (2005)

Best Supporting Female

WINNER

Frances McDormand for Amigos con dinero (2006)

Other Nominees:

Melonie Diaz for Memorias de Queens (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 Pequeña Miss Sunshine (2006)

Other Nominees:

Raymond J. Barry for Steel City (2006)

Daniel Craig for Historia de un crimen (2006)

Paul Dano for Pequeña Miss Sunshine (2006)

Channing Tatum for Memorias de Queens (2006)

Best Director

WINNER

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

Other Nominees:

Robert Altman for El último show (2006)

Ryan Fleck for Half Nelson (2006)

Karen Moncrieff for The Dead Girl (2006)

Steven Soderbergh for Bubble (2005/I)

Best Screenplay

WINNER

Gracias por fumar (2005): Jason Reitman

Other Nominees:

Amigos con dinero (2006): Nicole Holofcener

El ilusionista (2006): Neil Burger

El velo pintado (2006): Ron Nyswaner

Sorry, Haters (2005): Jeff Stanzler

Best First Screenplay

WINNER

Pequeña Miss Sunshine (2006): Michael Arndt

Other Nominees:

Conversaciones con otras mujeres (2005): Gabrielle Zevin

Memorias de Queens (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

Un café en cualquier esquina (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

Un café en cualquier esquina (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

La vida de los otros (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

Camino a Guantánamo (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

El fin de la inocencia (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