Independant Spirit Awards Results

Last night was the Independent Spirit Awards, below are the results nicely copied and pasted from thehollywoodreporter.

Best feature "Ballast" "Frozen River" "Rachel Getting Married" "Wendy and Lucy" "The Wrestler" Best director Ramin Bahrani, "Chop Shop" Jonathan Demme, "Rachel Getting Married" Lance Hammer, "Ballast" Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River" Tom McCarthy, "The Visitor" Best first feature "Afterschool," Antonio Campos, Sean Durkin, Josh Mond "Medicine for Melancholy," Barry Jenkins, Justin Barber "Sangre de mi sangre," Christopher Zalla, Per Melita, Benjamin Odell "Sleep Dealer," Alex Rivera, Anthony Bregman "Synecdoche, New York," Charlie Kaufman, Anthony Bregman, Spike Jonze, Sidney Kimmel John Cassavetes Award (films less than $500,000) "In Search of a Midnight Kiss," Alex Holdridge, Seth Caplan, Scoot McNairy "Prince of Broadway," Sean Baker, Darren Dean "The Signal," David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry, Alexander Motlagh "Take Out," Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou "Turn the River," Chris Eigeman, Ami Armstrong Best screenplay Woody Allen, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, "Sugar" Charlie Kaufman, "Synecdoche, New York" Howard A. Rodman, "Savage Grace" Christopher Zalla, "Sangre de mi sangre" Best first screenplay Dustin Lance Black, "Milk" Lance Hammer, "Ballast" Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River" Jonathan Levine, "The Wackness" Jenny Lumet, "Rachel Getting Married" Best female lead Summer Bishil, "Towelhead" Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married" Melissa Leo, "Frozen River" Tarra Riggs, "Ballast" Michelle Williams, "Wendy and Lucy" Best male lead Javier Bardem, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor" Sean Penn, "Milk" Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker" Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler" Best supporting female Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" Rosemarie DeWitt, "Rachel Getting Married" Rosie Perez, "The Take" Misty Upham, "Frozen River" Debra Winger, "Rachel Getting Married" Best supporting male James Franco, "Milk" Anthony Mackie, "The Hurt Locker" Charlie McDermott, "Frozen River" Jim Myron Ross, "Ballast" Haaz Sleiman, "The Visitor" Best foreign film "The Class" "Gomorrah" "Hunger" "Secret of the Grain" "Silent Light" Best documentary "The Betrayal" "Encounters at the End of the World" "Man on Wire" "The Order of Myths" "Up the Yangtze" Best cinematography Maryse Alberti, "The Wrestler" Lol Crawley, "Ballast" James Laxton, "Medicine for Melancholy" Harris Savides, "Milk" Michael Simmonds, "Chop Shop" Robert Altman Award (filmmaker, casting director and acting ensemble) "Synecdoche, New York," Charlie Kaufman (director), Jeanne McCarthy (casting director), Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams Piaget Producers Award (emerging producers) Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy, "Treeless Mountain," "I'll Come Running" Jason Orans, "Goodbye Solo," "Year of the Fish" Heather Rae, "Frozen River," "Ibid" Acura Someone to Watch Award (emerging actor) Barry Jenkins, "Medicine for Melancholy" Nina Paley, "Sita Sings the Blues" Lynn Shelton, "My Effortless Brilliance" Lacoste Truer Than Fiction Award (emerging nonfiction director) Margaret Brown, "The Order of Myths" Sacha Gervasi, "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" Darius Marder, "Loot" Some nice picks here good to see Tom McCarthy win for The Visitor, Melissa Leo winning for Frozen River is well deserved The Wrestler winning for best feature and Rourke for best actor is norm at the moment but it is interesting that Aranofsky wasn't up for best director. The best actor win for Rourke puts him in an even bigger position for best actor tonight at the oscars he has won the category in nearly every ceremony where hes been nominated and if he doesn't win I'm sure it will be a big upset, enless it goes to Richard Jenkins which would just be awesome. below is Rourkes fantastic acceptance speech where he honors Eric Roberts, his dog, Aronofsky and Marissa Tomei whilst threating to beat up Rain Wilson and insult random people in a nice friendly way. enjoy!