The Winners: 2008 Film Independent Awards

The last big award show before the Academy Awards was today. And apparently Brangelina “announced” that they’re expecting baby number 5.

For some great pictures from the event including this one of Julian Schnabel and Javier Bardem, follow the link.
A beautiful bromance

Here are the winners:

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 Cinematography

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Best Foreign Film

Once (Ireland)

Best Documentary

Crazy Love

Best First Feature

The Lookout

Best First Screenplay

Diablo Cody, ‘Juno’

Robert Altman Award

I’m Not There
Director: Todd Haynes

Casting Director: Laura Rosenthal
Ensemble Cast: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood, David Cross, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams

John Cassavetes Award

August Evening

IFC Truer Than Fiction Award

Laura Dunn, Director of ‘The Unforeseen

IFC/Acura Someone to Watch Award
Ramin Bahrani, Director of Chop Shop

Axium Producers Award
Neil Kopp, Producer of Paranoid Park and Old Joy

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