23rd Independent Spirit Awards explained

The 23rd Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2007, were announced on February 23, 2008. It was hosted by Rainn Wilson.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Winners and nominees

Best Feature	Best Director
Juno The Diving Bell and the Butterfly I'm Not There A Mighty Heart Paranoid Park	Julian Schnabel  - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Todd Haynes  - I'm Not There Tamara Jenkins  - The Savages Jason Reitman  - Juno Gus Van Sant  - Paranoid Park
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
Philip Seymour Hoffman  - The Savages Pedro Castaneda  - August Evening Don Cheadle  - Talk to Me Frank Langella  - Starting Out in the Evening Tony Leung  - Lust, Caution	Elliot Page  - Juno Angelina Jolie  - A Mighty Heart Sienna Miller  - Interview Parker Posey  - Broken English Tang Wei  - Lust, Caution
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
Chiwetel Ejiofor  - Talk to Me Marcus Carl Franklin  - I'm Not There Kene Holliday  - Great World of Sound Irrfan Khan  - The Namesake Steve Zahn  - Rescue Dawn	Cate Blanchett  - I'm Not There Anna Kendrick  - Rocket Science Jennifer Jason Leigh  - Margot at the Wedding Tamara Podemski  - Four Sheets to the Wind Marisa Tomei  - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Best Screenplay	Best First Screenplay
The Savages  - Tamara Jenkins The Diving Bell and the Butterfly  - Ronald Harwood Starting Out in the Evening  - Fred Parnes and Andrew Wagner Waitress  - Adrienne Shelly Year of the Dog  - Mike White	Juno  - Diablo Cody Before the Devil Knows You're Dead  - Kelly Masterson Broken English  - Zoe Cassavetes A Mighty Heart  - John Orloff Rocket Science  - Jeffrey Blitz
Best First Feature	Best Documentary
The Lookout 2 Days in Paris Great World of Sound Rocket Science Vanaja	Crazy Love Lake of Fire Manufactured Landscapes The Monastery
Best Cinematography	Best Foreign Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly  - Janusz Kamiński Lust, Caution  - Rodrigo Prieto The Savages  - W. Mott Hupfel III Vanaja  - Milton Kam Youth Without Youth  - Mihai Mălaimare Jr.	Once • Ireland 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days • Romania The Band's Visit • Israel Lady Chatterley • France Persepolis • France

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations!Nominations!Film

4	Juno
	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
	I'm Not There
	The Savages
3	A Mighty Heart
	Lust, Caution
2	Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
	Broken English
	Great World of Sound
	Paranoid Park
	Rocket Science
	Starting Out in the Evening
	Talk to Me

Films that won multiple awards!Awards!Film

3	Juno
2	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
	The Savages

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

August Evening

• Owl and the Sparrow
• The Pool
• Quiet City
• Shotgun Stories

Truer Than Fiction Award

The Unforeseen

• Helvetica
• Running Stumbled

Producers Award

Neil Kopp  - Paranoid Park and Old Joy

• Alexis Ferris  - Cthulhu and Police Beat
• Anne Clements  - Ping Pong Playa and Quinceañera

Someone to Watch Award

Ramin Bahrani  - Chop Shop

• Ronald Bronstein  - Frownland
• Lee Isaac Chung  - Munyurangabo

Robert Altman Award

(*Note: This award is given to its director, casting director, and ensemble cast)

• I'm Not There (Todd Haynes, Laura Rosenthal, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Richard Gere, Bruce Greenwood, Heath Ledger and Ben Whishaw)

External links

• 2007 Spirit Awards at IMDb
• Full official show on YouTube

Notes and References

1. Web site: 'I'm Not There' feels the Spirit . 2007-11-27. Variety. 2012-08-22.
2. Web site: "I'm Not There" Atop Spirit Award Nominations; "Juno," "Diving Bell," "Savages" Also. 2007-11-27. indieWire. 2012-08-22.
3. Web site: 'Juno' scores at Spirit Awards. 2008-02-22. The Envelope. 2012-08-22.
4. Web site: 'Juno' tops Spirit Awards. 2008-02-23. Variety. 2012-08-22.
5. Web site: Indie Spirit Awards Give 'Juno' Top Prize. https://web.archive.org/web/20080226101717/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20180067,00.html. dead. February 26, 2008. 2008-02-25. Entertainment Weekly. 2012-08-22.