Keep an eye on 2008 Spirit Award nominees, to be awarded on Feb. 28, 2008.
IFC/Acura Someone to Watch Award:
Ramin Bahrani, director of Chop Shop
Ronnie Bronstein, director of Frownland
Lee Isaac Chung, director of Munyurangabo
Truer Than Fiction Award:
Laura Dunn for The Unforeseen
Gary Hustwit for Helvetica
John Maringouin for Running Stumbled
Producers Award:
Anne Clements, producer of Ping Pong Playa & Quinceañera
Alexis Ferris, producer of Cthulhu & Police Beat
Neil Kopp, producer of Paranoid Park & Old Joy
Best Feature:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
I'm Not There
Juno
A Mighty Heart
Paranoid Park
Best Director:
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Todd Haynes, I'm Not There
Jason Reitman, Juno
Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Best First Feature:
2 Days in Paris
Great World of Sound
The Lookout
Rocket Science
Vanaja
John Cassavetes Award (under $500k):
August Evening
Owl and the Sparrow
The Pool
Quiet City
Shotgun Stories
Best Screenplay:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Savages
Starting Out in the Evening
Waitress
Year of the Dog
Best First Screenplay:
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Broken English
Juno
A Mighty Heart
Rocket Science
Best Female Lead:
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Sienna Miller, Interview
Ellen Page, Juno
Parker Posey, Broken English
Tang Wei, Lust, Caution
Best Male Lead:
Pedro Castaneda, August Evening
Don Cheadle, Talk To Me
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages
Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening
Tony Leung, Lust, Caution
Best Supporting Female:
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 Supporting Male:
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
Best Cinematography:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Lust, Caution
The Savages
Vanaja
Youth Without Youth
Best Documentary:
Crazy Love
Lake of Fire
Manufactured Landscapes
The Monastery
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
Best Foreign Film:
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romania)
The Band's Visit (Israel)
Lady Chatterley (France)
Once (Ireland)
Persepolis (France)
Robert Altman Award:
I'm Not There
Todd Haynes + Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood