Film News: Live Results For the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards

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CHICAGO – Welcome to the HollywoodChicago.com coverage of the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards. These awards honor the best in independent film for 2011. Seth Rogen is hosting the Awards which will be shown at 9 p.m. CST on IFC.

Below you will find a list of all the nominees for each category. As winners are announced, the list will be updated with winners appearing with a  Spirit Awards icon next to them. All of the winners will have been announced before the show tonight, so if you don’t want to be SPOILED before watching the awards, don’t read any further.

Film Independent Spirit Awards
Film Independent Spirit Awards
Photo credit: Film Independent

BEST FEATURE
 The Artist
Beginners
The Descendants
Drive
50/50
Take Shelter

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Lauren Ambrose, “Think of Me”
Rachael Harris, “Natural Selection”
Adepero Oduye, “Pariah”
Elizabeth Olsen, “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
 Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn”

BEST MALE LEAD
Demián Bichir, “A Better Life”
 Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
Ryan Gosling, “Drive”
Woody Harrelson, “Rampart”
Michael Shannon, “Take Shelter”

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Jessica Chastain, “Take Shelter”
Anjelica Huston, “50/50”
Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs”
Harmony Santana, “Gun Hill Road”
 Shailene Woodley, “The Descendants”

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Albert Brooks, “Drive”
John Hawkes, “Martha Marcy May Marlene”
 Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”
John C. Reilly, “Cedar Rapids”
Corey Stoll, “Midnight in Paris”

BEST DIRECTOR
 Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Mike Mills, “Beginners”
Jeff Nichols, “Take Shelter”
Alexander Payne, “The Descendants”
Nicolas Winding Refn, “Drive”

BEST SCREENPLAY
Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Mike Mills, “Beginners”
 Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, “The Descendants”
Joseph Cedar, “Footnote”
Tom McCarthy, “Win Win”

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Mike Cahill & Brit Marling, “Another Earth”
Phil Johnston, “Cedar Rapids”
 Will Reiser, “50/50”
J.C. Chandor, “Margin Call”
Patrick deWitt, “Terri”

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Another Earth
In the Family
 Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Natural Selection

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (FEATURE UNDER $500,000)
Bellflower
Circumstance
The Dynamiter
Hello Lonesome
 Pariah

BEST DOCUMENTARY
An African Election
Bill Cunningham New York
 The Interrupters
The Redemption of General Butt Naked
We Were Here

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
 The Artist
Bellflower
The Dynamiter
Midnight in Paris
The Off Hours

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
The Kid With A Bike
Melancholia
 A Separation
Shame
Tyrannosaur

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Simon Arthur, “Silver Tongues”
  Mark Jackson, “Without”
Nicholas Ozeki, “Mamitas”

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Bombay Beach
Hell and Back Again
  Where Soldiers Come From

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (ENSEMBLE CAST)
  Margin Call

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Chad Burris, Mosquita y Mari
  Sophia Lin, Take Shelter
Josh Mond, Martha Marcy May Marlene

HollywoodChicago.com staff writer Tim Martens

By TIM MARTENS
Staff Writer
HollywoodChicago.com
tim@hollywoodchicago.com

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