First Nominees of the Season: Independent Spirit Award Nominations!

Best Feature:
American Gun
The Dead Girl
Half Nelson
Little Miss Sunshine
Pan's Labyrinth

Best First Feature:
Day Night Day Night
Man Push Cart
The Motel
Sweet Land
Wristcutters: A Love Story

Best Director:
Robert Altman - A Prairie Home Companion
Jonathan Dayton & Valeria Faris - Little Miss Sunshine
Ryan Fleck - Half Nelson
Karen Moncrieff - The Dead Girl
Steven Soderbergh - Bubble

John Cassavetes Award:
Chalk
Four Eyed Monsters
Old Joy
Quinceanera
Twelve and Holding

Best Screenplay:
Friends With Money
The Illusionist
The Painted Veil
Sorry, Haters
Thank You For Smoking

Best First Screenplay:
Conversations With Other Women
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Half Nelson
Little Miss Sunshine
Wristcutters: A Love Story

Best Female Lead:
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
Elizabeth Reaser - Sweet Land
Michelle Williams - Land of Plenty
Robin Wright Penn - Sorry, Haters

Best Male Lead:
Aaron Eckhart - Thank You For Smoking
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Edward Norton - The Painted Veil
Ahman Razvi - Man Push Cart
Forest Whitaker - American Gun

Best Supporting Female:
Melonie Diaz - A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Marcia Gay Harden - American Gun
Mary Beth Hurt - The Dead Girl
Frances McDormand - Friends With Money
Amber Tamblyn - Stephanie Daley

Best Supporting Male:
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Raymond J. Barry - Steel City
Daniel Craig - Infamous
Paul Dano - Little Miss Sunshine
Channing Tatum - A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Best Cinematography:
Brothers of the Head
Four Eyed Monsters
Man Push Cart
Pan's Labyrinth
Wild Tigers I Have Known

Best Documentary:
A Lion in the House
My Country, My Country
The Road to Guantanamo
The Trials of Darryl Hunt
You're Gonna Miss Me

Best Foreign Film:
12:08 East of Bucharest
The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros
Chronicles of an Escape
Days of Glory
The Lives of Others


Channing Tatum - award nominee!

Snub of the morning: No Maggie Gyllenhaal for Sherrybaby