18th Independent Spirit Awards Coverage

Digital Hit received credentials to the Independent Spirit Awards for the first time this year. The ceremony takes place on the beach in Santa Monica, a beautiful and relaxed location to celebrate the world of independent film. So put your toes in the sand and enjoy our photos.

Best Feature

• Far From Heaven
  Jody Patton [Producer] and Christine Vachon [Producer]
• The Good Girl
  Matthew Greenfield [Producer]
• Lovely & Amazing
  Anthony Bregman [Producer], Eric d'Arbeloff [Producer] and Ted Hope [Producer]
• Secretary
  Andrew Fierberg [Producer], Amy Hobby [Producer] and Steven Shainberg [Producer]
• Tully
  Hilary Birmingham [Producer] and Annie Sundberg [Producer]

Best Directing

• Far From Heaven
  Todd Haynes
• Gerry
  Gus Van Sant
• ivans xtc.
  Bernard Rose
• Lovely & Amazing
  Nicole Holofcener
• Narc
  Joe Carnahan

Best Male Lead

• Antwone Fisher
  Derek Luke
• Dahmer
  Jeremy Renner
• ivans xtc.
  Danny Huston
• Roger Dodger
  Campbell Scott
• Skins
  Graham Greene

Best Female Lead

• Far From Heaven
  Julianne Moore
• The Good Girl
  Jennifer Aniston
• Lovely & Amazing
  Catherine Keener
• Personal Velocity
  Parker Posey
• Secretary
  Maggie Gyllenhaal

Best Supporting Male

• Far From Heaven
  Dennis Quaid
• The Good Girl
  John C. Reilly
• ivans xtc.
  Peter Weller
• Narc
  Ray Liotta
• Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
  Alan Arkin

Best Supporting Female

• Antwone Fisher
  Viola Davis
• Charlotte Sometimes
  Jacqueline Kim
• Hysterical Blindness
  Juliette Lewis
• Lovely & Amazing
  Emily Mortimer
• Tully
  Julianne Nicholson

Best Debut Performance

• Dahmer
  Artel Kayaru
• Lovely & Amazing
  Raven Goodwin
• My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  Nia Vardalos
• Real Women Have Curves
  America Ferrera
• Tully
  Bob Burrus

Best Foreign Film

• Bloody Sunday
  Paul Greengrass
• The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)
  Zacharias Kunuk
• The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste)
  Michael Haneke
• Time Out (L'Emploi du temps)
  Laurent Cantet
• Y tu mamá también
  Alfonso Cuarón

Best Documentary

• Bowling for Columbine
  Michael Moore
• The Cockettes
  Bill Weber and David Weissman
• Devil's Playground
  Lucy Walker
• How to Draw a Bunny
  John Walter
• Stevie
  Steve James

Best First Feature

• The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
  Peter Care
• Interview with the Assassin
  Neil Burger
• Manito
  Eric Eason
• Paid In Full
  Charles Stone III
• Roger Dodger
  Dylan Kidd

Best Screenplay

• The Good Girl
  Mike White
• Lovely & Amazing
  Nicole Holofcener
• Roger Dodger
  Dylan Kidd
• Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
  Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher
• Tully
  Hilary Birmingham and Matt Drake

Best First Screenplay

• Hysterical Blindness
  Laura Cahill
• Igby Goes Down
  Burr Steers
• Interview with the Assassin
  Neil Burger
• Kissing Jessica Stein
  Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt
• Secretary
  Erin Cressida Wilson

Best Cinematography

• Far From Heaven
  Edward Lachman
• Gerry
  Harris Savides
• Interview with the Assassin
  Richard Rutkowski
• Narc
  Alex Nepomniaschy
• Personal Velocity
  Ellen Kuras

John Cassavetes Award

• Charlotte Sometimes
  Eric Byler [Director], Eric Byler [Writer], Eric Byler [Producer] and Marc Ambrose [Producer]
• Dahmer
  David Jacobson [Director], David Jacobson [Writer] and Larry Rattner [Producer]
• ivans xtc.
  Bernard Rose [Director], Lisa Enos [Writer], Bernard Rose [Writer] and Lisa Enos [Producer]
• Personal Velocity
  Rebecca Miller [Director], Rebecca Miller [Writer], Alexis Alexanian [Producer], Lemore Syvan [Producer] and Gary Winick [Producer]

Turning Leaf Coastal Reserve Someone to Watch Award

• Eric Eason
• Eitan Gorlin
• Przemyslaw Reut

DIRECTV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award

• Love & Diane
  Jennifer Dworkin
• Stone Reader
  Mark Moskowitz
• The Trials of Henry Kissinger
  Eugene Jarecki

Motorola Producers Award

• Effie T. Brown
• Jesse Scolaro and Allen Bain
• Eden H. Wurmfeld