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24th Independent Spirit Awards

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Date
  
21 February 2009

Other ceremonies
  
2008, 2010

The 2008 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2008, were announced on February 21, 2009. It was hosted by Steve Coogan.

Contents

Best Feature

The Wrestler

  • Ballast
  • Frozen River
  • Rachel Getting Married
  • Wendy and Lucy

    • Best First Feature

    Synecdoche, New York

  • Afterschool
  • Medicine for Melancholy
  • Sangre de Mi Sangre
  • Sleep Dealer

    • Best Director

    Tom McCarthy – The Visitor

  • Ramin Bahrani – Chop Shop
  • Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married
  • Lance Hammer – Ballast
  • Courtney Hunt – Frozen River

    • Best Male Lead

    Mickey Rourke – The Wrestler

  • Javier Bardem – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
  • Richard Jenkins – The Visitor
  • Sean Penn – Milk
  • Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker

    • Best Female Lead

    Melissa Leo – Frozen River

  • Summer Bishil – Towelhead
  • Anne Hathaway – Rachel Getting Married
  • Tarra Riggs – Ballast
  • Michelle Williams – Wendy and Lucy

    • Best Supporting Male

    James Franco – Milk

  • Anthony Mackie – The Hurt Locker
  • Charlie McDermott – Frozen River
  • Jim Myron Ross – Ballast
  • Haaz Sleiman – The Visitor

    • Best Supporting Female

    Penélope Cruz – Vicky Cristina Barcelona

  • Rosemarie DeWitt – Rachel Getting Married
  • Rosie Perez – The Take
  • Misty Upham – Frozen River
  • Debra Winger – Rachel Getting Married

    • Best Screenplay

    Vicky Cristina Barcelona – Woody Allen

  • Sangre de Mi Sangre – Christopher Zalla
  • Savage Grace – Howard A. Rodman
  • Sugar – Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
  • Synecdoche, New York – Charlie Kaufman

    • Best First Screenplay

    Milk – Dustin Lance Black

  • Ballast – Lance Hammer
  • Frozen River – Courtney Hunt
  • Rachel Getting Married – Jenny Lumet
  • The Wackness – Jonathan Levine

    • Best Cinematography

    The Wrestler – Maryse Alberti

  • Ballast – Lol Crawley
  • Chop Shop – Michael Simmonds
  • Medicine for Melancholy – James Laxton
  • Milk – Harris Savides

    • Best Foreign Film

    The Class • France

  • Gomorrah • Italy
  • Hunger • Ireland/UK
  • The Secret of the Grain • France
  • Silent Light • Mexico/France/Netherlands/Germany

    • Best Documentary Feature

    Man on Wire

  • The Betrayal
  • Encounters at the End of the World
  • The Order of Myths
  • Up the Yangtze

    • John Cassavetes Award

    In Search of a Midnight Kiss

  • Prince of Broadway
  • The Signal
  • Take Out
  • Turn the River

    • Truer Than Fiction Award

    The Order of Myths

  • Anvil! The Story of Anvil
  • Loot

    • Producers Award

    Heather Rae – Frozen River and Ibid

  • Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy – Treeless Mountain and I'll Come Running
  • Jason Orans – Goodbye Solo and Year of the Fish

    • Someone to Watch Award

    Lynn Shelton – My Effortless Brilliance

  • Barry Jenkins – Medicine for Melancholy
  • Nina Paley – Sita Sings the Blues

    • Robert Altman Award

  • Synecdoche, New York

    • References

    24th Independent Spirit Awards Wikipedia
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