Nominated for Two Spirit Awards!!!!
We just got a call from Film Festival Bob who was watching a stream on IFCTV’s website where they announced the Spirit Award nominees, and our film was nominated twice. One is for the John Cassevetes Award which is given to independent films made for less then half a million, in our case of course considerably less. And the other award is for best Cinematography. So big shout out to everyone who did additional cinematography on the film: Bry Thomas Sanders, Jon Fordham, Andrew Peterson and Susan Buice.
The 2007 spirit awards air live on Saturday February 24th at 5:00 p.m. Est on IFC TV. There will also be footage of everyone walking down a red carpet, I suppose that will include us, on WE tv, and the entire event will be re-broadcast later that night at 10:00 p.m. EST/PST on AMC. Sarah Silverman will be the master of ceremonies which means there is a chance we might meet her. Awesome!
Whether we actually win the award will be decided by voting memebers of Film Independent so if anyone is a member, it could help us out big time if you vote. Also anyone interested can Join Film Independent which entittles you to seeing all of the nominated films which are listed below.
http://www.filmindependent.org/index.php/join_support
Also there will be a short film contest which is to make a video about what “independence means to you.” Check out ifc.com/medialab for details on how you can also be a part of the Spirit Awards with a short film that could potential Air on IFC TV. The deadline is January 19th 2007.
Here is the complete list of all the feature films nominated:
Best Feature:
"American Gun"
"The Dead Girl"
"Half Nelson"
"Little Miss Sunshine"
"Pan’s Labyrinth"
Best Director:
Robert Altman, "A Prairie Home Companion"
Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Ryan Fleck, "Half Nelson"
Karen Moncrieff, "The Dead Girl"
Steven Soderbergh, "Bubble"
Best First Feature:
"Day Night Day Night"
"Man Push Cart"
"The Motel"
"Sweet Land"
"Wristcutters: A Love Story"
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"
"Chronicle of an Escape"
"Days of Glory"
"The Lives of Others"
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"
Ahmad 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 Screenplay:
Neil Burger, "The Illusionist"
Nicole Holofcener, "Friends with Money"
Ron Nyswaner, "The Painted Veil"
Jason Reitman, "Thank You For Smoking"
Jeff Stanzler, "Sorry, Haters"
Best First Screenplay:
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, "Half Nelson"
Michael Arndt, "Little Miss Sunshine"
Goran Dukic, "Wristcutters: A Love Story"
Dito Montiel, "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints"
Gabrielle Zevin, "Conversations with Other Women"
Best Cinematography:
Arin Crumley, "Four Eyed Monsters"
Anthony Dod Mantle, "Brothers of the Head"
Guillermo Navarro, "Pan’s Labyrinth"
Aaron Platt, "Wild Tigers I Have Known"
Michael Simmonds, "Man Push Cart"
Someone to Watch Award:
So Yong Kim, "In Between Days"
Julia Loktev, "Day Night Day Night"
Richard Wong, "Colma: The Musical"
John Cassavetes Award:
"Chalk"
"Four Eyed Monsters"
"Old Joy"
"Quinceañera"
"Twelve and Holding"
AJ Schnack, "Kurt Cobain: About a Son"
Adele Horne, "The Tailenders"
Eric Daniel Metzgar, "The Chances of the World Changing"
Producers Award:
Julie Lynn, "Nine Lives," "10 Items or Less"
Alex Orlovsky and Jamie Patricof, "Half Nelson," "Point&Shoot"
Howard Gertler and Tim Perell, "Shortbus," "Pizza"
Special Distinction:
