Independent Spirit Award Nominations

BEST FEATURE
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
I'm Not There
Juno
A Mighty Heart
Paranoid Park

BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes- I'm Not There
Tamara Jenkins- The Savages
Jason Reitman- Juno
Julian Schnabel- The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
Gus Van Sant- Paranoid Park

BEST FIRST FEATURE
2 Days in Paris
Great World of Sound
The Lookout
Rocket Science
Vanaja

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (films made under $500,000)
August Evening
Owl & the Sparrow
The Pool
Quiet City
Shotgun Stories

BEST MALE LEAD
Pedro Castanedo- August Evening
Don Cheadle- Talk to Me
Philip Seymour Hoffman- The Savages
Frank Langella- Starting Out in the Evening
Tong Leung- Lust, Caution

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Angelina Jolie- A Mighty Heart
Sienna Miller- Interview
Ellen Page- Juno
Parker Posey- Broken English
Tang Wei- Lust, Caution

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Chiwetel Ejiofor- Talk to Me
Marcus Carl Franklin- I'm Not There
Kene Holiday- Great World of Sound
Irrfan Khan- The Namesake
Steve Zahn- Rescue Dawn

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Cate Blanchett- I'm Not There
Anna Kendrick- Rocket Science
Jennifer Jason Leigh- Margot at the Wedding
Tamara Podemski- Four Sheets to the Wind
Marisa Tomei- Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly- Ronald Harwood
The Savages- Tamara Jenkins
Starting Out in the Evening- Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner
Waitress- Adrienne Shelly
Year of the Dog- Mike White

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead- Kelly Masterson
Broken English- Zoe Cassavetes
Juno- Diablo Cody
A Mighty Heart- John Orloff
Rocket Science- Jeffrey Blitz

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly- Janusz Kaminski
Lust, Caution- Rodrigo Prieto
The Savages- Mott Hupfel
Vamaja- Milton Kam
Youth Without Youth- Mihai Malaimare, Jr.

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Crazy Love Lake of Fire Manufactured Landscapes The Monastery The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair

BEST FOREIGN FILM
4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days The Band's Visit Lady Chatterley Once Persepolis

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
I'm Not There
Director: Todd Haynes
Casting Director: Laura Rosenthal
Ensemble Cast: Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood



Independent Spirit\IFP West always goes to the beat of their own drum (as should be expected), but still it's a wonder Laura Linney (for The Savages) and Nicole Kidman (for Margot at the Wedding) and Molly Shannon (for Year of the Dog) were ignored, despite their respective movies being honored elsewhere.