Independent Spirit Awards

BEST FEATURE
Juno

BEST DIRECTOR
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell & the Butterfly

BEST ACTOR
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages

BEST ACTRESS
Ellen Page, Juno

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Talk to Me

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There

BEST FIRST FEATURE
The Lookout

JOHN CASSAVETTES AWARD (film under $500,000)
August Evening

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Savages- Tamara Jenkins

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Juno- Diablo Cody

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Once

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Crazy Love

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly- Jamusz Kaminski

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
The director, casting director and ensemble of I'm Not There

Obviously Juno won the award-- the usual drill with the Indie Spirits is that the one lone pic nominated for the Oscar does win, therefore dooming it the next day. I have problems with this, especially since it doesn't really seem to embody independence anyway.

At a glance:

2007: Little Miss Sunshine (The Departed won Oscar)
2006: Brokeback Mountain (Crash! won Oscar)
2005: Sideways (Million Dollar Baby won Oscar)
2004: Lost in Translation (The Lord of the Rings won Oscar)