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by Marcy
Dermansky
I don't much believe in award shows. Every year, the Oscars fill me with vitriol.
And can you believe Lasse Hallstrom's saccharine "Chocolat"
got a nod for best film from the Golden Globes? At
least the Independent Spirit Awards recognize the good stuff. "Chuck
and Buck," "Requiem for a Dream,"
and "You
Can Count on Me," each received five nominations.
The 16th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards Nominations
BEST FEATURE
- "Before Night Falls" - Producer: Jon Kilik
- "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" - Producers: Bill Kong, Hsu Li Kong, Ang Lee
- "George Washington" - Producers: David Gordon Green, Sacha W. Mueller, Lisa Muskat
- "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" - Producers: Jim Jarmusch & Richard Guay
- "Requiem for a Dream"- Producers: Eric Watson & Palmer West
BEST DIRECTOR
- Ang Lee, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
- Christopher Guest, "Best in Show"
- Darren Aronofsky, "Requiem for A Dream"
- Julian Schnabel, "Before Night Falls"
- Miguel Arteta, "Chuck & Buck"
BEST SCREENPLAY
- Valerie Breiman, "Love & Sex"
- Raymond De Felitta, "Two Family House"
- Robert Dillon, "Waking the Dead"
- Kenneth Lonergan, "You Can Count On Me"
- Mike White, "Chuck & Buck"
BEST FIRST
FEATURE
- Ben Younger,
"Boiler Room"
- Karyn Kusama,
"Girlfight"
- Gina Prince-Bythewood,
"Love & Basketball"
- Jordan Walker-Pearlman.
"The Visit"
- Kenneth Lonergan,
"You Can
Count On Me"
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
- David Gordon Green, "George Washington"
- Ross Klavan & Michael McGruther, "Tigerland"
- Gina Prince-Bythewood, "Love & Basketball"
- Jordan Walker-Pearlman, "The Visit"
- Ben Younger, "Boiler Room"
BEST FEATURE - Under $500,000
- "Bunny"
Writer/Director: Mia Trachinger
Producers: Rebecca Sonnenshine & Mia Trachinger - "Chuck
& Buck"
Director: Miguel Arteta
Producer: Matthew Greenfield
Writer: Mike White - "Everything
Put Together"
Director: Marc Forster
Producer: Sean Furst
Writers: Adam Forgash, Catherine Lloyd Burns & Marc Forster - "Groove"
Writer/Director: Greg Harrison
Producer: Danielle Renfrew - "Our Song"
Writer/Director: Jim McKay
Producers: Jim McKay, Paul S. Mezey, Diana E. Williams
BEST DEBUT
PERFORMANCE
- Rory Culkin, "You Can Count On Me"
- Michelle Rodriguez, "Girlfight"
- Emmy Rossum, "Songcatcher"
- Mike White, "Chuck & Buck"
- Ensemble Cast
of George Washington:
Candace Evanofski
Curtis Cotton, III
Damian Jewan
Donald Holden
Rachael Handy
BEST FEMALE LEAD
- Joan Allen, "The Contender"
- Ellen Burstyn, "Requiem for a Dream"
- Sanaa Lathan, "Love & Basketball"
- Laura Linney, "You Can Count On Me"
- Kelly MacDonald, "Two Family House"
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
- Pat Carroll, "Songcatcher"
- Jennifer Connelly, "Requiem For A Dream"
- Marcia Gay Harden, "Pollock"
- Lupe Ontiveros, "Chuck & Buck"
- Zhang Ziyi, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"
BEST MALE LEAD
- Javier Bardem, "Before Night Falls"
- Adrien Brody, "Restaurant"
- Billy Crudup, "Jesus' Son"
- Hill Harper, "The Visit"
- Mark Ruffalo, "You Can Count On Me"
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
- Willem Dafoe, "Shadow of the Vampire"
- Cole Hauser, "Tigerland"
- Gary Oldman, "The Contender"
- Giovanni Ribisi, "The Gift"
- Billy Dee Williams, "The Visit"
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
- Lou Bogue, "Shadow of the Vampire"
- John De Borman, "Hamlet"
- Matthew Libatique, "Requiem for a Dream"
- Tim Orr, "George Washington"
- Xavier Perez
Grobet & Guillermo Rosas, "Before
Night Falls"
BEST FOREIGN
FILM
- Lars Von Trier, "Dancer in the Dark"
- Wong Kar-wai, "In the Mood for Love"
- Santosh Sivan, "The Terrorist"
- Bahman Ghobadi, "A Time for Drunken Horses"
- Tim Roth, "The War Zone"
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- Marc Singer, "Dark Days"
- Frances Reid & Deborah Hoffmann, "The Eyes of Tammy Faye", "Long Night's Journey Into Day"
- Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, "Paragraph 175"
- Josh Aronson, "Sound and Fury"
FINALISTS FOR MOVADO SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
- Marc Forster, "Everything Put Together"
- Dan McCormack, "Other Voices"
- Mia Trachinger, "Bunny"
FINALISTS FOR DirectTV/IFC TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
- Vincent Fremont and Shelly Dunn Fremont, "Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story"
- David Shapiro and Laurie Gwen Shapiro, "Keep the River on the Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale"
- James Ronald Whitney, "Just, Melvin"
- Jem Cohen and Peter Sillen, "Benjamin Smoke"
FINALISTS FOR MOTOROLA PRODUCERS AWARD
- Jim McKay, "American Movie" and "Our Song"
- Paul S. Mezey, "The Ballad of Ramblin Jack" and "Spring Forward"
- Tim Perell, "Louis and Frank" and "Myth of Fingerprints"
- Diana E. Williams,
"Love Machine" and "Our Song"
The prizes, presented by the IFP/West, will be awarded on March 24th in Santa Monica, CA.
