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The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards will be presented on March 23, 2003 a day before the Academy Awards.

And the nominations are:

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)

Far From Heaven
The Good Girl
Lovely & Amazing
Secretary
Tully

BEST DIRECTOR

Joe Carnahan, Narc
Todd Haynes, Far From Heaven
Nicole Holofcener, Lovely & Amazing
Bernard Rose, ivans xtc.
Gus Van Sant, Gerry

BEST SCREENPLAY

Mike White, The Good Girl
Nicole Holofcener, Lovely & Amazing
Dylan Kidd, Roger Dodger
Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Hilary Birmingham and Matt Drake, Tully

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the Director)

Peter Care, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Neil Burger, Interview with the Assassin
Eric Eason, Manito
Charles Stone III, Paid In Full
Dylan Kidd, Roger Dodger

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Laura Cahill, Hysterical Blindness
Burr Steers, Igby Goes Down
Neil Burger, Interview with the Assassin
Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt, Kissing Jessica Stein
Erin Cressida Wilson, Secretary

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000.)
Award given to the Writer, Director, and Producer.

Charlotte Sometimes, Director/Writer: Eric Byler, Producers: Marc Ambrose, Eric Byler
Dahmer, Director/Writer: David Jacobson, Producer: Larry Rattner
ivans xtc.,Director: Bernard Rose, Writers: Lisa Enos and Bernard Rose, Producer: Lisa Enos
Personal Velocity, Director/Writer: Rebecca Miller, Producers: Alexis Alexanian, Lemore Syvan, Gary Winick
The Slaughter Rule, Directors/Writers: Alex Smith and Alex Smith, Producers: Gregory O'Connor, Michael Robinson

BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE
(Actors in their first significant role in a feature film)

Bob Burrus, Tully
America Ferrera, Real Women Have Curves
Raven Goodwin, Lovely & Amazing
Artel Kayaru, Dahmer
Nia Vardalos, My Big Fat Greek Wedding

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Viola Davis, Antwone Fisher
Jacqueline Kim, Charlotte Sometimes
Juliette Lewis, Hysterical Blindness
Emily Mortimer, Lovely & Amazing
Julianne Nicholson, Tully

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Alan Arkin , Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Ray Liotta, Narc
Dennis Quaid, Far From Heaven
John C. Reilly, The Good Girl
Peter Weller, ivans xtc.

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Jennifer Aniston, The Good Girl
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Secretary
Catherine Keener, Lovely & Amazing
Julianne Moore, Far From Heaven
Parker Posey, Personal Velocity

BEST MALE LEAD

Graham Greene, Skins
Danny Huston, ivans xtc.
Derek Luke, Antwone Fisher
Jeremy Renner, Dahmer
Campbell Scott, Roger Dodger

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Edward Lachman, Far From Heaven
Harris Savides, Gerry
Richard Rutkowski, Interview with the Assassin
Alex Nepomniaschy, Narc
Ellen Kuras, Personal Velocity

BEST FOREIGN FILM
(Award given to the Director)

Paul Greengrass, Bloody Sunday - Ireland
Zacharias Kunuk, The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) - Canada
Michael Haneke, The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) - France
Laurent Cantet, Time Out (L'Emploi du temps) - France
Alfonso Cuaron, Y Tu Mama Tambien - Mexico

BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the Director)

Michael Moore, Bowling for Columbine
Bill Weber and David Weissman, The Cockettes
Lucy Walker, Devil's Playground
John Walter, How to Draw a Bunny
Steve James, Stevie