Can you believe it is award season already? Where did 2006 go? Today, the Independent Film association announced the nominations for the Spirit Awards, the awards that highlight independent films, of course. Last year’s list looked more like the Oscar list. This year is ripe with films I have not even heard of, unfortunately. I'll just have to add these films to my cue of films online.
The most nominated film was Half Nelson, the story of the high school teacher struggling with drug addiction. It’s nominated for six awards, including Best Feature, Best Director, Best First Screenplay, Best Actor (Ryan Gossling,The Notebook) , Best Actress (Shareeka Epps), and Special Axium Producer’s Award.
The second most nominated film is the more popular one--the quirky summer surprise Little Miss Sunshine, garnering five nominations: Best Feature, Best Director, Best First Screenplay, and two nods in the Best Supporting Actor category for Alan Arkin and Paul Dano.
Most noteworthy nomination: Robert Altman was nominated for his wonderful film A Prairie Home Companion.
Here are the list of the big nominations:
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 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
Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck, Half Nelson
Goran Dukic, Wristcutters: A Love Story
Dito Montiel, A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints
Gabrielle Zevin, Conversations with Other Women
To check out the complete list of nominations, go to the Film Independent website.
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