24th Independent Spirit Awards
Appearance
(Redirected from Independent Spirit Awards 2008)
24th Independent Spirit Awards | |
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Date | February 21, 2009 |
Site | U.S. |
Hosted by | Steve Coogan |
Highlights | |
Best Film | The Wrestler |
Most awards | The Wrestler (3) |
Most nominations | Ballast (6) Rachel Getting Married (6) |
The 24th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2008, were announced on February 21, 2009. It was hosted by Steve Coogan.[1][2] [3] [4][5]
Winners and nominees
[edit]Films with multiple nominations and awards
[edit]Nominations | Film |
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6 | Ballast |
Frozen River | |
Rachel Getting Married | |
4 | Milk |
3 | The Visitor |
The Wrestler | |
2 | Chop Shop |
The Hurt Locker | |
Wendy and Lucy | |
Sangre de Mi Sangre | |
Synecdoche, New York | |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
Awards | Film |
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3 | The Wrestler |
2 | Synecdoche, New York |
Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
Special Awards
[edit]- Prince of Broadway
- The Signal
- Take Out
- Turn the River
Truer Than Fiction Award
[edit]Producers Award
[edit]Heather Rae – Frozen River and Ibid
- Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy – Treeless Mountain and I'll Come Running
- Jason Orans – Goodbye Solo and Year of the Fish
Someone to Watch Award
[edit]Lynn Shelton – My Effortless Brilliance
- Synecdoche, New York — Charlie Kaufman, Jeanne McCarthy, Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest and Michelle Williams
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Jones and Maxwell (2008-12-02). "Spirit Award nominees announced". Variety. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
- ^ ""River," "Rachel," "Ballast" Lead Spirit Award Nominations". indieWire. 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
- ^ "'The Wrestler' tops Spirit Awards". Variety. 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
- ^ ""The Wrestler" Leads 2009 Spirit Award Winners". indieWire. 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
- ^ King, Susan (22 February 2009). "'The Wrestler' wins at Film Independent's Spirit Awards". The Envelope. Archived from the original on 29 Dec 2009. Retrieved 2012-08-25.