Academy Award nominees Jeff Bridges, Mo'nique, Gabourey Sidibe and Woody Harrelson got their Oscars weekend off to a great start in Los Angeles on Friday night by picking up top acting prizes at the 25th annual Independent Spirit Awards.
Mo'Nique and Sidibe's Precious was the night's big winner, claiming five honours - including Best Feature.
Bridges' Crazy Heart and the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man were double winners and other major awards were shared by The Messenger, (500) Days of Summer and Anvil! The Story of Anvil.
Highlights of the night included Bridges' performance of Falling & Flying from Crazy Heart with songwriters Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett and heavy rockers Anvil's live rendition of Metal on Metal.
The winners are:
Best Supporting Male - Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)
Best First Feature - Crazy Heart (Scott Cooper)
Best First Screenplay - Precious (Geoffrey Fletcher)
Best Supporting Female - Mo'Nique (Precious)
Best Cinematography - A Serious Man (Roger Deakins)
John Cassavetes Award - Humpday (writer/director: Lynn Shelton)
Robert Altman Award - A Serious Man
Someone to Watch Award - Kyle Patrick Alvarez (director or Easier With Practice)
Piaget Producers Award - Karin Chien
Truer Than Fiction Award - Bill & Turner Ross (directors of 45365)
Best Screenplay - (500) Days of Summer (Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber)
Best Documentary - Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Best Foreign Film - An Education (U.K./France)
Best Female Lead - Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
Best Male Lead - Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
Best Director - Lee Daniels (Precious)
Best Feature - Precious...
Mo'Nique and Sidibe's Precious was the night's big winner, claiming five honours - including Best Feature.
Bridges' Crazy Heart and the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man were double winners and other major awards were shared by The Messenger, (500) Days of Summer and Anvil! The Story of Anvil.
Highlights of the night included Bridges' performance of Falling & Flying from Crazy Heart with songwriters Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett and heavy rockers Anvil's live rendition of Metal on Metal.
The winners are:
Best Supporting Male - Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)
Best First Feature - Crazy Heart (Scott Cooper)
Best First Screenplay - Precious (Geoffrey Fletcher)
Best Supporting Female - Mo'Nique (Precious)
Best Cinematography - A Serious Man (Roger Deakins)
John Cassavetes Award - Humpday (writer/director: Lynn Shelton)
Robert Altman Award - A Serious Man
Someone to Watch Award - Kyle Patrick Alvarez (director or Easier With Practice)
Piaget Producers Award - Karin Chien
Truer Than Fiction Award - Bill & Turner Ross (directors of 45365)
Best Screenplay - (500) Days of Summer (Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber)
Best Documentary - Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Best Foreign Film - An Education (U.K./France)
Best Female Lead - Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
Best Male Lead - Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
Best Director - Lee Daniels (Precious)
Best Feature - Precious...
- 3/6/2010
- WENN
With SXSW ending and Guadalajara beginning and proceeding from there to Hong Kong and Tribeca and then to Cannes, onlookers will want to know winners and sellers. While the Cannes Rights RoundUp is a paid service of FilmFinders, the past pickups are listed in the article below and this article will give quick views of SXSW and Guadalajara.
SXSW wrapped with two Jury Prize winners: Made in China for narrative and 45365 for doc. Audience Awards went to That Evening Sun for narrative and Mine:Taken by Katrina by Geralyn Pezanoski for doc. Motherland won the Audience Award for Emerging Visions. New media made a splash with Col Needham's statement of IMDb's mission to have a play button on every page. IFC Direct offered SXSW films simultaneously, Hulu offered three from last year's festival and Snag Films presented The Least of These from the 2009 selection.
Guadalajara began this Thursday. Stay tuned!
SXSW wrapped with two Jury Prize winners: Made in China for narrative and 45365 for doc. Audience Awards went to That Evening Sun for narrative and Mine:Taken by Katrina by Geralyn Pezanoski for doc. Motherland won the Audience Award for Emerging Visions. New media made a splash with Col Needham's statement of IMDb's mission to have a play button on every page. IFC Direct offered SXSW films simultaneously, Hulu offered three from last year's festival and Snag Films presented The Least of These from the 2009 selection.
Guadalajara began this Thursday. Stay tuned!
- 3/23/2009
- Sydney's Buzz
The winners of the SXSW jury and audience awards were just announced and Judi Krant's Made In China (pictured right) was awarded Best Narrative Feature while Bill Ross's 45365 took home Best Documentary. Another standout is Scott Teems's That Evening Sun which won a Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast and the Narrative Audience Award. The complete list of winners are below. Feature Jury Awards Documentary Feature Winner – 45365 Director: Bill Ross An inquiring look at everyday life in Middle America, the film explores the congruities of daily life in an American town Sidney, Ohio. Honorable Mention – The Way We Get By Director: Aron Gaudet On call 24/7 for the past 6 years, a group of senior citizens transform their lives by...
- 3/18/2009
- by Jason Guerrasio
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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