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INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer)

"American Gun": ?
Producer: ?Ted Kroeber

"The Dead Girl": ?
Producers: ?Tom Rosenberg, Henry Winterstern, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright, Eric Karten, Kevin Turen

"Half Nelson": ?
Producers: ?Jamie Patricof, Alex Orlovsky, Lynette Howell, Anna Boden, Rosanne Korenberg

"Little Miss Sunshine": ?
Producers: ?Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa

"Pan's Labyrinth": ?
Producers: ?Bertha Navarro, Alfonso Cuaron, Frida Torresblanco, Alvaro Augustin, Guillermo Del Toro

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 FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)

"Day Night Day Night": ?
Director: ?Julia Loktev
Producers: ?Julia Loktev, Melanie Judd, Jessica Levin

"Man Push Cart": ?
Director: Ramin Bahrani
Producers: ?Ramin Bahrani, Pradip Ghosh, Bedford T. Bentley III

"The Motel": ?
Director: Michael Kang
Producers: ?Matthew Greenfield, Miguel Arteta, ?Gina Kwon, Karin Chien

"Sweet Land": ?
Director: Ali Selim
Producers: ?Alan Cumming, James Bigham, Ali Selim

"Wristcutters: A Love Story": ?
Director: Goran Dukic
Producers: Adam Sherman, Chris Coen, Tatiana Kelly,
Mikal P. Lazarev

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer) * Executive Producers ?are not listed.

"Chalk": ? ?
Director: ?Mike Akel
Producers: ?Mike Akel, Angela Alvarez, Graham Davidson, Chris Mass
Writers: ?Chris Mass & Mike Akel

"Four Eyed Monsters": ?
Writer/Director/Producers: ?Arin Crumley & Susan Buice

"Old Joy": ?
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Producers: Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Anish Savjani,
Neil Kopp
Writers: Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt

"Quinceanera": ?
Writer/Directors: ?Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland
Producer: Anne Clements

"Twelve and Holding": ?
Director: Michael Cuesta
Producers: Leslie Urdang, Michael Cuesta, Brian Bell, Jenny Schweitzer
Writer: Anthony S. Cipriano

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"

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Shareeka Epps: ? "Half Nelson"
Catherine O'Hara: ? "For Your Consideration"
Elizabeth Reaser: ? "Sweet Land"
Michelle Williams : "Land of Plenty"
Robin Wright Penn: ?"Sorry, Haters"

BEST MALE LEAD

Aaron Eckhart : "Thank You For Smoking"
Ryan Gosling: ?"Half Nelson"
Edward Norton: ?"The Painted Veil"
Ahmad Razvi: ?"Man Push Cart"
Forest Whitaker: ? "American Gun"

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Melonie Diaz: ? "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints"
Marcia Gay Harden: ?"American Gun"
Mary Beth Hurt : "The Dead Girl"
Frances McDormand: ?"Friends with Money"
Amber Tamblyn : "Stephanie Daley"

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Alan Arkin: ? "Little Miss Sunshine"
Raymond J. Barry: ?"Steel City"
Daniel Craig: ? "Infamous"
Paul Dano: ? "Little Miss Sunshine"
Channing Tatum: ? "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Arin Crumley: ?"Four Eyed Monsters"
Anthony Dod Mantle: ? ?"Brothers of the Head"
Guillermo Navarro: ? ? "Pan's Labyrinth"
Aaron Platt : ? ?"Wild Tigers I Have Known"
Michael Simmonds: ? ? "Man Push Cart"

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)

"A Lion in the House": ?
Directors: Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert

"My Country, My Country": ?
Director: Laura Poitras

"The Road to Guantanamo": ?
Directors: Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross

"The Trials of Darryl Hunt": ?
Directors: Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern

"You're Gonna Miss Me": ?
Director: Keven McAlester

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)

"12:08 East of Bucharest": ?
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
(Romania)

"The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros": ?
Director: Auraeus Solito
(Philippines)

"Chronicle of an Escape": ?
Director: Israel Adrian Caetano
(Argentina)

"Days of Glory": ?
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
(France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium)

"The Lives of Others": ?
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck ?
(Germany)

SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD

David Lynch, ?Laura Dern: ?

In recognition of their unique and stunning collaborative work in the mesmerizing "Inland Empire" as well as the influential independent classics "Blue Velvet" and "Wild at Heart."