24th INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

Best Film:
Ballast, Lance Hammer, Nina Parikh
Frozen River, Chip Hourihan, Heather Rae
Rachel Getting Married, Neda Armian, Jonathan Demme
Wendy and Lucy, Larry Fessenden, Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani
The Wrestler, Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin

Female Lead:
Summer Bishil, Towelhead
Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Tarra Riggs, Ballast
Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy

Male Lead:
Javier Bardem, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
Sean Penn, Milk
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Supporting Female:
Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Rosie Perez, The Take
Misty Upham, Frozen River
Debra Winger, Rachel Getting Married

Supporting Male:
James Franco, Milk
Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
Charlie McDermott, Frozen River
Jim Myron Ross, Ballast
Haaz Sleiman, The Visitor

Director:
Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop
Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married
Lance Hammer, Ballast
Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
Thomas McCarthy, The Visitor

Screenplay:
Sangre de mi Sangre, Christopher Zalla
Savage Grace, Howard A. Rodman
Sugar, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Synecdoche New York, Charlie Kaufman
Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Woody Allen

First Screenplay:
Ballast, Lance Hammer
Frozen River, Courtney Hunt
Milk, Dustin Lance Black
Rachel Getting Married, Jenny Lumet
The Wackness, Jonathan Levine

Cinematography:
Ballast, Lol Crawley
Chop Shop, Michael Simmonds
Medicine for Melancholy, James Laxton
Milk, Harris Savides
The Wrestler, Maryse Alberti

First Feature:
Afterschool, Antonio Campos
Medicine for Melancholy, Barry Jenkins
Sangre de mi Sangre, Christopher Zalla
Sleep Dealer, Alex Rivera
Synecdoche, New York, Charlie Kaufman

Foreign Film:
Entre les Murs, Laurent Cantet (France)
Gomorra, Matteo Garrone (Italy)
Hunger, Steve McQueen (UK/Ireland)
La Graine et le Mulet, Abdel Kechiche (France)
Stellet Licht, Carlos Reygadas (Mexico)

Documentary:
The Betrayal-Nerakhoon, Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
Encounters at the End of the World, Werner Herzog
Man on Wire, James Marsh
The Order of Myths, Margaret Brown
Up the Yangtze, Yung Chang