Seriously? OMG! WTF?

The Spirit Awards honor the best Independent movies of the year! In other the little movies that could! You watch these little movie win big on IFC tonight at 5p!
Here are the nominees:
2009 Spirit Award Nominees
Best Feature
Ballast
Frozen River
Rachel Getting Married
Wendy and Lucy
The Wrestler

Best Director
Ramin Bahrani – Chop Shop
Jonathan Demme – Rachel Getting Married
Lance Hammer – Ballast
Courtney Hunt – Frozen River
Tom McCarthy – The Visitor

First Feature
Afterschool
Medicine for Melancholy
Sangre De Mi Sangre
Sleep Dealer
Synecdoche, New York

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

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

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

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

Screenplay
Woody Allen – Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck – Sugar
Charlie Kaufman – Synecdoche, New York
Howard A Rodman – Savage Grace
Christopher Zalla – Sangre De Mi Sangre

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

OK, I am off to get ready for IFC’s post party!!!

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