23rd Independent Spirit Awards

The Independent Spirit Awards 2007 announced its nominees in November 2007. The ceremonies are scheduled to be broadcast live on Independent Film Channel on February 23, 2008. The event is scheduled to be hosted by actor Rainn Wilson. The Writers Guild of America has given the ceremonies a wavier, granting union writers permission to write for the event during the writers strike.

Nominees

• Best Actor (Male Lead):
  • Pedro Castaneda - August Evening
  • Don Cheadle - Talk To Me
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman - The Savages
  • Frank Langella - Starting Out in the Evening
  • Tony Leung - Sè, jiè (Lust, Caution)
• Best Actress (Female Lead):
  • Angelina Jolie - A Mighty Heart
  • Sienna Miller - Interview
  • Ellen Page - Juno
  • Parker Posey - Broken English
  • Tang Wei - Sè, jiè (Lust, Caution)
• Best Cinematography:
  • Mott Hupfel - The Savages
  • Janusz Kaminski - Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
  • Milton Kam - Vanaja
  • Mihai Malaimare, Jr. - Youth Without Youth
  • Rodrigo Prieto - Sè, jiè (Lust, Caution)
• Best Director:
  • Todd Haynes - I'm Not There
  • Tamara Jenkins - The Savages
  • Jason Reitman - Juno
  • Julian Schnabel - Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
  • Gus Van Sant - Paranoid Park
• Best Documentary Feature:
  • Crazy Love
  • Lake of Fire
  • Manufactured Landscapes
  • The Monastery
  • The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair
• Best Film:
  • Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
  • I'm Not There
  • Juno
  • A Mighty Heart
  • Paranoid Park
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), Romania
  • Bikur Ha-Tizmoret (The Band's Visit), France/Israel/USA
  • Lady Chatterley, Belgium/France/UK
  • Once, Ireland
  • Persepolis, France/USA
• Best Screenplay:
  • Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) - Ronald Harwood
  • The Savages - Tamara Jenkins
  • Starting Out in the Evening - Fred Parnes and Andrew Wagner
  • Waitress - Adrienne Shelly
  • Year of the Dog - Mike White
• Best Screenplay - First:
  • Rocket Science - Jeffrey Blitz
  • Broken English - Zoe Cassavetes
  • Juno - Diablo Cody
  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - Kelly Masterson
  • A Mighty Heart - John Orloff
• Best Supporting Actor (Supporting Male):
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor - Talk To Me
  • Marcus Carl Franklin - I'm Not There
  • Kene Holliday - Great World of Sound
  • Irrfan Khan - The Namesake
  • Steve Zahn - Rescue Dawn
• Best Supporting Actress (Supporting Female):
  • Cate Blanchett - I'm Not There
  • Anna Kendrick - Rocket Science
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh - Margot at the Wedding
  • Tamara Podemski - Four Sheets to the Wind
  • Marisa Tomei - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead