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Scott Weinberg

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Nice to see this thread back again! Top Ten lists and the various awards processes absolutely fascinate me, so I'll be stopping back to stay up-to-date.
I'll be sure to post all the OFCS nominees (12/29) and winners (1/6) as soon as they're up!
(P.S. I also loved both Frailty and The Good Girl!) :D
 

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Vickie ---- no offense taken! Based on that criteria I think you might want to check out Personal Velocity, another movie I really didn't care for.
:) I am looking forward to that one. I'm a big fan of Kyra Sedgwick and Fairuza Balk so I'd see it no matter what, but it's generally been getting pretty good buzz.
 

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2003 IFP INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS (BY CATEGORY)
BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)
* Executive Producers are not listed.
Far From Heaven
Producers: Jody Patton, Christine Vachon
The Good Girl
Producer: Matthew Greenfield
Lovely & Amazing
Producers: Anthony Bregman, Eric d'Arbeloff, Ted Hope
Secretary
Producers: Andrew Fierberg, Amy Hobby, Steven Shainberg
Tully
Producers: Hilary Birmingham, Annie Sundberg
BEST DIRECTOR
Joe Carnahan
Narc
Todd Haynes
Far From Heaven
Nicole Holofcener
Lovely & Amazing
Bernard Rose
ivans xtc.
Gus Van Sant
Gerry
BEST SCREENPLAY
The Good Girl
Mike White
Lovely & Amazing
Nicole Holofcener
Roger Dodger
Dylan Kidd
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher
Tully
Hilary Birmingham and Matt Drake
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the Director)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
Director: Peter Care
Interview with the Assassin
Director: Neil Burger
Manito
Director: Eric Eason
Paid In Full
Director: Charles Stone III
Roger Dodger
Director: Dylan Kidd
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Hysterical Blindness
Laura Cahill
Igby Goes Down
Burr Steers
Interview with the Assassin
Neil Burger
Kissing Jessica Stein
Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt
Secretary
Erin Cressida Wilson
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.
Charlotte Sometimes
Director/Writer: Eric Byler
Producers: Marc Ambrose, Eric Byler
Dahmer
Director/Writer: David Jacobson
Producer: Larry Rattner
ivans xtc.
Director: Bernard Rose
Writers: Lisa Enos and Bernard Rose
Producer: Lisa Enos
Personal Velocity Director/Writer: Rebecca Miller
Producers: Alexis Alexanian, Lemore Syvan, Gary Winick
The Slaughter Rule
Directors/Writers: Alex Smith and Alex Smith
Producers: Gregory O'Connor, Michael Robinson
BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE (Actors in their first significant role in a feature film)
Bob Burrus
Tully
America Ferrera
Real Women Have Curves
Raven Goodwin
Lovely & Amazing
Artel Kayaru
Dahmer
Nia Vardalos
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Viola Davis
Antwone Fisher
Jacqueline Kim
Charlotte Sometimes
Juliette Lewis
Hysterical Blindness
Emily Mortimer
Lovely & Amazing
Julianne Nicholson
Tully
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Alan Arkin
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Ray Liotta
Narc
Dennis Quaid
Far From Heaven
John C. Reilly
The Good Girl
Peter Weller
ivans xtc.
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Jennifer Aniston
The Good Girl
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Secretary
Catherine Keener
Lovely & Amazing
Julianne Moore
Far From Heaven
Parker Posey
Personal Velocity
BEST MALE LEAD
Graham Greene
Skins
Danny Huston
ivans xtc.
Derek Luke
Antwone Fisher
Jeremy Renner
Dahmer
Campbell Scott
Roger Dodger
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Far From Heaven
Edward Lachman
Gerry
Harris Savides
Interview with the Assassin
Richard Rutkowski
Narc
Alex Nepomniaschy
Personal Velocity
Ellen Kuras
BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the Director)
Bloody Sunday - Ireland
Director: Paul Greengrass
The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) - Canada
Director: Zacharias Kunuk
The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) - France
Director: Michael Haneke
Time Out (L'Emploi du temps) - France
Director: Laurent Cantet
Y Tu Mama Tambien - Mexico
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the Director)
Bowling for Columbine
Director: Michael Moore
The Cockettes
Directors: Bill Weber and David Weissman
Devil's Playground
Director: Lucy Walker
How to Draw a Bunny
Director: John Walter
Stevie
Director: Steve James
2003 IFP INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS
(BY DISTRIBUTOR)
ARTISAN ENTERTAINMENT (3)
Roger Dodger
** Best First Feature - Dylan Kidd
** Best Screenplay - Dylan Kidd
** Best Male Lead - Campbell Scott
Director/Writer: Dylan Kidd
Producers: Anne Chaisson, Dylan Kidd, George Van Buskirk
ARTISTIC LICENSE (4)
ivans xtc.
** Best Director - Bernard Rose
** John Cassavetes Award - Bernard Rose, Lisa Enos
** Best Male Lead - Danny Huston
** Best Supporting Male - Peter Weller
Director: Bernard Rose
Writers: Bernard Rose and Lisa Enos
Producer: Lisa Enos
COWBOY PICTURES (1)
The Slaughter Rule
** John Cassavetes Award - Gregory O'Connor,
Michael Robinson, Alex Smith, Andrew Smith
Directors/Writers: Andrew & Alex Smith
Producers: Gregory O'Connor, Michael Robinson
DIMENSION FILMS (1)
Paid in Full
** Best First Feature - Charles Stone III
Director: Charles Stone III
Writer: Matthew Cirulnick, Thulani Davis
Producers: Shawn Carter, Brett Ratner, Damon Dash
FIRST LOOK PICTURES (1)
Skins
** Best Male Lead - Graham Greene
Director: Chris Eyre
Writer: Jennifer D. Lyne
Producer: Jon Kilik
FOCUS FEATURES (5)
Far From Heaven
** Best Feature - Jody Patton, Christine Vachon
** Best Director - Todd Haynes
** Best Cinematography - Edward Lachman
** Best Female Lead - Julianne Moore
** Best Supporting Male - Dennis Quaid
Director/Writer: Todd Haynes
Producers: Jody Patton, Christine Vachon
FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES (7)
Antwone Fisher
** Best Male Lead - Derek Luke
** Best Supporting Female - Viola Davis
Director: Denzel Washington
Writer: Antwone Fisher
Producer: Todd Black, Randa Haines, and
Denzel Washington
The Good Girl
** Best Feature - Matthew Greenfield
** Best Screenplay - Mike White
** Best Female Lead - Jennifer Aniston
** Best Supporting Male - John C. Reilly
Director: Miguel Arteta
Writer: Mike White
Producer: Matthew Greenfield
Kissing Jessica Stein
** Best First Screenplay - Heather Juergensen and
Jennifer Westfeldt
Director: Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
Writer: Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt
Producers: Eden H. Wurmfeld and Brad Zions
HBO (3)
Devil's Playground
** Best Documentary - Lucy Walker
Director: Lucy Walker
Producer: Steven Cantor
Hysterical Blindness
** Best First Screenplay - Laura Cahill
** Best Supporting Female - Juliette Lewis
Director: Mira Nair
Writer: Laura Cahill
Producer: Lydia Dean Pilcher
IFC FILMS (2)
Y Tu Mama Tambien
** Best Foreign Film - Alfonso Cuaron
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Writers: Alfonso Cuaron, Carlos Cuaron
Producers: Alfonso Cuaron, Jorge Vergara
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
** Best Debut Performance - Nia Vardalos
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: Nia Vardalos
Producers: Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson
KINO INTERNATIONAL (1)
The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste)
** Best Foreign Film - Michael Haneke
Director/Writer: Michael Haneke
Producers: Veit Heiduschka, Marin Karmitz, and
Alain Sarde
LOT 47 FILMS (1)
The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat)
** Best Foreign Film - Zacharias Kunuk
Director: Zacharias Kunuk
Writer: Paul Apak Angilirq
Producers: Paul Apak Angilirq, Norman Cohn, and
Zacharias Kunuk
LIONS GATE FILMS (10)
Lovely & Amazing
** Best Feature - Anthony Bregman, Eric d'Arbeloff, and Ted Hope
** Best Director - Nicole Holofcener
** Best Screenplay - Nicole Holofcener
** Best Female Lead - Catherine Keener
** Best Supporting Female - Emily Mortimer
** Best Debut Performance - Raven Goodwin
Director/Writer: Nicole Holofcener
Producers: Anthony Bregman, Eric d'Arbeloff, and Ted Hope
Secretary
** Best Feature - Steven Shainberg, Andrew Fierberg, Amy Hobby
** Best First Screenplay - Erin Cressida Wilson
** Best Female Lead - Maggie Gyllenhaal
Director: Steven Shainberg
Writer: Erin Cressida Wilson
Producers: Steven Shainberg, Andrew Fierberg, and Amy Hobby
Stevie
** Best Documentary - Steve James
Director: Steve James
Producers: Steve James, Adam D. Singer, and Gordan Quinn
MAGNOLIA PICTURES (3)
Interview with the Assassin
** Best First Feature - Neil Burger
** Best First Screenplay - Neil Burger
** Best Cinematography - Richard Rutkowski
Director/Writer: Neil Burger
Producers: David Levien, Brian Koppelman
NEWMARKET FILM GROUP/ HBO FILMS (1)
Real Women Have Curves
** Best Debut Performance - America Ferrera
Director: Patricia Cardoso
Writers: George LaVoo, Josefina Lopez
Producers: George LaVoo, Effie T. Brown
PARAMOUNT CLASSICS (1)
Bloody Sunday
** Best Foreign Film - Paul Greengrass
Director/Writer: Paul Greengrass
Producer: Mark Redhead
PARAMOUNT PICTURES (3)
Narc
** Best Director - Joe Carnahan
** Best Cinematography - Alex Nepomniaschy
** Best Supporting Male - Ray Liotta
Director/Writer: Joe Carnahan
Producer: Diane Nabatoff, Ray Liotta, Michelle Grace, and Julius R. Nasso
SONY PICTURES CLASSICS (2)
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
** Best Screenplay - Karen Sprecher, Jill Sprecher
** Best Supporting Male - Alan Arkin
Director: Jill Sprecher
Writers: Karen Sprecher and Jill Sprecher
Producers: Beni Atoori, Gina Resnick
STRAND RELEASING (1)
The Cockettes
** Best Documentary - Bill Weber and David Weissman
Directors: Bill Weber and David Weissman
Producer: David Weissman
THINKfilm (4)
Gerry
** Best Director - Gus Van Sant
** Best Cinematography - Harris Savides
Director: Gus Van Sant
Writers: Casey Affleck, Matt Damon, and
Gus Van Sant
Producer: Dany Wolf
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
** Best First Feature - Peter Care
Director: Peter Care
Writers: Michael Petroni and Jeff Stockwell
Producers: Meg LeFauve, Jodie Foster, Jay Shapiro
Time Out (L'Emploi du temps)
** Best Foreign Film - Laurent Cantet
Director: Laurent Cantet
Writers: Laurent Cantet and Robin Campillo
Producer: Caroline Benjo
UNITED ARTISTS (5)
Bowling for Columbine
** Best Documentary - Michael Moore
Director/Writer: Michael Moore
Producers: Michael Moore, Kathleen Glynn, Charles
Bishop, Jim Czarnecki, Michael Donovan
Igby Goes Down
** Best First Screenplay - Burr Steers
Director/Writer: Burr Steers
Producers: Lisa Tornell, Marco Weber
Personal Velocity
** John Cassavetes Award - Rebecca Miller, Lemore Syvan,
Alexis Alexanian, Gary Winick
** Best Female Lead - Parker Posey
** Best Cinematography - Ellen Kuras
Director/Writer: Rebecca Miller
Producers: Lemore Syvan, Alexis Alexanian, Gary Winick
NO DISTRIBUTOR (11)
Charlotte Sometimes
** John Cassavetes Award - Eric Byler, Marc Ambrose
** Best Supporting Female - Jacqueline Kim
Director/Writer: Eric Byler
Producers: Marc Ambrose, Eric Byler
Dahmer
** John Cassavetes Award - David Jacobson, Larry Rattner
** Best Male Lead - Jeremy Renner
** Best Debut Performance - Artel Kayaru
Director/Writer: David Jacobson
Producer: Larry Rattner
How to Draw a Bunny
** Best Documentary - John Walter
Director: John Walter
Producer: Andrew Moore
Manito
** Best First Feature - Eric Eason
Director/Writer: Eric Eason
Producers: Jesse Scolaro, Allen Bain
Tully
** Best Feature - Annie Sundberg, Hilary Birmingham
** Best Screenplay - Matt Drake, Hilary Birmingham
** Best Supporting Female - Julianne Nicholson
** Best Debut Performance - Bob Burrus
Director: Hilary Birmingham
Writers: Matt Drake and Hilary Birmingham
Producers: Annie Sundberg, Hilary Birmingham
IFP INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS
35 FILMS NOMINATED
TOTALS PER FILM
Lovely & Amazing - 6
Far From Heaven - 5
The Good Girl - 4
ivans xtc. - 4
Tully - 4
Dahmer - 3
Interview with the Assassin - 3
Narc - 3
Personal Velocity - 3
Roger Dodger - 3
Secretary - 3
Charlotte Sometimes - 2
Gerry - 2
Hysterical Blindness - 2
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing - 2
Antwone Fisher - 2
Bloody Sunday - 1
Bowling for Columbine - 1
The Cockettes - 1
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys - 1
Devil's Playground - 1
The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) - 1
How to Draw a Bunny - 1
Igby Goes Down - 1
Kissing Jessica Stein - 1
Manito - 1
Paid in Full - 1
The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste) - 1
The Slaughter Rule - 1
Stevie - 1
Time Out (L'Emploi du temps) - 1
Y Tu Mama Tambien - 1
My Big Fat Greek Wedding - 1
Real Women Have Curves - 1
Skins - 1
2003 IFP INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS
BIOS FOR FILMMAKER GRANT NOMINEES
Turning Leaf Coastal Reserve Someone To Watch Award
Eric Eason, director of Manito
Eric Eason was born and raised in New York. He began filmmaking at Manhattan's Millennium Film Center with a series of experimental Super-8 projects. He later wrote and directed three narrative 16mm films that played at festivals in the United States and Europe. Manito, his feature-film directing debut won nine awards on the festival circuit including the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, the Grand Jury Prize at South-by-Southwest Festival, the Best Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Tribeca Film Festival, and the Open Palm Award for Best Directorial Debut at IFP/New York's Gotham Awards.
Eitan Gorlin, director of The Holy Land
Eitan Gorlin's directorial debut, The Holy Land, is based in part on his experiences working as a bartender at Mike's Place in Jerusalem. The Holy Land is about a yeshiva student who falls in love with a Russian prostitute and vows to expose the underbelly of real life in Jerusalem after the tourists and Orthodox families go to sleep. The Holy Land won the Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival (2002) and the Audience Award at Avignon/New York Film Festival (2002). It also played the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival (2001) and the Maryland Film Festival (2002).
Przemyslaw Reut, director of Paradox Lake
Przemyslaw Reut studied journalism at Warsaw University and film at New York's School of Visual Arts, where he shot, directed, and produced several music videos and commercials. While at SVA he made a feature film Close Up, which premiered at the London Film Festival 1996.
DIRECTV / IFC Truer Than Fiction Award
Jeff Blitz for Spellbound
Jeff Blitz grew up in New York and New Jersey. As a graduate student at USC, he won the school's Presidential Fellowship, and his short, Wonderland, won the Adriaticocinema and was selected for a Canal+ prize. Before making Spellbound, he worked as a research detective at the Writer's Guild of America, uncovering the secret works of the blacklisted writers in the 1950s. Spellbound is his first feature-length film.
Jennifer Dworkin for Love & Diane
Jennifer Dworkin was born in New York and grew up in England. She is the recipient of several research fellowships including the 1997 Fellowship for Excellence in Research and Academic Promise in the Cognitive Sciences from Cornell University. Ms. Dworkin has known members of the family portrayed in Love and Diane since 1989, when she taught photography workshops for children in the NYC shelter system. She has worked extensively as a volunteer and group leader for several children's charities. Love and Diane is her first film.
Eugene Jarecki for The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Eugene Jarecki received his training at Princeton University and New York University. His first short film, Season of the Lifterbees, was screened at the Sundance Film Festival before winning both a Student Academy Award. Since then, he has produced or directed dramatic and documentary
work for BBC Television, National Geographic, MTV, 60 Minutes, RTL German Television, and HBO International. The Trials of Henry Kissinger, which premiered in the U.K. March 4 2002, has been shown in twenty countries and been released theatrically in the U.S. It was acquired by the Sundance Channel who will use it to launch their new documentary division in March 2003. Before completing The Trials of Henry Kissinger, Mr. Jarecki wrote and directed The Opponent, a boxing drama picked up by Lions Gate Films. He is currently in pre-production on a feature slated for a Spring 2003 shoot and on a feature-documentary for the BBC.
Mark Moskowitz for Stone Reader
Mark Moskowitz's first feature film, Stone Reader, was recognized with a Special Grand Jury Honor at the 2002 Slamdance Festival, where it also won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film. It has since been nominated by the International Documentary Association for its top award. Mr. Moskowitz is best known for helping candidates attain elective office. He has made more than three thousand political spots for hundreds of races nationally and worldwide; has been awarded "Pollies," the political media's highest award, for five consecutive years; and created many other
kinds of issue-oriented campaigns. Mr. Moskowitz graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He and his family live in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania.
Motorola Producers Award
Effie T. Brown
With a degree in film production from Loyola Marymount University, Effie Brown began her journey in independent film by coming up through the ranks of film production. Along the way, she has been a Director of Development for Tim Burton Productions and Line Producer for independent features including Desert Blue, But I'm a Cheerleader, and Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her. Ms. Brown also produced several shorts, including Kick'n Chicken, winner of the Melvin Van Peebles Maverick Award, and A Table Is a Table, winner of the ASC Award for excellence. She was a producer on Cheryl Dunye's HBO film Stranger Inside. The film won several awards across the country and was nominated for three IFP Independent Spirit Awards. She was also a producer on Patricia Cardosa's Real Woman Have Curves, winner of two Sundance Film Festival awards. Currently, Effie Brown is in post-production on Jane Campion's In the Cut with producer Laurie Parker.
Jesse Scolaro & Allen Bain
Jesse Scolaro and Allen Bain graduated from the film conservatory at SUNY Purchase in 1997 and, in 1999, co-founded the independent film production company The 7th Floor. Since The 7th Floor's inception, they have produced a wide range of projects including Manito; Cry Funny Happy; Who Is A.B?; and The Victim. The 7th Floor also co-produced and associate produced numerous
projects including 29 Palms, Shelter Island, XX/XY, K, Logic of the Birds, and Soliloquy. They are currently developing projects directed by Ziad Doueiri (West Beirut) and Brant Sersen (Sick of It All and Release).
Eden H. Wurmfeld
Eden H. Wurmfeld began her producing career in 1994 on her brother's experimental feature Fanci's Persuasion. This led to her work on Doug Liman's directorial debut Swingers, as well as a collaboration on See Jane Run. Ms. Wurmfeld went on to produce the award-winning indie feature Kissing Jessica Stein, which was acquired by Fox Searchlight. Ms. Wurmfeld and producer Nicole LaLoggia authored The IFP/West Independent Filmmaker's Manual (Focal Press), a "cookbook" on indie film-making. She and Ms. LaLoggia are producing Son of A G-MAN, for writer/director Will Geiger. Currently, Ms. Wurmfeld is developing a television show with her brother Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, Brillstein-Grey, and writer Katherine Reback. Her latest documentary effort, Sunset Hall, on which she is a co-producer, will air on PBS in 2003. Ms. Wurmfeld earned her MFA from UCLA's Film School and was recently named one of Variety's "10 Producers to Watch for 2002."
 

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Here's a bit of background and self-promotion that I cut out because I wanted to get right to the nominations.

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Thursday December 11, 2003

By: IFP/LA

Nominations for the 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards were announced this morning including nominations for Best Feature, which are Far From Heaven, The Good Girl, Lovely & Amazing, Secretary, and Tully. Also announced were the finalists for the Motorola Producers Award, the Turning Leaf Coastal Reserve Someone to Watch Award, and the DIRECTV / IFC Truer Than Fiction Award. Anthony La Paglia, Carrie-Anne Moss, Mena Suvari, and Isaiah Washington served as nomination presenters at the event.

"There was an astonishing range of excellent work this year, with a particular emphasis on exploring complicated, deeply flawed characters. It made the committee's job even harder than usual." said committee chair Bill Condon. Dawn Hudson, Executive Director of IFP/Los Angeles added, "You can see the evolution of the independent film world in these nominations: more films written or directed by women, more films made with digital technology, more outstanding films made on micro-budgets; and, this year, unfortunately, more excellent films with little or no distribution. The nominations represent an amazing spectrum of talent; we are proud to put the spotlight on all of them."

Selected from more than 190 submissions, the winners will be unveiled at the IFP Independent Spirit Awards ceremony on Saturday, March 22, 2003. Director John Waters returns for a third consecutive year as Master of Ceremonies for the event, which is held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica. Honorary Chairs and Presenters will be announced shortly.

Diana Zahn-Storey returns to produce the event for the ninth consecutive year. The ceremony premieres live on The Independent Film Channel (IFC) at 2:00 pm PST on Saturday, March 22, 2003 and is re-broadcast the same day on Bravo at 7:00 pm PST.

This year's ceremony is sponsored by Premier Sponsors IFC, Motorola, Express, and DIRECTV; and by Principal Sponsors Entertainment Weekly, Turning Leaf Coastal Reserve Vineyards, Audi of America, Inc., Starbucks Coffee Company, In Style, and Morgan Stanley.

Films nominated for the IFP Independent Spirit Awards were selected based on the following criteria:

Original, provocative subject matter;
Uniqueness of vision;
Economy of means with particular attention paid to total budget and individual compensation;
Percentage of independent financing.
This year's Nominating Committee was chaired by writer/director Bill Condon (Chicago, Gods & Monsters). The 14 person committee included cinematographer John Bailey, documentarian Randy Barbato, film programmer Dennis Bartok, writer/director Lisa Cholodenko, casting director Aisha Coley, IFP/Los Angeles Executive Director Dawn Hudson, producer Jeff Kleeman, writer/director Karyn Kusama, producer Gail Mutrux, writer Jose Rivera, actor Michelle Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times Film Critic Kenneth Turan, and actor Isaiah Washington. Winners for the Independent Spirit Awards are voted on by the IFP national membership, a nationwide base of 9,000 members.

In order to be eligible for consideration, submitted films must have shown at a commercial theater during the 2002 calendar year or have played at one of the following seven film festivals: the IFP Los Angeles Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, New York, Seattle, Sundance, Telluride, or Toronto.

Turning Leaf Coastal Reserve Someone to Watch Award

The ninth annual Turning Leaf Coastal Reserve Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $20,000 unrestricted grant, funded by Turning Leaf Coastal Reserve Vineyards, to help the winning filmmaker pursue his or her craft. Finalists for the 2003 Turning Leaf Coastal Reserve Someone to Watch Award are:
Eric Eason, director of Manito
Eitan Gorlin, director of The Holy Land
Przemyslaw Reut, director of Paradox Lake
Turning Leaf Coastal Reserve Someone to Watch Award Nominating Committee:
Manohla Dargis (Chair), Shari Frilot, Jytte Jensen, Wesley Morris, Ryan Werner

DIRECTV / IFC Truer Than Fiction Award

The seventh annual DIRECTV / IFC Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features: a filmmaker of unique vision and talent who has not yet received significant attention.

The award is accompanied by a $20,000 unrestricted grant, funded by DIRECTV and the Independent Film Channel. The Finalists for the 2003 DIRECTV / IFC Truer Than Fiction Award are:
Jeff Blitz for Spellbound
Jennifer Dworkin for Love & Diane
Eugene Jarecki for The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Mark Moskowitz for Stone Reader
DIRECTV / IFC Truer Than Fiction Award Nominating Committee:
Brian Gordon (Chair), Eugene Hernandez, Deann Borshay Liem, Mike Maggiore, Diane Weyermann

Motorola Producers Award

The sixth annual Motorola Producers Award honors filmmakers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality independent films. The winner of the Motorola Producers Award will receive an unrestricted grant of $20,000 funded by Motorola. The Finalists for the 2003 Motorola Producers Award are:
Effie T. Brown, producer of Real Women Have Curves and Stranger Inside
Jesse Scolaro and Allen Bain, producers of Manito and Cry Funny Happy
Eden H. Wurmfeld, producer of Kissing Jessica Stein and Fanci's Persuasion
Motorola Producers Award Nominating Committee:
Peter Broderick (Chair), Scott Macaulay, Andrea Sperling, Susan Stover, Diana E. Williams

The IFP Independent Spirit Awards is a celebration honoring films made by filmmakers who embody independence and who dare to challenge the status quo. Televised in millions of homes and covered internationally by the press, the Independent Spirit Awards program has become the vanguard event in independent film, recognizing the achievements of independent filmmakers and promoting independent film to a wider audience.

Awards are given in the following categories: Best Feature, Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay, Best Director, Best Screenplay, John Cassavetes Award (given to the best feature made for a budget under $500,000), Best Male Lead, Best Female Lead, Best Supporting Male, Best Supporting Female, Best Debut Performance, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Film, and Best Documentary.

Last year's IFP Independent Spirit Award winners include Memento for Best Feature, Christopher Nolan for Best Director and Best Screenplay (Memento), Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom) for Best Male Lead, Sissy Spacek (In the Bedroom) for Best Female Lead, and Amelie for Best Foreign Film.

IFP/Los Angeles is Southern California's largest non-profit organization for independent filmmakers with more than 6,000 members. IFP/Los Angeles is dedicated to supporting independent filmmakers, and championing the cause of independent filmmaking.

IFP/Los Angeles helps the independent filmmaking community in three ways:
Education - including year-round screenings, seminars, symposia, and educational programs that help members master the art and craft of filmmaking;
Support - by providing professional advice, access to industry leaders, networking opportunities, and camera and equipment rentals which help members take their ideas from script to screen;

Building Audiences - by promoting independent film to a wider audience through the IFP Los Angeles Film Festival and the nationally televised IFP Independent Spirit Awards.
IFP/Los Angeles, a non-profit organization, champions the cause of independent film and supports a community of artists who embody diversity, innovation, and uniqueness of vision.
 

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Lovely & Amazing - 6
The Good Girl - 4
Roger Dodger - 3
Secretary - 3
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing - 2
Bloody Sunday - 1
Bowling for Columbine - 1
Igby Goes Down - 1
Y Tu Mama Tambien - 1
My Big Fat Greek Wedding - 1
Real Women Have Curves - 1
I've seen (and liked) these and hope to see at least a few more before the awards. I know I'll be seeing Far From Heaven this Friday. I lament the ones I haven't seen because of lack of money or that they came and went before I had a chance to see them (The Fast Runner :frowning: ). I'm most happy about America Ferrera getting some recognition for Real Women Have Curves.
I definitely had the wrong idea about Narc. I saw the previews and thought it looked pretty good, but didn't pay too much attention and had no idea that it was an indie! I've just put it on my "must-see" list.
 

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Was anyone else surprised that Greek Wedding only got 1 nomination?

Was Adaptation eligble for these awards? If so that does not bode well for a screenplay nomination.

I guess I'll be seeing Tully this weekend to catch up. I'm just made I missed Rodger Dodger & ivans xtc. They have already come and gone.

Vicki: I also saw CoaDM and while I liked some of it the worst part was Clooney's over-direction and Julia's acting. (I loved The Good Girl, like Personal Velocity and hate Fraility)
 

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Upcoming Events:

December 14: Los Angeles Film Critics Awards
December 15: Boston Film Critics Awards
December 16: New York Film Critics Circle Awards; AFI Awards
December 17: Broadcast Film Critics; Golden Satellite Award Nominations

~Edwin
 

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I'm most happy about America Ferrera getting some recognition for Real Women Have Curves.

I definitely had the wrong idea about Narc. I saw the previews and thought it looked pretty good, but didn't pay too much attention and had no idea that it was an indie! I've just put it on my "must-see" list.
I agree about America --- but i think the lady who played the mother should have received one as well.

Narc is VERY good. It grabs you by the collar and doesn't slack up until the end. And by the time you THINK you know how everything went down, you get a surprise.
 

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Upcoming Events:
December 14: Los Angeles Film Critics Awards
December 15: Boston Film Critics Awards
December 16: New York Film Critics Circle Awards; AFI Awards
December 17: Broadcast Film Critics; Golden Satellite Award Nominations
So they are announcing their awards on the weekend??? is this winners or nominees?
 

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To my understanding, here's how it will play out:

Los Angeles Film Critics Awards: Winners
Boston Film Critics Awards: Winners
New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Winners
AFI Awards: Nominees
Broadcast Film Critics: Nominees
Golden Satellite Award Nominations

The New York Film Critics Circle has announced its picks in the past few years in a live webcast. If anyone knows the link, please post it (or I will once I get a hold of it).

~Edwin
 

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This is interesting...

"Columbine" named top documentary of all time
Thursday December 12 6:12 PM ET

"Bowling for Columbine," about gun culture in America, gained momentum Thursday as it rolls toward the Oscars ( news - web sites), racking up the honor of best documentary of all time from the International Documentary Association.

Director Michael Moore ( news) also had the No. 3 nonfiction film on the list with his 1989 title, "Roger & Me," in which he took on automaker General Motors Corp. and its then-Chief Executive Roger Smith over a plant closure at Flint, Michigan that left thousands of employees jobless.

Coming in No. 2 was 1988's "The Thin Blue Line" about wrongful convictions in the 1976 murder of a Dallas, Texas policeman, and rounding out the top five were 1994's "Hoop Dreams" about high school basketball players and 1969's "Salesman," about four door-to-door Bible salesmen.

"All these films provide an intimate, behind-the-scenes look at the human condition," said the association's executive director Sandra Ruch. "They make you think about things you might not have ever considered before."

The International Documentary Association, or IDA, was formed in 1982 to serve as a forum for documentary filmmakers, and has since grown into a respected organization for nonfiction films with some 2,700 members in 50 countries.

For the most part, documentaries are relegated to film festivals and cable television channels because the material is generally considered too cerebral for mainstream moviegoers.

But "Columbine" has been an exception, and it is considered a front-runner for this year best documentary Oscar, which is Hollywood's top film honor handed out each year in March.

"Columbine" has already scored well with audiences, tallying $12.9 million at domestic box offices, which for a documentary is a big sum.

Last week, it earned the U.S. National Board of Review ( news - web sites) honor as the year's top documentary and won audience choice award at this year's Chicago International Film Festival. Back in May, it was given a special prize at the Cannes Film Festival ( news - web sites) in France.

In "Columbine," Moore takes a wry look at the fear that seems to grip the United States and the widespread use of handguns and rifles to seemingly address that fear, even as Americans face violent crimes and murders involving guns.

Moore covers topics ranging from the shootings at Columbine high school in Colorado to the murder of a 6-year-old girl by a 6-year-old boy in Michigan, and he interviews National Rifle Association President Charlton Heston ( news).

Oscar nominations are announced on Feb. 11, and the awards will be handed out in a gala ceremony in Los Angeles on March 23.

"Bowling for Columbine" was distributed by United Artists, a division of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. film studio. Reuters/Variety

 

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best documentary of all time from the International Documentary Association.
Good film, good films actually, but seriously did they just start making docs 10 years ago?

And nothing like Nanook of the North on that list. Surely a landmark achievement in doc films like that has some place near the top of the all-time list.


Obviously though, this bodes well for Columbine coming into the Oscars. Would it be possible for Colubine to push through to catagories outside of Best Doc? I expect it to do well this weekend with the other groups.
 

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Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman and Lisa Schwarzbaum have posted their top ten lists:

Owen Gleiberman

1. Far From Heaven
2. About Schmidt
3. Bowling for Columbine
4. Personal Velocity
5. 8 Mile
6. Auto Focus
7. The Last Kiss
8. Unfaithful
9. The Kid Stays in the Picture
10. Nine Queens

Lisa Schwarzbaum

1. About Schmidt
2. Talk to Her
3. LOTR: Two Towers
4. Adaptation
5. Spirited Away
6. Y Tu Mama Tambien
7. Far From Heaven
8. The Fast Runner
9. Time Out
10. Late Marriage
 

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And nothing like Nanook of the North on that list. Surely a landmark achievement in doc films like that has some place near the top of the all-time list.
Concur Seth. I’d add The Sky Above, The Mud Below and some Maysles Brothers’ films that should be on the documentary list.
 

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Here are the Los Angeles Film Critics picks:

BEST PICTURE
About Schmidt
Runner-up: Far From Heaven

BEST DIRECTOR
Pedro Almodovar, Talk to Her
Runner-up: Todd Haynes, Far From Heaven

BEST ACTOR
TIE:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Gangs of New York
AND Jack Nicholson, About Schmidt

BEST ACTRESS
Julianne Moore for BOTH Far From Heaven and The Hours
Runnerup: Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chris Cooper, Adaptation
Runner-up: Christopher Walken, Catch Me If You Can

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Edie Falco, Sunshine State
Runner-up: Kathy Bates, About Schmidt

BEST SCREENPLAY
About Schmidt
Runner-up: Adaptation

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Y Tu Mama Tambien
Runner-up: Talk to Her

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Spirited Away
Special Citation (no runner-up) Lilo & Stitch

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Elmer Bernstein, Far From Heaven
Runner-up: Philip Glass, The Hours

BEST PRODUCTION
Gangs of New York

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Far From Heaven

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Cockettes
Runner-up: Bowling for Columbine

NEW GENERATION AWARD
Lynne Ramsey

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Somewhat of a mixed bag or should I say a spreading of the awards around somewhat. Almodovar wins for Best Director but his film was only a runner up in Best Foreign film.
Isabelle Huppert is a good choice for a runner up for Best Actress.
About Schmidt has been appearing more frequently on some early lists.
I also expect Spirited Away to dominate most year-end critics list for Best Animated Feature Film.
~Edwin
 

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I think I've noticed certain trends for the lists of Owen Glieberman and Lisa Scwartzbaum of Entertainment Weekly:
Owen tends to rate dramas that have strong basis in reality higher than those that are fundamentally fantasy.
Lisa appears to be the opposite; many of her top picks are fantasies: The Two Towers, Spirited Away, Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)... Even seemingly hard-core drama material like Far From Heaven will end up in her list, if it elicits a strong sense of ephereal nostalgia (which this film does in spades!).
I believe these are true for their 2001 lists as well. In that sense, then, Schwartzbaum more like Ebert than Glieberman is.
Regardless, I do appreciate both their lists, even if I don't always agree with their placements of certain titles.
 

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Here is David Ansen's (Newsweek) lists:

Top 15:

#1 Y Tu Mama Tambien
Alfonso Cuarn's erotic, funny and poignant Mexican road movie is a coming-of-age classic.

#2 About Schmidt
Nicholson at his best in a Midwestern satire as funny as it is devastating.

#3 Spirited Away
Animation giant Hayao Miyazaki's enchanting magical mystery tour.

#4 Talk to her
Almodovar's moving meditation on love and friendship.

#5 The Pianist
Roman Polanski confronts the Holocaust and makes his best film since "Chinatown."

#6 Monsoon Wedding
Mira Nair's zesty multi-course Indian feast.

#7 Adaptation
Orchids, screenwriting, gators + 2 Nick Cages = one wild ride.

#8 About a Boy
Womanizing narcissist Hugh Grant rejoins the human race
in a sharp, hilarious comedy.

#9 Far From Heaven
Family values get revisited and revised in this sublime neo-'50s melodrama.

#10 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Another swirling, savage success.

#11 The Hours
Kidman, Streep and Moore in a luminous adaptation.

#12 Late Marriage
Tradition battles love: a fierce, sensual comedy from Israel.

#13 Chicago
A jazzy, snazzy Murder Row musical.

#14 Lovely and Amazing
This smart American indie tells things about women Hollywood never thought to ask.

#15 Minority Report
Bad ending aside, this future-shock thriller is a sensation.


5 Best Supporting Actress:

Edie Falco (Sunshine State)
Bebe Neuwirth (Tadpole)
Tovah Feldshuh (Kissing Jessica Stein)
Kathy Bates (About Schmidt)
Amanda Peet (Igby Goes Down)


5 Best Supporting Actor:

Alan Arkin (13 Conversations About One Thing)
Chris Cooper (Adaptation)
Christopher Walken (Catch Me If You Can)
Willem Dafoe (Auto Focus)
Glenn Fitzgerald (Tully)


5 Best Actresses:

Diane Lane (Unfaithful)
Julianne Moore (Far From Heaven)
Meryl Streep (The Hours)
Nicole Kidman (The Hours)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (Secretary)


5 Best Actors:

Ryan Gosling (The Believer)
Jack Nicholson (About Schmidt)
Michael Caine (The Quiet American)
Hugh Grant (About a Boy)
Campbell Scott (Roger Dodger)


5 Best Nonfiction Films:

Daughter From Danang
The Cockettes
Bowling for Columbine
Biggie & Tupac
Ram Dass: Fierce Grace

~Edwin
 

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The Boston Film Critics weigh in. From GoldDerby:

"THE PIANIST" SWEEPS BOSTON FILM CRITICS AWARDS

Winners announced on Dec. 15, 2003. NOTE: If "The Pianist" goes on to win Best Picture at the Oscars, it'll be the first winner of the Cannes Film Festival's Palme D'Or award to do so since "Marty" (1955).

BEST FILM: "The Pianist"

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "Y Tu Mama Tambien"

BEST DIRECTOR: Roman Polanski, "The Pianist"

BEST DOCUMENTARY: "The Kid Stays in the Picture"

BEST ACTOR: Adrien Brody, "The Pianist"

BEST ACTRESS: Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Secretary"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Alan Arkin, "Thirteen Conversations About One Thing"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Toni Collette, "About a Boy" and "The Hours"

BEST SCREENPLAY: Charlie and Donald Kaufman, "Adaptation"

BEST NEW FILMMAKER: Peter Care, "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Edward Lachman, "Far from Heaven"

BEST FILM SERIES:
The Dark Worlds of Fritz Lang (Harvard Film Archive) Rewind/Fast Forward: 20 Years of Work by Women in Film and Video/New England (Museum of Fine Arts)

Undercurrent: Neglected Works of the French New Wave (HFA) Video Balagan (Coolidge Corner Theater) The Emperor and the Wolf: The Films of Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune (Brattle Theater)

DISOVERIES/REDISCOVERIES:
Ace in the Hole (Brattle)
Metropolis (Brattle)
Photo to Send (HFA)
Circumstance (MFA)
Shelter (New England Film/Video Festival)

COMMENDATIONS:
To "My Father, The Genius" director Lucia Small for excellence in filmmaking by a local artist

To "Spirited Away" director Hayao Miyazaki for achievement in animation
 

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