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The 2009 Spirit Award nominations has been announced this morning. The nominees are including the best independent movies of the year which usually have Oscar potential as well. I haven’t seen any of the movies on the list yet, so I can’t say much about it.
The awards ceremony will be aired on February 21st on IFC at 5pm ET/2pm PT.

Best Feature:

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

Best Director:

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

Best Screenplay:

Woody Allen, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, “Sugar”
Charlie Kaufman, “Synecdoche, New York”
Howard A. Rodman, “Savage Grace”
Christopher Zalla, “Sangre de Mi Sangre”

Best Female Lead:

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

Best Male Lead:

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

Best Supporting Female:

Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Rosemarie DeWitt, “Rachel Getting Married”
Rosie Perez, “The Take”
Misty Upham, “Frozen River”
Debra Winger, “Rachel Getting Married”

Best Supporting Male:

James Franco, “Milk”
Anthony Mackie, “The Hurt Locker”
Charlie McDermott, “Frozen River”
JimMyron Ross, “Ballast”
Haaz Sleiman, “The Visitor”

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