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Congratulations 2011 Spirit Award Winners The Safdie Bros. and Lena Dunham!

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Posted To Inside Sundance Selects on Monday, February 28, 2011 by jtrussell

We were thrilled to see two members of the IFC Films / Sundance Selects family take home Spirit Awards on Saturday night, and want to offer our heartfelt congratulations!

John Cassavettes Award - DADDY LONGLEGS, Josh & Benny Safdie, Casey Neistat, Tom Scott

Best First Screenplay – TINY FURTNITURE, Lena Dunham

The complete list of winners from the 2011 Independent Spirit Awards:

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)
Black Swan

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronfosky, “Black Swan”

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
Get Low

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
Daddy Longlegs

BEST SCREENPLAY
“The Kids Are All Right”

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
“Tiny Furniture”

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Natalie Portman, “Black Swan”

BEST MALE LEAD
James Franco, “127 Hours”

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Dale Dickey, “Winter’s Bone”

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
John Hawkes, “Winter’s Bone”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)
Exit Through The Gift Shop

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)
The King’s Speech

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)
“Please Give”

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Anish Savjani (“Meek’s Cutoff”)

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Mike Ott (“Little Rock”)

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Jeff Malmberg (“Marwencol”)


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