Here's the full list of winners at the 28th annual Independent Spirit Awards, which was held in Santa Monica, CA this afternoon/evening, hosted by Andy Samberg.
The awards show will actually be broadcast on the IFC channel at 10 pm tonight (EST).
As social networking sites are all abuzz about why a Hollywood film like Silver Linings Playbook won in 4 key categories at what is supposed to be an *indie film* award show, below is a list of the nominees, along with the winners highlighted (projects covered on S&A, like Middle Of Nowhere, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Stones In The Sun, The Waiting Room and Gimme the Loot, all walked away with trophies):
BEST FEATURE
Beasts of the Southern Wild- Producers: Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey and Josh Penn
Bernie — Producers: Liz Glotzer, Richard Linklater, David McFadzean, Dete Meserve, Judd Payne, Celine Rattray, Martin Shafer, Ginger Sledge, Matt Williams
Keep the Lights On — Producers: Marie Therese Guirgis, Lucas Joaquin, Ira Sachs Moonrise Kingdom — Producers: Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales, Scott Rudin
*WINNER: Silver Linings Playbook — Producers: Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon
BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson — Moonrise Kingdom
*WINNER: David O. Russell — Silver Linings Playbook
Julia Loktev — The Loneliest Planet
Ira Sachs — Keep the Lights On
Benh Zeitlin — Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson — Moonrise Kingdom
*WINNER: David O. Russell — Silver Linings Playbook
Ira Sachs — Keep the Lights On
Zoe Kazan — Ruby Sparks
Martin McDonagh – Seven Psychopaths
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Fill the Void — Director: Rama Burshtein; Producer: Assaf Amir
Gimme the Loot — Director: Adam Leon; Producers: Dominic Buchanan, Natalie Difford, Jamund Washington
Safety Not Guaranteed — Director: Colin Trevorrow; Producer: Derek Connolly, Stephanie Langhoff, Peter Saraf, Colin Trevorrow,MarcTurtletaub
Sound of My Voice — Director: Zal Batmanglij; Producers: Brit Marling, Hans Ritter, Shelley Surpin
*WINNER: The Perks of Being a Wallfower — Director: Stephen Chbosky; Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
*WINNER: Derek Connolly — Safety Not Guaranteed
Rama Burshstein — Fill the Void
Christopher Ford — Robot & Frank
Rashida Jones and Will McCormack — Celeste and Jesse Forever
Jonathan Lisecki — Gayby
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Breakfast with Curtis — Writer/Director/Producer: Laura Colella
*WINNER: Middle of Nowhere — Writer/Director/Producer: Ava DuVernay; Producers: Howard Barish, Paul Garnes
Mosquita y Mari — Writer/Director: Aurora Guerrero; Producer: Chad Burris
Starlet — Writer/Director: Sean Baker; Producers: Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, Kevin Chinoy, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach,FrancescaSilvestri
The Color Wheel — Writer/Director/Producer: Alex Ross Perry; Writer: Carlen Altman Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Linda Cardinelli — Return
Emayatzy Corinealdi — Middle of Nowhere
*WINNER: Jennifer Lawrence — Silver Linings Playbook
Quvenzhane Wallis — Beasts of the Southern Wild
Mary Elizabeth Winstead — Smashed
BEST MALE LEAD
Jack Black — Bernie
Bradley Cooper — Silver Linings Playbook
*WINNER: John Hawkes — The Sessions
Matthew McConaughey — Killer Joe
Wendell Pierce — Four
Thure Lindhardt — Keep the Lights On
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Rosemarie DeWitt — Your Sister's Sister
Ann Dowd — Compliance
*WINNER: Helen Hunt — The Sessions
Brit Marling — Sound of My Voice
Lorraine Toussant — Middle of Nowhere
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
*WINNER: Matthew McConaughey — Magic Mike
David Oyelowo — Middle of Nowhere
Michael Pena — End of Watch
Sam Rockwell — Seven Psychopaths
Bruce Willis — Moonrise Kingdom
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Yoni Brook — Valley of Saints
Lol Crawley — Here
*WINNER: Ben Richardson — Beasts of the Southern Wild
Roman Vasyanov — End of Watch
Robert Yeoman — Moonrise Kingdom
BEST DOCUMENTARY
How to Survive a Plague — Director: David France; Producers: David France, Howard Gertler
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present — Director: Matthew Akers; Producers: Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre
The Central Park Five — Directors/Producers: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon
*WINNER: The Invisible War — Director: Kirby Dick; Producers: Tanner King Barklow, Amy Ziering
The Waiting Room — Director/Producer: Peter Nicks; Producers: Linda Davis, William B. Hirsch
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
*WINNER: Amour — Director: Michael Haneke
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia — Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Rust and Bone — Director: Jacques Audiard
Sister — Director: Ursula Meier
War Witch — Director: Kim Nguyen
PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Nobody Walks — Producer: Alicia Van Couvering
Prince Avalanche — Producer: Derrick Tseng
*WINNER: Stones in the Sun — Producer: Mynette Louie
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Pincus — Director: David Fenster
*WINNER: Gimme the Loot — Director: Adam Leon
Electrick Children — Director: Rebecca Thomas
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Leviathan — Directors: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
*WINNER: The Waiting Room — Director: Peter Nicks
Only the Young — Directors: Jason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
*WINNER: Starlet — Director: Sean Baker; Casting Director: Julia Kim; Ensemble Cast: Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Karren Karagulian, Stella Maeve, James Ransone