There were considerable surprises among the nominations for the 27th Film Independent's Spirit Awards, which were announced this morning in Los Angeles.
Read More »The nominations for the 27th Film Independent's Spirit Awards were announced this morning in Los Angeles, and both Jeff Nichols' "Take Shelter" and Michel Hazanavicius's "The Artist" (which few realized was eligible) led the pack with 5 nominations a piece.
Read More »With the Toronto International Film Festival a fading memory, the 2011-12 awards season is fast approaching. Beginning next month with the Gotham Award nominations, over four months of ballot mailing, nomination announcements and award ceremonies are coming our way, culminating in the the 84th Annua...
Read More »It's that time of year again: As summer starts to wind down, awards season revs up. Film Independent is getting a head start today, beginning its call for entries for the Independent Spirit Awards, now in its 27th year. They're also taking submissions for filmmaker grants.
Read More »James Franco's ubiquity may finally have reached its saturation point this past weekend. Within the same frenzied 48-hour period there was his Independent Spirit Award win for "127 Hours;" an Oscar co-hosting gig; and a third, less-visible achievement: Saturday was the opening of "Unfinished," his c...
Read More »Award season is over, with over two months worth of announcements from critic groups, guilds, boards, academies, and organizations behind us. To help everyone keep up, indieWIRE has this comprehensive summary of all the announced awards since the season's early winter beginnings.
Read More »The 26th Film Independent's Spirit Awards are currently going down on a very windy and cold afternoon here in Santa Monica. indieWIRE's team is on the scene, and will be offering minute by minute coverage of everything Spirit Awards.
Read More »indieWIRE conducted a poll of its writers as well as many of its criticWIRE participants, asking two questions about this year's Film Independent Spirit Awards: Who will win, and who should win? In thirteen categories, insiders suggested who might take home an award at the ceremony this Saturday aft...
Read More »This Saturday afternoon, Film Independent's Spirit Awards will return to the beach in Santa Monica (after last year's unpopular move downtown) for its 26th annual edition. And as indieWIRE's recent poll of critics and bloggers suggest, it's going to be an interesting afternoon.
Read More »Frazer Bradshaw was first drawn to filmmaking through experimental cinema. His first feature, "Everything Strange and New" is currently nominated for a Spirit Award in the Best First Feature Category. The film follows a man as he struggles to understand himself and his adulthood. indieWIRE caught up...
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