Independent Spirit Awards - UPDATED: WINNERS - 2016

It's about that time - time for my rather dead blog to get active again! I seem to have an issue keeping it going unless it's awards season. At least I don't have angry readers clamoring for more - maybe next year I can try to get into a better pattern.

This is the first announcement for awards season! I've recently moved to Kitchener, so I'm going to have to figure out a way to watch my shows without cable. Meanwhile, Independent Spirit Awards nominations!

BEST FEATURE
Anomalisa
Beasts of No Nation
Carol
Spotlight
Tangerine

BEST FIRST FEATURE
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
James White
Manos Sucias
Mediterranea
Songs My Brothers Taught Me

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Jesse Andrews - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Joseph Carpignano - Mediterranea
Emma Donoghue - Room
Marielle Heller - The Diary of a Teenage Girl
John Magary, Russell Harbaugh, Myna Joseph - The Mend

BEST DIRECTOR
Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson - Anomalisa
Cary Joji Fukunaga - Beasts of No Nation
Todd Haynes - Carol
David Robert Mitchell - It Follows
Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
Sean Baker - Tangerine

BEST SCREENPLAY
Charlie Kaufman - Anamalisa
Donald Margulies - The End of the Tour
Phyllis Nagy - Carol
Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer - Spotlight
S. Craig Zahler - Bone Tomahawk

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (BEST FEATURE UNDER $500,000)
Advantageous
Christmas, Again
Heaven Knows What
Krisha
Out Of My Hand

BEST MALE LEAD
Christopher Abbott - James White
Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation
Ben Mendelsohn - Mississippi Grind
Jason Segel - The End of the Tour
Koudous Seihon - Mediterranea

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Cate Blanchett - Carol
Brie Larson - Room
Rooney Mara - Carol
Bel Powley - The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez - Tangerine

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Kevin Corrigan - Results
Paul Dano - Love & Mercy
Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation
Richard Jenkins - Bone Tomahawk
Michael Shannon - 99 Homes

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Robin Bartlett - H.
Marin Ireland - Glass Chin
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Anomalisa
Cynthia Nixon - James White
Mya Taylor - Tangerine

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Cary Joji Fukunaga - Beasts of No Nation
Ed Lachman - Carol
Michael Gioulakis - It Follows
Reed Morano - Meadowland
Joshua James Richards - Songs My Brothers Taught Me

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Embrace of the Serpent (El Abrazo De La Serpiente)
Girlhood
Mustang
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Son of Saul

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Best of Enemies
Heart of a Dog
The Look of Silence
Meru
The Russian Woodpecker
(T)ERROR

BEST EDITING
Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie - Heaven Knows What
Tom McArdle - Spotlight
Nathan Nugent - Room
Julio C. Perez IV - It Follows
Kristan Sprague - Manos Sucias

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (BEST ENSEMBLE)
Spotlight

KIEHL'S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Chloe Zhoa
Felix Thompson
Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Darren Dean
Mel Eslyn
Rebecca Green & Laura D. Smith

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Alex Sichel & Elizabeth Giamatti
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Hemal Trivedi & Mohammed Ali Naqvi

I'm loving the relative unknowns in the leading role and big nominations. It's one of the reasons I adore the Independent Spirit Awards.

Also, It Follows is an excellent film. Really creepy, but really well put together, and not B class at all.

UPDATED: Still loving the fact that the big names aren't the only ones winning! (Better than the Oscars with the diversity for sure.) And Spotlight is winning big; I still haven't seen it (I'm always later with the awards films) but I've heard it certainly deserves it! Tonight will be an interesting race. I'll be live-tweeting on Twitter from an event  here in Kitchener!

The 30th Annual Independent Spirit Awards - Updated With Winners

Some more nominees! The Spirit Awards are a little different, and that's why I love them. It's not ALL of the same people nominated over the board as with the more mainstream shows. The only issue is that I never get to watch them because I can never find them - so, despite where I live, there probably won't be any liveblogging, but I'll update when winners are announced! The Awards air February 21, 2015.

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer) *Executive Producers are not awarded
Birdman Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Inarritu, John Lesher, Arnon Milchan, James W. Skotchdopole
Boyhood Richard Linklater, Jonathan Sehring, John Sloss, Cathleen Sutherland
Love Is Strange Lucas Joaquin, Lars Knudsen, Ira Sachs, Jayne Baron Sherman, Jay Van Hoy
Selma Christian Colson, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Oprah Winfrey
Whiplash Jason Blum, Helen Estabrook, David Lancaster, Michael Litvak

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Director: Ana Lily Amirpour; Producers: Justin Begnaud, Sina Sayyah
Dear White People Director/Producer: Justin Simien; Producers: Effie T. Brown, Ann Le, Julia Lebedev, Angel Lopez, Lena Waithe
Nightcrawler Director: Dan Gilroy; Producers: Jennifer Fox, Tony Gilroy, Jake Gyllenhaal, David Lancaster, Michel Litvak
Obvious Child Director: Gillian Robespierre; Producer: Elisabeth Holm
She's Lost Control Director/Producer: Anja Marquardt; Producers: Mollye Asher, Kiara C. Jones

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Award given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer) *Executive Producers are not awarded
Blue Ruin Writer/Director: Jeremy Saulnier; Producers: Richard Peete, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani
It Felt Like Love Writer/Director/Producer: Eliza Hittman; Producers: Shrihari Sathe, Laura Wagner
Land Ho! Writers/Directors: Aaron Katz, Martha Stephens; Producers: Christina Jennings, Mynette Louie, Sara Murphy
Man From Reno Writer/Director: Dave Boyle; Writers: Joel Clark, Michael Lerman; Producer: Ko Mori
Test Writer/Director/Producer: Chris Mason Johnson; Producer: Chris Martin

BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle - WhiplashAva Duvernay - Selma
Alejandro G. Inarritu - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
David Zellner - Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter

BEST SCREENPLAY
Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski - Big Eyes
J.C. Chandor - A Most Violent Year
Dan Gilroy - Nightcrawler
Jim Jarmusch - Only Lovers Left Alive
Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias - Love Is Strange

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Desiree Akhavan - Appropriate Behavior
Sara Colangelo - Little Accidents
Justin Lader - The One I Love
Anja Marquardt - She's Lost ControlJustin Simien - Dear White People

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Darius Khondji - The Immigrant
Emmanuel Lubezki - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Sean Porter - It Felt Like Love
Lyle Vincent - A Girl Walks Home Alone At NightBradford Young - Selma

BEST EDITING
Sandra Adair - Boyhood
Tom Cross - Whiplash
John Gilroy - Nightcrawler
Ron Patane - A Most Violent Year
Adam Wingard - The Guest

BEST MALE LEAD
Andre Benjamin - Jimi: All Is By My Side
Jake Gyllenhaal - Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
John Lithgow - Love Is Strange
David Oyelowo - Selma

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Marion Cotillard - The Immigrant
Rinko Kikuchi - Kumiko, The Treasure HunterJulianne Moore - Still Alice
Jenny Slate - Obvious ChildTilda Swinton - Only Lovers Left Alive

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Riz Ahmed - NightcrawlerEthan Hawke - Boyhood
Alfred Molina - Love Is Strange
Edward Norton - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
J.K. Simmons - Whiplash

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Patricia Arquette - BoyhoodJessica Chastain - A Most Violent YearCarmen Ejogo - Selma
Andrea Suarez Paz - Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
Emma Stone - Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Force Majeure (Sweden) Director: Ruben Ostlund
Ida (Poland) Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Leviathan (Russia) Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Mommy (Canada) Director: Xavier Dolan
Norte, the End of History (Philippines) Director: Lav Diaz
Under the Skin (United Kingdom) Director: Jonathan Glazer

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)
20,000 Days on Earth Directors: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard; Producers: Dan Bowen, James Wilson
CitizenFour Director/Producer: Laura Poitras; Producers: Mathilde Bonnefoy, Dirk Wilutzky
Stray Dog Director: Debra Granik; Producer: Anne Rosellini
The Salt of the Earth Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado, Wim Wenders; Producer: David Rosier
Virunga Director/Producer: Orlando von Einsiedel; Producer: Joanna Natasegara

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Award given to one film's director, casting director and ensemble cast)
Inherent Vice Director: Paul Thomas Anderson; Casting Director: Cassandra Kulukundis

SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD
Foxcatcher Director/Producer: Bennett Miller; Writers: E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman; Producers: Anthony Bregman, Megan Ellison, Jon Kilik

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
The Producers Award, now in its 18th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.
Chad Burris
Elisabeth Holm

Chris Ohlson

LENSCRAFTERS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 20th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by LensCrafters.
Sara Dosa - The Last Season
Dan Krauss - The Kill Team
Darius Clark Monroe - Evolution of a Criminal
Amanda Rose Wilder - Approaching the Elephant  

2015 ROGER AND CHAZ EBERT FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP
This award includes a $10,000 cash grant. It is given to a filmmaker currently participating in a Film Independent Artist Development program with the mission of diversity in mind.
Christina Choe - Currently in active pre-production on her first narrative feature film, Nancy

KIEHL'S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 21st year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Kiehl's Since 1851.
Ana Lily Amirpour - A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia - H.
Chris Eska - The Retrieval 

I was sad not to be able to view the Spirit Awards - we don't get the channel on which they air - but I'm glad to see everything. I was hoping some different titles would get the distinctions, but it seems that a lot of the Oscar favourites are staying true here. (Although Nightcrawler snuck its way in there!)

The Independent Spirit Awards 2014 - Complete List

Today is Oscar Day, yes, but we've got to keep up with the other award shows winners! These are the Independent Spirit Awards - some of my favourites, though I always manage to fail to watch them - so check it out! As always, the bolded nominees are the winners!

BEST FEATURE
12 Years a Slave
All Is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

BEST DIRECTOR
Shane Carruth - Upstream Color
J.C. Chandor - All Is Lost
Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
Jeff Nichols - Mud
Alexander Payne - Nebraska

BEST SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen - Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater - Before Midnight
Nicole Holofcener - Enough Said
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - The Spectacular Now
John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Blue Caprice
Concussion
Fruitvale Station
Una Noche
Wadjda

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Lake Bell - In a World...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Don Jon
Bob Nelson - Nebraska
Jill Soloway - Afternoon Delight
Michael Starrbury - The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sean Bobbitt - 12 Years a Slave
Benoit Debie - Spring Breakers
Bruno Delbonnel - Inside Llewyn Davis
Frank G. DeMarco & Peter Zuccarini - All Is Lost
Matthias Grunsky - Computer Chess

BEST EDITING
Shane Carruth & David Lowery - Upstream Color
Jem Cohen & Mark Vives - Museum Hours
Jennifer Lame - Frances Ha
Cindy Lee - Una Noche
Nat Sanders - Short Term 12

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy - Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffmann - Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson - Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley - The Spectacular Now

BEST MALE LEAD
Bruce Dern - Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
Oscar Isaac - Inside Llewyn Davis
Michael B. Jordan - Fruitvale Station
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford - All Is Lost

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Melonie Diaz - Fruitvale Station
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Yolanda Ross - Go for Sisters
June Squibb - Nebraska

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
Will Forte - Nebraska
James Gandolfini - Enough Said
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Keith Stanfield - Short Term 12

BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Feet From Stardom
After Tiller
Gideon's Army
The Act of Killing
The Square

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
A Touch of Sin (China)
Blue Is the Warmest Color (France)
Gloria (Chile)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Mud (Director, casting director, cast) - WINNER

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Given to the writer, director and producers of a feature made for under $500,000
Computer Chess
Crystal Fairy
Museum Hours
Pit Stop
This Is Martin Bonner

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Recognises a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.
Shaka King - Newlyweeds
Aaron Douglas Johnston - My Sister's Quinceanera
Madeline Olnek - The Foxy Merkins

STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Presented to an emerging director on non-union features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Stella Artois.
Kalyanee Mam - A River Changes Course
Jason Osder - Let the Fire Burn
Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez - Manakamana

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
The Piaget Producers Award honours emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.
Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston
Jacob Jaffke
Andrea Roa
Frederick Thornton

The Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

I always like the different finds these awards showcase, so I want to share this, as part of the award season blog extravaganza! Again, I'll be posting winners as they're announced, though this one will be even harder to find!

Please check out www.spiritawards.com for full details! The Spirit Awards will air March 1 on IFC, at 10pm.

BEST FEATURE
12 Years a Slave
All Is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

BEST DIRECTOR
Shane Carruth - Upstream Color
J.C. Chandor - All Is Lost
Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
Jeff Nichols - Mud
Alexander Payne - Nebraska

BEST SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen - Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater - Before Midnight
Nicole Holofcener - Enough Said
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - The Spectacular Now
John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Blue Caprice
Concussion
Fruitvale Station
Una Noche
Wadjda

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Lake Bell - In a World...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Don Jon
Bob Nelson - Nebraska
Jill Soloway - Afternoon Delight
Michael Starrbury - The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sean Bobbitt - 12 Years a Slave
Benoit Debie - Spring Breakers
Bruno Delbonnel - Inside Llewyn Davis
Frank G. DeMarco & Peter Zuccarini  - All Is Lost
Matthias Grunsky - Computer Chess

BEST EDITING
Shane Carruth & David Lowery - Upstream Color
Jem Cohen & Mark Vives - Museum Hours
Jennifer Lame - Frances Ha
Cindy Lee - Una Noche
Nat Sanders - Short Term 12

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy - Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffmann - Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson - Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley - The Spectacular Now

BEST MALE LEAD
Bruce Dern - Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave
Oscar Isaac - Inside Llewyn Davis
Michael B. Jordan - Fruitvale Station
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford - All Is Lost

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Melonie Diaz - Fruitvale Station
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
Yolonda Ross - Go for Sisters
June Squibb - Nebraska

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave
Will Forte - Nebraska
James Gandolfini - Enough Said
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Keith Stanfield - Short Term 12

BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Feet From Stardom
After Tiller
Gideon's Army
The Act of Killing
The Square

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
A Touch of Sin (China)
Blue Is the Warmest Color (France)
Gloria (Chile)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Mud (Director, casting director, cast) - WINNER

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Given to the writer, director and producers of a feature made for under $500,000.
Computer Chess
Crystal Fairy
Museum Hours
Pit Stop
This Is Martin Bonner

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Recognises a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.
Shaka King - Newlyweeds
Aaron Douglas Johnston - My Sister's Quinceanera
Madeline Olnek - The Foxy Merkins

STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Presented to an emerging director on non-union features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Stella Artois.
Kalyanee Mam - A River Changes Course
Jason Osder - Let the Fire Burn
Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez - Manakamana

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
The Piaget Producers Award honours emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.
Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston
Jacob Jaffke
Andrea Roa
Frederick Thornton

I may actually be able to watch the Spirit Awards - I'm looking forward to it. I wish I could watch the films on this list, but I feel they might be significantly harder to find than any of the other lists. Are you going to be watching any?

Independent Spirit Awards 2013

Sure, the Oscars are over and the Spirit Awards were right before them, but I still wanted to share them. I think these awards are truly where I'd want to be; these films are just a bit different. Awards shows are also just endlessly fascinating for me.
Also it demonstrates my growing frustration with Bradley Cooper not getting enough love, and my excitement that Matthew McConaughey won for Magic Mike.

BEST FEATURE
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Bernie
Keep the Lights On
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson (Moonrise Kingdom)
Julia Loktev (The Loneliest Planet)
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
Ira Sachs (Keep the Lights On)
Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild)

BEST SCREENPLAY
Roman Coppola & Wes Anderson (Moonrise Kingdom)
Zoe Kazan (Ruby Sparks)
Martin McDonagh (Seven Psychopaths)
David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook)
Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias (Keep the Lights On)

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Fill the Void
Gimme the Loot
Safety Not Guaranteed
Sound of My Voice
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Rama Burshtein (Fill the Void)
Derek Connolly (Safety Not Guaranteed)
Christopher Ford (Robot & Frank)
Rashida Jones & Will McCormack (Celeste and Jessie Forever)
Jonathan Lisecki (Gayby)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Yoni Brook (Valley of Saints)
Lol Crawley (Here)
Ben Richardson (Beasts of the Southern Wild)
Roman Vasyanov (End of Watch)
Robert Yeoman (Moonrise Kingdom)

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Originally Best First Feature Under $500,000)
Breakfast with Curtis
Middle of Nowhere
Mosquita y Mari
Starlet
The Color Wheel

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Linda Cardellini (Return)
Emayatzy Corinealdi (Middle of Nowhere)
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)
John Hawkes (The Sessions)
Thure Lindhardt (Keep the Lights On)
Matthew McConaughey (Killer Joe)
Wendell Pierce (Four)

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Rosemarie DeWitt (Your Sister's Sister)
Ann Dowd (Compliance)
Helen Hunt (The Sessions)
Brit Marling (Sound of My Voice)
Lorraine Toussaint (Middle of Nowhere)

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Matthew McConaughey (Magic Mike)
David Oyelowo (Middle of Nowhere)
Michael Pena (End of Watch)
Sam Rockwell (Seven Psychopaths)
Bruce Willis (Moonrise Kingdom)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
How to Survive a Plague
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
The Central Park Five
The Invisible War
The Waiting Room

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Amour (France) MY EDIT: Also, Germany and Austria.
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey)
Rust and Bone (France/Belgium)
Sister (Switzerland)
War Witch (Canada)

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Starlet

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
David Fenster (Pincus)
Adam Leon (Gimme the Loot)
Rebecca Thomas (Electrick Children)

STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel (Leviathan)
Peter Nicks (The Waiting Room)
Jason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims (Only the Young)

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Mynette Louie
Derrick Tseng
Alicia Van Couvering

JAMESON FIND YOUR AUDIENCE AWARD
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives
Breakfast with Curtis
History of Future Folk