2012 Awards Season: The Artist Shows its Spirit
February 26, 2012
While the Independent Spirit Award unofficially kick off Awards Season with their nominations, they are one of the last to hand out their actual awards, which they did on Saturday. As it has most of the time, The Artist led the way by earning four wins out of the five categories it was nominated it. So which one did it lose? And what were the other winners?
The categories and winners are...
BEST FEATURE
BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST FIRST FEATURE
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film's director, casting director and ensemble cast)
Audi Someone to Watch Award
Nokia Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant attention.
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Filed under: Awards Season, Beginners, The Descendants, My Week with Marilyn, Margin Call, 50/50, Take Shelter, Pariah, Jodaeiye Nader az Simin, The Artist, The Interrupters