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The 2012 Spirits Winners

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Best Feature

50/50: Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen

Beginners: Producers: Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Jay Van Hoy

Drive: Producers: Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel

Take Shelter: Producers: Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin

The Artist: Producer: Thomas Langmann

The Descendants: Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Best Director

Michel Hazanavicius: The Artist

Mike Mills: Beginners

Jeff Nichols: Take Shelter

Alexander Payne: The Descendants

Nicolas Winding Refn: Drive

Best Screenplay

Joseph Cedar: Footnote

Michel Hazanavicius: The Artist

Tom McCarthy: Win Win

Mike Mills: Beginners

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash: The Descendants

Best First Feature

Another Earth: Director: Mike Cahill; producers: Mike Cahill, Hunter Gray, Brit Marling, Nicholas Shumaker

In the Family: Director: Patrick Wang; producers: Robert Tonino, Andrew van den Houten, Patrick Wang

Margin Call: Director: J.C. Chandor; producers: Robert Ogden Barnum, Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Joe Jenckes, Corey Moosa, Zachary Quinto

Martha Marcy May Marlene: Director: Sean Durkin; producers: Antonio Campos, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Josh Mond

Natural Selection: Director: Robbie Pickering; producers: Brion Hambel, Paul Jensen

Best First Screenplay

Mike Cahill, Brit Marling: Another Earth

J.C. Chandor: Margin Call

Patrick deWitt: Terri

Phil Johnston: Cedar Rapids

Will Reiser: 50/50

John Cassavetes Award To Best Feature Reportedly Made For Under $500,000

Bellflower: Writer-director: Evan Glodell; producers: Evan Glodell, Vincent Grashaw

Circumstance: Writer-director: Maryam Keshavarz; producers: Karin Chien, Maryam Keshavarz, Melissa M. Lee

Hello Lonesome: Writer-director-producer: Adam Reid

Pariah: Writer-director: Dee Rees; producer: Nekisa Cooper

The Dynamiter: Writer: Brad Inglesby; director: Matthew Gordon; producers: Kevin Abrams, Matthew Gordon, Merilee Holt, Art Jones, Mike Jones, Nate Tuck, Amile Wilson

Female Lead

Lauren Ambrose: Think of Me

Rachael Harris: Natural Selection

Adepero Oduye: Pariah

Elizabeth Olsen: Martha Marcy May Marlene

Michelle Williams: My Week With Marilyn

Male Lead

Demián Bichir: A Better Life

Jean Dujardin: The Artist

Ryan Gosling: Drive

Woody Harrelson: Rampart

Michael Shannon: Take Shelter

Supporting Female

Jessica Chastain: Take Shelter

Anjelica Huston: 50/50

Janet McTeer: Albert Nobbs

Harmony Santana: Gun Hill Road

Shailene Woodley: The Descendants

Supporting Male

Albert Brooks: Drive

John Hawkes: Martha Marcy May Marlene

Christopher Plummer: Beginners

John C. Reilly: Cedar Rapids

Corey Stoll: Midnight in Paris

Best Cinematography

Joel Hodge: Bellflower

Benjamin Kasulke: The Off Hours

Darius Khondji: Midnight in Paris

Guillaume Schiffman: The Artist

Jeffrey Waldron: The Dynamiter

Best Documentary

An African Election: Director-producer: Jarreth Merz

Bill Cunningham New York: Director: Richard Press; producer: Philip Gefter

The Interrupters: Director-producer: Steve James; producer: Alex Kotlowitz

The Redemption of General Butt Naked: Director-producers: Eric Strauss, Daniele Anastasion

We Were Here: Director-producer: David Weissman

Best International Film

A Separation: (Iran) Director: Asghar Farhadi

Melancholia: (Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany) Director: Lars von Trier

Shame: (UK) Director: Steve McQueen

The Kid With a Bike: (Belgium/France/Italy) Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne

Tyrannosaur: (UK) Director: Paddy Considine

Piaget Producers Award

Chad Burris: Mosquita y Mari

Sophia Lin: Take Shelter

Josh Mond: Martha Marcy May Marlene

Someone To Watch Award

Simon Arthur: Silver Tongues

Mark Jackson: Without

Nicholas Ozeki: Mamitas

Truer Than Fiction Award

Heather Courtney: Where Soldiers Come From

Danfung Dennis: Hell and Back Again

Alma Har’el: Bombay Beach

Robert Altman Ensemble Award

Margin Call: Director: J.C. Chandor; casting director: Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey; ensemble cast: Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci

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~ David Simon