Spirit Winners

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 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 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”


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 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

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

- Bill