2009 Spirit Awards

2009 está a chegar ao fim. E com esse fim, começam as entregas dos prémios para os melhores filmes estreados ao longo do ano, que culmina nos Óscares, a 29 de Fevereiro. Ainda ontem aqui mencionei duas associações que já pronunciaram os seus nomeados e vencedores e hoje ficamos a saber as nomeações para os Spirit Awards.
Cá fica a lista completa de nomeados:

Best Feature
"Ballast"
Producers: Lance Hammer, Nina Parikh;
"Frozen River"
Producers: Chip Hourihan, Heather Rae;
"Rachel Getting Married"
Producers: Neda Armian, Jonathan Demme, Marc Platt;
"Wendy and Lucy"
Producers: Larry Fessenden, Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani;
"The Wrestler"
Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin


Best Director
Ramin Bahrani, "Chop Shop";
Jonathan Demme, "Rachel Getting Married";
Lance Hammer, "Ballast";
Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River";
Thomas McCarthy, "The Visitor"

Best First Feature
"Afterschool"
Director: Antonio Campos
Producers: Sean Durkin, Josh Mond;
"Medicine for Melancholy"
Director: Barry Jenkins
Producer: Justin Barber;
"Sangre de Mi Sangre"
Director: Christopher Zalla
Producers: Per Melita, Benjamin Odell;
"Sleep Dealer"
Director: Alex Rivera
Producer: Anthony Bregman;
"Synechdoce, New York"
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Producers: Anthony Bregman, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaufman, Sidney Kimmel

John Cassavetes Award (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
"In Search of a Midnight Kiss"
Writer/Director: Alex Holdridge
Producers: Seth Caplan and Scoot McNairy;
"Prince of Broadway"
Director: Sean Baker
Writers: Sean Baker, Darren Dean
Producer: Darren Dean;
"The Signal"
Writer/Directors: David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry
Producers: Jacob Gentry and Alexander Motiagh;
"Take Out"
Writer/Directors/Producers: Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou;
"Turn the River"
Writer/Director: Chris Eigeman
Producer: Ami Armstrong

Best First Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black, "Milk";
Lance Hammer, "Ballast";
Courtney Hunt, "Frozen River";
Jonathan Levine, "The Wackness";
Jenny Lumet, "Rachel Getting Married"

Best Screenplay
Woody Allen, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona;
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, "Sugar";
Charlie Kaufman, "Synecdoche, New York";
Howard A. Rodman, "Savage Grace";
Christopher Zalla, "Sangre de Mi Sangre"

Best Female Lead
Summer Bishil, "Towelhead";
Anne Hathaway, "Rachel Getting Married";
Melissa Leo, "Frozen River";
Tarra Riggs, "Ballast";
Michelle Williams, "Wendy and Lucy"

Best Male Lead
Javier Bardem, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona";
Richard Jenkins, "The Visitor";
Sean Penn, "Milk";
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker";
Mickey Rourke, "The Wrestler"

Best Supporting Female
Penelope Cruz, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona";
Rosemarie DeWitt, "Rachel Getting Married";
Rosie Perez, "The Take";
Misty Upham, "Frozen River";
Debra Winger, "Rachel Getting Married"

Best Supporting Male
James Franco, "Milk";
Anthony Mackie, "The Hurt Locker";
Charlie McDermott, "Frozen River";
JimMyron Ross, "Ballast";
Haaz Sleiman, "The Visitor"

Best Cinematography
Maryse Alberti, "The Wrestler";
Lol Crowley, "Ballast";
James Laxton, "Medicine for Melancholy";
Harris Savides, "Milk";
Michael Simmonds, "Chop Shop"

Best Documentary
"The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)"
Director: Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath;
"Encounters at the End of the World"
Director: Werner Herzog;
"Man on Wire"
Director: James Marsh;
"The Order of Myths"
Director: Margaret Brown;
"Up the Yangtze"
Director: Yung Chang

Best Foreign Film
"The Class" (France)
Director: Laurent Cantet;
"Gomorrah" (Italy)
Director: Matteo Garrone;
"Hunger" (UK/Ireland)
Director: Steve McQueen;
"Secret of the Grain" (France)
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche;
"Silent Light" (Mexico/France/Netherlands/Germany)
Director: Carlos Reygadas

Robert Altman Award (Given to one film's director, casting director and ensemble cast)
"Synecdoche, New York"
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Casting Director: Jeanne McCarthy
Ensemble Cast: Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams

Someone to Watch Award
Barry Jenkins, "Medicine for Melancholy";
Nina Paley, "Sita Sings the Blues";
Lynn Shelton, "My Effortless Brilliance"

Truer Than Fiction Award
Margaret Brown, "The Order of Myths";
Sacha Gervasi, "Anvil! The Story of Anvil";
Darius Marder, "Loot"

Producers Award
Lars Knudsen and Jay Van Hoy, "Treeless Mountain" and "I'll Come Running";
Jason Orans, "Goodbye Solo" and "Year of the Fish";
Heather Rae, "Frozen River" and "Ibid''

Pelo que parece, daqui podemos concluir algumas coisas: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, o novo filme de Woody Allen (com Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem e Scarlett Johanson) está no bom caminho e Rachel Getting Married, o novo drama independente de Jonathan Demme também já anda a arrecadar várias nomeações um pouco por todo o lado, especialmente para Anne Hathaway e a regressada Debra Winger (para quem não sabe, era a companheira de Richard Gere em Oficial e Cavalheiro). Outros filmes a receber algum reconhecimento são Frozen River e The Visitor. Como seria de esperar, Mickey Rourke e Sean Penn marcam presença na categoria de Melhor Actor. James Franco (Saga Homem-Aranha e Alta Pedrada, que infelizmente irá directamente para DVD) está nomeado para Melhor Actor Secundário com Milk. A estreia de Charlie Kauffman na realização (em que também assina o argumento, como seria de esperar), Synecdoche, New York, ficou de fora em todas as categorias, indo receber o Robert Altman Award, atribuído ao realizador, equipa de produção e ao elenco.