The 28th

Independent Spirit Awards The Independent Spirit Awards (abbreviated Spirit Awards and originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards), founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic gla ...

, honoring the best independent films of 2012, were presented on February 23, 2013. The nominations were announced on November 27, 2012. The ceremony was hosted by

Andy Samberg Andy Samberg (born David A. J. Samberg; August 18, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, musician, producer and screenwriter. He is a member of the comedy music group The Lonely Island and was a cast member on '' Saturday Night Live'' from 200 ...

Winners and nominees

Matthew McConaughey - Goldene Kamera 2014 - Berlin

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

'' Middle of Nowhere'' * '' Breakfast with Curtis'' * '' The Color Wheel'' * ''

Mosquita y Mari ''Mosquita y Mari'' is a 2012 coming-of-age film written and directed by Aurora Guerrero and starring Fenessa Pineda and Venecia Troncoso. It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Plot When Yolanda Olveros meets her new neighbor Mari Ro ...

'' * '' Starlet''

Truer Than Fiction Award

Peter Nicks Peter Nicks is an American filmmaker. Peter Olivera Nicks (born May 2, 1968) is an American film director, producer and writer. He began his career in television and served as co-producer and editor of the 2006 episode "Blame Somebody Else" of ...

– '' The Waiting Room'' *

Lucien Castaing-Taylor Lucien Giles Castaing-Taylor (born 10 January 1966, Liverpool, United Kingdom) is a British anthropologist and artist who works in film, video, and photography. Biography Castaing-Taylor received his B.A. at Cambridge University and his PhD at t ...

and

Véréna Paravel Véréna Paravel (born 21 April 1971 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland) is a French anthropologist and artist who works in film, video, and photography. Biography Verena Paravel was born in 1971. She is an anthropologist, artist and filmmaker who wor ...

– ''

Leviathan Leviathan (; he, לִוְיָתָן, ) is a sea serpent noted in theology and mythology. It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible, including Psalms, the Book of Job, the Book of Isaiah, the Book of Amos, and, according to some ...

'' * Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims – ''Only the Young''

Piaget Producers Award

Mynette Louie Mynette Louie is an American film producer of Chinese descent. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy and Critics Choice Award in 2018 for HBO's ''The Tale'', won the 2015 Independent Spirit Awards John Cassavetes Award for '' Land Ho!'', and won ...

– '' Stones in the Sun'' * Derrick Tseng – '' Prince Avalanche'' * Alicia Van Couvering – '' Nobody Walks''

Someone to Watch Award

Adam Leon Adam Leon is an American film director and writer working in New York City. His first feature film, '' Gimme the Loot'', won the Grand Jury Prize at South by Southwest and premiered internationally at the Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) in ...

– '' Gimme the Loot'' * David Fenster – ''Pincus'' *

Rebecca Thomas Rebecca Ann Thomas (born December 10, 1984) is an American filmmaker and television director, best known for writing and directing the film '' Electrick Children'' and episodic television, including ''Stranger Things'', '' Limetown'', and ''When ...

– '' Electrick Children''

Robert Altman Award

* '' Starlet'' – Sean Baker, Julia Kim,

Dree Hemingway Dree Louise Crisman Hemingway (born December 4, 1987) is an American fashion model and actress. She gained attention playing the lead in American director Sean Baker's feature ''Starlet'' (2012). She has since become known for her high-profile f ...

, Besedka Johnson, Karren Karagulian, Stella Maeve, and

James Ransone James Finley Ransone III (born June 2, 1979) is an American actor and musician. He is known for his roles as Ziggy Sobotka in the second season of the drama series '' The Wire'', United States Marine Corps Cpl. Josh Ray Person in the war drama mi ...

Special Distinction Award

Harris Savides Harris Savides (; Greek: Χάρης Σαββίδης; September 28, 1957 – October 9, 2012)Weber, BrucHarris Savides, Visual Poet, Dies at 55''New York Times'', October 12, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012. was an American cinematographer. Not ...

Find Your Audience Award

Laura Colella – '' Breakfast with Curtis'' * Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore – '' Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives'' * John Mitchell and Jeremy Kipp Walker – ''The History of

Future Folk Future Folk is a New York City-based folk music comedy duo. Founded as a live act in 2004, the duo includes the characters General Trius (Nils d'Aulaire) and The Mighty Kevin (Jay Klaitz). Career After co-starring in an Off-off-Broadway musical ...

References

External links

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