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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 Poly(methyl m ...

, honoring the best independent films of 2011, were presented on February 25, 2012. The nominations were announced on November 29, 2011. The ceremony was hosted by Seth Rogen.

Winners and nominees

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Films with multiple nominations and awards

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award The Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award is presented to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $500,000 by the Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers. It is named after ac ...

'' Pariah'' * '' Bellflower'' * '' Circumstance'' * '' The Dynamiter'' * '' Hello Lonesome''

Truer Than Fiction Award

Where Soldiers Come From ''Where Soldiers Come From'' is a 2011 American documentary film directed by Heather Courtney. The film is an intimate look at a group of young American men who join the Michigan Army National Guard, their families, and the town they come from. Di ...

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Hell and Back Again ''Hell and Back Again'' is a 2011 American-British-Afghan documentary film produced, shot, and directed by Danfung Dennis, about a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps who returns from the Afghanistan conflict with a badly broken leg and pos ...

Piaget Producers Award

Sophia Lin – ''

Take Shelter ''Take Shelter'' is a 2011 American psychological thriller film, written and directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain. The plot follows a young husband and father (Shannon) who is plagued by a series of apoca ...

'' * Chad Burris – ''

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 ...

'' * Josh Mond – '' Martha Marcy May Marlene''

Someone to Watch Award

Mark Jackson – ''Without'' * Simon Arthur – ''

Silver Tongues ''Silver Tongues'' is a 2011 dark drama film directed by Simon Arthur and starring Lee Tergesen and Enid Graham. Plot Gerry and Joan (Tergesen and Graham) are a middle-aged couple who travel from town to town under false personas to mutilate and ...

'' * Nicholas Ozeki – ''Mamitas''

Robert Altman Award

* '' Margin Call'' –

J. C. Chandor Jeffrey McDonald Chandor (born November 24, 1973), better known as J. C. Chandor (), is an American filmmaker, best known for writing and directing the films ''Margin Call'' (2011), '' All Is Lost'' (2013), '' A Most Violent Year'' (2014), '' Tri ...

, Tiffany Little Canfield,

Bernard Telsey Bernard Telsey (born February 8, 1960) is a casting director and co-founder of MCC Theater. In the 1980s, Telsey began working for Simon & Kumin Casting as an assistant, then a casting director at Risa Bramon & Billy Hopkins Casting. * Shows his ...

, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Mary McDonnell,

Demi Moore Demi Gene Moore ( ; née Guynes; born November 11, 1962) is an American actress. After making her film debut in 1981, Moore appeared on the soap opera ''General Hospital'' (1982–1984) and subsequently gained recognition as a member of the Bra ...

, Zachary Quinto,

Kevin Spacey Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, obtaining supporting roles before gaining a leading man status in film and television. Spacey has received various accolades ...

, and Stanley Tucci

References

External links

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