The 23rd

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, honoring the best in

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for

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, were announced on February 23, 2008. It was hosted by

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Winners and nominees

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

'' August Evening'' *'' Owl and the Sparrow'' *'' The Pool'' *'' Quiet City'' *'' Shotgun Stories''

Truer Than Fiction Award

''The Unforeseen'' *''

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'' *''Running Stumbled''

Producers Award

Neil Kopp Neil Kopp is an American film producer. His films include ''Old Joy'' (2006), ''Paranoid Park (film), Paranoid Park'' (2007), ''Green Room (film), Green Room'' (2015), ''I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore'' (2017), and ''Showing Up (film), ...

– '' Paranoid Park'' and ''

Old Joy ''Old Joy'' is a 2006 American road movie written and directed by Kelly Reichardt and based on a short story by Jonathan Raymond. The original soundtrack for the film is by Yo La Tengo and included on the compilation soundtrack album ''They Shoot ...

'' *Alexis Ferris – ''

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'' and '' Police Beat'' *Anne Clements – ''

Ping Pong Playa ''Ping Pong Playa'' is a 2007 American sports comedy film directed by Jessica Yu and written by Yu and Jimmy Tsai. The story centers on a Chinese ping pong family living in California with a buffoonish and irreverent son. Plot Christopher Wang ...

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Someone to Watch Award

Ramin Bahrani Ramin Bahrani (; born March 20, 1975) is an American Film director, director and screenwriter. Film critic Roger Ebert ranked Bahrani's Chop Shop (film), ''Chop Shop'' (2007) as the sixth-best film of the 2000s, calling him "the new director of ...

– ''

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'' * Ronald Bronstein – '' Frownland'' *Lee Isaac Chung – '' Munyurangabo''

Robert Altman Award

(*Note: This award is given to its director, casting director, and ensemble cast) *''

I'm Not There ''I'm Not There'' is a 2007 musical drama film directed by Todd Haynes, who co-wrote the screenplay with Oren Moverman, based on a story by Haynes. An experimental biographical film, it is inspired by the life and music of American singer-so ...

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Todd Haynes Todd Haynes (; born January 2, 1961) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films span four decades with themes examining the personalities of well-known musicians, dysfunctional and dystopian societies, and blurred gender ...

, Laura Rosenthal,

Christian Bale Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres. List of awards and nominations received by C ...

Cate Blanchett Catherine Élise Blanchett ( ; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best performers of her generation, she is recognised for Cate Blanchett on screen and stage, her versatile work across stage and scre ...

Marcus Carl Franklin Marcus Carl Franklin (born February 24, 1993) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying an incarnation of Bob Dylan, who calls himself "Woody Guthrie", in the Bob Dylan biopic ''I'm Not There'', written and directed by Todd Haynes; for ...

, Charlotte Gainsbourg,

Richard Gere Richard Tiffany Gere ( ; born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He began appearing in films in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in ''Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film), Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' (1977) and a starring role in ''Days of Hea ...

Bruce Greenwood Stuart Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor and producer. He has starred in five films by Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan and has been nominated for three Canadian Screen Awards, once for Best Actor for '' Elephant Song'' ...

Heath Ledger Heath Andrew Ledger (4 April 1979 – 22 January 2008) was an Australian actor. After playing roles in several Australian television and film productions during the 1990s, he moved to the United States in 1998 to further develop his film care ...

and

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External links

2007 Spirit Awards at IMDbFull official show on YouTube

References

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