The 22nd

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 2006, were presented on February 24, 2007. The nominations were announced on November 28, 2006. Sarah Silverman returned as host for the second consecutive year.

Winners and nominees

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 ...

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12 and Holding ''12 and Holding'' is a 2005 American coming of age, coming-of-age drama film directed by Michael Cuesta and starring Conor Donovan, Jesse Camacho, Zoe Weizenbaum, and Jeremy Renner. The film is distributed by IFC Films and was released on May 19, ...

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'' * '' Four Eyed Monsters'' * ''

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 Shoo ...

Truer Than Fiction Award

Adele Horne – '' The Tailenders'' *

Eric Daniel Metzgar Eric Daniel Metzgar is a filmmaker who lives and works in San Francisco. Metzgar's documentary titled '' Reporter'' (2009) chronicles New York Times journalist Nick Kristof's 2007 voyage to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The film includes a ...

– '' The Chances of the World Changing'' *

A. J. Schnack AJ Schnack is an independent filmmaker. He directed '' Kurt Cobain: About a Son'', which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. His first feature film was a documentary about the Brooklyn-based band They Might Be Giants tit ...

– '' Kurt Cobain: About a Son''

Producers Award

Howard Gertler and Tim Perell – ''

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'' and '' Shortbus'' * Julie Lynn – '' 10 Items or Less'' and '' Nine Lives'' * Alex Orlovsky and

Jamie Patricof Jamie Patricof is a movie and television producer and co-founder of Electric City Entertainment and Hunting Lane Films. Early life Born to Jewish parents, Jamie Patricof is the son of Alan Patricof, the founder of Apax Partners, and Edythe ...

– ''

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'' and ''Point&Shoot''

Someone to Watch Award

Julia Loktev Julia Loktev (born December 12, 1969) is a Russian-American film director and video artist. Early life Julia Loktev was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now St. Petersburg, Russia). She immigrated to the United States as a child and lived in Col ...

– ''

Day Night Day Night ''Day Night Day Night'' is a 2006 drama film written and directed by Julia Loktev. It documents 48 hours in the life of an anonymous 19-year-old as she prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. It premiered on May 25, 2006 in the Direct ...

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So Yong Kim So Yong Kim (born 1968) is a Korean American independent filmmaker. She has made four feature films: ''In Between Days'', '' Treeless Mountain'', ''For Ellen'', and '' Lovesong''. So Yong Kim is a recipient of the New York Foundation’s Video Ar ...

– '' In Between Days'' * Richard Wong – '' Colma: The Musical''

Robert Altman Award

Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New H ...

(posthumous)

Special Distinction Award

Laura Dern Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and five Golden Globe Awards. Born to actor Bruce Dern and ac ...

and

David Lynch David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American filmmaker, visual artist and actor. A recipient of an Academy Honorary Award in 2019, Lynch has received three Academy Award nominations for Best Director, and the César Award for Be ...

("in recognition of their unique and stunning collaborative work in the mesmerizing ''

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'' as well as the influential independent classics '' Blue Velvet'' and '' Wild at Heart''")

References

External links

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