Spirit Awards.

Juno has won Best Feature, Best Female Lead (Ellen Page) and Best First Screenplay (Diablo Cody) at this evening's Film Independent's Spirit Awards. The Savages picked up two awards, one for Philip Seymour Hoffman and another for Tamara Jenkins for her screenplay.

For a complete list of the winners, take your pick: Cinematical or indieWIRE.

Updated through 2/25.

Before the winners were announced, Kim Voynar posted a fine overview of probably the most interesting category: "The five nominees for the John Cassavetes Award at this year's Film Independent Spirit Awards are a diverse lot representing five very different films: Chris Eska's August Evening [which won], Stephane Gauger's Owl and the Sparrow, Aaron Katz's Quiet City, Jeff Nichols's Shotgun Stories and Chris Smith's The Pool. indieWIRE spoke with each of the nominees about their acclaimed films, their backgrounds, and their future plans. The prize honors the best of the low-budget films produced each year, singling out five films each made for under $500,000."

Updates, 2/24: Filmmaker's Scott Macaulay comments on the winners and the show itself.

AJ Schnack's got pix from the scene.

Update, 2/25: Matt Dentler spent two and a half hours on the red carpet with Alison Willmore - and he's got pix.

Posted by dwhudson at February 23, 2008 4:27 PM