# 23rd Independent Spirit Awards

The 23rd Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2007, were announced on February 23, 2008. It was hosted by Rainn Wilson.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Feature | Best Director |
| Juno The Diving Bell and the Butterfly I'm Not There A Mighty Heart Paranoid Park | Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Todd Haynes – I'm Not There Tamara Jenkins – The Savages Jason Reitman – Juno Gus Van Sant – Paranoid Park |
| Best Male Lead | Best Female Lead |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Savages Pedro Castaneda – August Evening Don Cheadle – Talk to Me Frank Langella – Starting Out in the Evening Tony Leung – Lust, Caution | Elliot Page – Juno Angelina Jolie – A Mighty Heart Sienna Miller – Interview Parker Posey – Broken English Tang Wei – Lust, Caution |
| Best Supporting Male | Best Supporting Female |
| Chiwetel Ejiofor – Talk to Me Marcus Carl Franklin – I'm Not There Kene Holliday – Great World of Sound Irrfan Khan – The Namesake Steve Zahn – Rescue Dawn | Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There Anna Kendrick – Rocket Science Jennifer Jason Leigh – Margot at the Wedding Tamara Podemski – Four Sheets to the Wind Marisa Tomei – Before the Devil Knows You're Dead |
| Best Screenplay | Best First Screenplay |
| The Savages – Tamara Jenkins The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Ronald Harwood Starting Out in the Evening – Fred Parnes and Andrew Wagner Waitress – Adrienne Shelly Year of the Dog – Mike White | Juno – Diablo Cody Before the Devil Knows You're Dead – Kelly Masterson Broken English – Zoe Cassavetes A Mighty Heart – John Orloff Rocket Science – Jeffrey Blitz |
| Best First Feature | Best Documentary |
| The Lookout 2 Days in Paris Great World of Sound Rocket Science Vanaja | Crazy Love Lake of Fire Manufactured Landscapes The Monastery The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair |
| Best Cinematography | Best Foreign Film |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Janusz Kamiński Lust, Caution – Rodrigo Prieto The Savages – W. Mott Hupfel III Vanaja – Milton Kam Youth Without Youth – Mihai Mălaimare Jr. | Once • Ireland 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days • Romania The Band's Visit • Israel Lady Chatterley • France Persepolis • France |

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 4 | Juno |
| 4 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
| 4 | I'm Not There |
| 4 | The Savages |
| 3 | A Mighty Heart |
| 3 | Lust, Caution |
| 2 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead |
| 2 | Broken English |
| 2 | Great World of Sound |
| 2 | Paranoid Park |
| 2 | Rocket Science |
| 2 | Starting Out in the Evening |
| 2 | Talk to Me |
Films that won multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 3 | Juno |
| 2 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
| 2 | The Savages |

## Special awards
### John Cassavetes Award

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

### Truer Than Fiction Award

The Unforeseen
* Helvetica
* Running Stumbled

### Producers Award

Neil Kopp – Paranoid Park and Old Joy
* Alexis Ferris – Cthulhu and Police Beat
* Anne Clements – Ping Pong Playa and Quinceañera

### Someone to Watch Award

Ramin Bahrani – Chop Shop
* 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 (Todd Haynes, Laura Rosenthal, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Richard Gere, Bruce Greenwood, Heath Ledger and Ben Whishaw)