In 2014,
Whiplash took both awards, and this year we have another film taking the two honors as Nate Parker «s slave rebellion tale The Birth of a Nation was announced to receive both.
Not exact matches
The 30th annual Film Independent Spirit
Awards took place today with familiar
award season titles «Boyhood», «Birdman», «Still Alice», «
Whiplash» and «Nightcrawler» all making a splash at the event.
The most admirable thing to
take away from
Whiplash is the balance of comedy and drama, and supported by two strong performances and
award worthy editing from Tom Cross, is the young director at the helm; Damien Chazelle.
In this modern
take on the Hollywood musical from Damien Chazelle, the Academy
Award - nominated writer and director of
WHIPLASH, Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) are drawn together by their common desire to do what they love.
The first trailer has arrived online for
Whiplash writer - director Damien Chazelle's upcoming musical romantic drama La La Land which stars Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, J.K. Simmons, Finn Wittrock, Rosemarie DeWitt and John Legend;
take a look below after the official synopsis... Written and directed by Academy
Award ® nominee Damien Chazelle, LA LA LAND tells the story of Mia -LSB-...]
Birdman and
Whiplash took two
awards each.
They've also brought
Whiplash, the Sundance Film Festival winner, and The Wonders, which
took home the Cannes Grand Prix
Award.
The 30th annual Film Independent Spirit
Awards took place today with familiar
award season titles «Boyhood», «Birdman», «Still Alice», «
Whiplash» and «Nightcrawler»...
Neille Ryan, partner at Furley Page, said: «
Whiplash awards will be slashed to a few hundred pounds and almost no legal costs will be recoverable by most claimants, who will have to pay lawyers themselves out of their damages, or
take on the insurer and their solicitors alone.»