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Wes Anderson's «Moonrise Kingdom» wins Best Picture and «Beast of the Southern Wild» director Benh Zeitlin takes home two awards at IFP's 22nd annual indie film honors in New York.
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It was a great afternoon of honoring the best in indie films at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards held at the beach on Saturday (March 1) in Santa Monica, Calif..
«Lady Bird» and «Logan» earned top honors for best indie and best studio film, respectively, with «Lady Bird's» Saoirse Ronan also winning best actress and Laurie Metcalf tying with «I, Tonya's» Allison Janney for best supporting actress.
But when it comes to picking the «year's best film,» that which will always remain the most subjective of honors, the indie world and the venerated establishment no longer reside on opposite poles.
Wearing its indie sensibilities like a badge of honor, the film tells the story of a 29 - year - old woman (Gerwig) whose right - on - track life is derailed when her fiancee breaks up with her three weeks before their wedding.
The Independent Spirit Awards are an annual award given in the name of independent film, featuring plenty of those little indie films which deserve the honor and recognition that they usually don't receive - celebrating their 33rd year.
But as the Oscars have gravitated toward honoring indie films, the two have come closer to mirroring each other.
On Monday night the Ozark - set indie darling won top honors at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, and Tuesday morning word came that the film garnered a pack - leading seven Film Independent Spirit Award nominations.
Human 1980s anecdote machine Frank Henenlotter returns with Chasing Banksy, a comedic art heist caper film, while BUFF honors special guest and indie horror stalwart Larry Fessenden with a special presentation of his cult classic Wendigo, which will be screened in a glorious 35 mm print.
Then, at the conclusion of DIFF, Fort Worth native and widely - admired actor and filmmaker Bill Paxton will be remembered and honored with a posthumous presentation of the Dallas Star Award, and Zoey Deutch, the talented star of the recent hit indie film, BEFORE I FALL, will receive the Dallas Shining Star Award during the DFS Honors event presented by the Arthur E. Benjamin Foundation at The Highland Dallas (5300 E. Mockingbird Lane).
We went on to talk about the process she uses to program her festival's dynamic indie films; why she includes indie cartoons in the mix (and how she discovered The Bum Family); and the non-intuitive, but decidedly wonderful, idea to honor both John Sayles and Tommy Chong at this year's festival, Chong on opening night and Sayles at the Sierra Spirit Awards and gala on May 27).