Indie Awards' Forecast Calls for Sunshine
Netting five nods each, including best picture,
Little Miss Sunshine and
Half Nelson lead the pack for this year's
Spirit Awards, which honors independent films. Other best pic noms went to
The Dead Girl(starring Brittany Murphy), the Spanish-language
Pan's Labyrinth, and
American Gun.
The lead female category is filled by Shareeka Epps (
Half Nelson), Catherine O'Hara (
For Your Consideration), Elizabeth Reaser (
Sweet Land), Michelle Williams (
Land of Plenty) and Robin Wright Penn (
Sorry, Haters), while
Nelson's Ryan Gosling, Aaron Eckhart (
Thank You for Smoking), Edward Norton (
The Painted Veil), Forest Whitaker (
American Gun) and Ahmad Razvi (
Man Push Cart) will duke it out amongst the gents.
