Have you heard of the Spirit Awards?
April 23rd 2007 03:55
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"There's enormous cross-pollination between the Spirits and the Oscars," "When the Oscars honor independent films, it happens because they've been elevated by a great deal of attention from the Spirits and the Gothams".
I guess at this point it would be interesting to look into the Gothams, but I'll leave that up to you.
"Despite grumbling in indie circles last year when three of the five best feature nominees at the Spirits also were nominated for the best picture Oscar -- a fourth, eventual Oscar winner "Crash," won the Spirit for best first feature -- only one film is in both categories this year: Fox Searchlight's inescapable "Little Miss Sunshine." Many observers note that the 2007 Spirit nominees represent a broad spectrum of product".
I know my readers just love to know about awards, so that's why I am bringing you information about this one.
"I see a very well-rounded list of nominees this year," says Lisa Nishimura-Seese, general manager of Palm Pictures, which released Michael Kang's "The Motel," a nominee for best first feature. She says the Spirit Award nomination will be an invaluable marketing tool for the film, a coming-of-age story that was shot on a shoestring budget and that is already available on DVD and via Internet download".
"I don't see any other awards out there honoring these small independent films," she says. "It's fantastic to have a film like 'The Motel' in contention alongside titles like 'Half Nelson' or 'Little Miss Sunshine.' The Spirits have become arbiters of what's new and exciting coming out of the independent sector."
Rather than trying to do their work for them, I'll give you the web address via the link and that way you can be as informed as you'd like to be.
I'd particularly like to know if any at Orble or outside know of these awards and have any opinions about them or else if anyone has not previously heard of them but thinks they would be helpful.
So here is the
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