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The 2008 Spirit Award Nominees

Best Feature

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

I'm Not There

Juno

A Mighty Heart

Best First Feature

2 Days in Paris

The Lookout

Vanaja

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Waitress

Best Female Lead

Angelina Jolie

Ellen Page
Juno

Parker Posey

Tang Wei


Best Supporting Female

Cate Blanchett

Anna Kendrick

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Tamara Podemski

Marisa Tomei

Best Cinematography

Mott Hupful
The Savages

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Vanaja
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Youth Without Youth

Lust, Caution

4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 3 Days (Romania)

The Band's Visit (Israel)

Lady Chatterley (France)

Once (Ireland)

Persepolis (France)

Best Male Lead

Pedro Castaneda

Don Cheadle

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Tony Leung

Frank Langella

Best Supporting Male

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Marcus Carl Franklin

Kene Holliday

Irfan Khan

Steve Zahn