Ανακοινώθηκαν τα βραβεία του αμερικανικού ανεξάρτητου κινηματογράφου, κοινώς Film Independent Spirit Awards για το 2012. Οι νικητές αναλυτικά:

BEST FEATURE:
The Artist 
50/50 
Beginners 
Drive 
Take Shelter 
The Descendants 

BEST DIRECTOR:
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Mike Mills, "Beginners"
Jeff Nichols, "Take Shelter"
Alexander Payne, "The Descendants"
Nicolas Winding Refn, "Drive"

BEST SCREENPLAY:
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, "The Descendants"
Joseph Cedar, "Footnote"
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
Tom McCarthy, "Win Win"
Mike Mills, "Beginners"

BEST FIRST FEATURE:
Margin Call 
Another Earth 
In the Family 
Martha Marcy May Marlene 
Natural Selection 

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY:
Will Reiser, "50/50"
Mike Cahill & Brit Marling, "Another Earth"
J.C. Chandor, "Margin Call"
Patrick deWitt, "Terri"
Phil Johnston, "Cedar Rapids"

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD:
Pariah 
Bellflower 
Circumstance 
Hello Lonesome 
The Dynamiter 

BEST FEMALE LEAD:
Michelle Williams, "My Week With Marilyn"
Lauren Ambrose, "Think of Me"
Rachael Harris, "Natural Selection"
Adepero Oduye, "Pariah"
Elizabeth Olsen, "Martha Marcy May Marlene"

BEST MALE LEAD:
Jean Dujardin, "The Artist"
Demián Bichir, "A Better Life"
Ryan Gosling, "Drive"
Woody Harrelson, "Rampart"
Michael Shannon, "Take Shelter"

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE:
Shailene Woodley, "The Descendants"
Jessica Chastain, "Take Shelter"
Anjelica Huston, "50/50"
Janet McTeer, "Albert Nobbs"
Harmony Santana, "Gun Hill Road"

BEST SUPPORTING MALE:
Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
Albert Brooks, "Drive"
John Hawkes, "Martha Marcy May Marlene"
John C. Reilly, "Cedar Rapids"
Corey Stoll, "Midnight in Paris"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Guillaume Schiffman, "The Artist"
Joel Hodge, "Bellflower"
Benjamin Kasulke, "The Off Hours"
Darius Khondji, "Midnight in Paris"
Jeffrey Waldron, "The Dynamiter"

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
The Interrupters
An African Election 
Bill Cunningham New York
The Redemption of General Butt Naked 
We Were Here 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:
A Separation (Iran) 
Melancholia (Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany) 
Shame (UK) 
The Kid With a Bike (Belgium/France/Italy) 
Tyrannosaur (UK) 

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD:
Sophia Lin, "Take Shelter"
Chad Burris, "Mosquita y Mari"
Josh Mond, "Martha Marcy May Marlene"

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD:
Mark Jackson, "Without"
Simon Arthur, "Silver Tongues"
Nicholas Ozeki, "Mamitas"

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD:
Heather Courtney, "Where Soldiers Come From"
Danfung Dennis, "Hell and Back Again"
Alma Har’el, "Bombay Beach"

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD:
Margin Call
Casting 
Ensemble