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18th Independent Spirit Awards
Independent filmmaking awards for 2002
Independent filmmaking awards for 2002
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| number | 18 |
| award | Independent Spirit Awards |
| date | March 22, 2003 |
| site | Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| host | John Waters |
| best_film | Far from Heaven |
| most_wins | Far from Heaven (5) |
| most_nominations | Lovely & Amazing (6) |
| last | 17th |
| next | 19th |
The 18th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2002, were presented on March 22, 2003. It was hosted by John Waters. The nominations were announced on December 12, 2002.
Additionally, this ceremony is notable for when presenter Brittany Murphy seemingly bungled the reading of the winner for Best Debut Performance. In reference to her acting ability, legendary film critic Roger Ebert wrote:
As for Brittany Murphy, for me, it goes back to the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards [where] Murphy was assigned to present one of the awards. Her task was to read the names of the five nominees, open an envelope, and reveal the name of the winner. This she turned into an opportunity for screwball improvisational comedy, by pretending she could not follow this sequence, not even after the audience shouted instructions and the stage manager came to whisper in her ear not once but twice. There were those in the audience who were dumbfounded by her stupidity. I was dumbfounded by her brilliance.
Suspiciously, video footage of the entire ceremony is absent from online resources despite prior and subsequent ceremonies being made available in their entirety officially on Film Independent's YouTube account. However, footage of Murphy's alleged act was used for the 2021 HBO Max documentary titled What Happened, Brittany Murphy?.
Winners and nominees
| Best Feature | Best Director | Best Male Lead | Best Female Lead | Best Supporting Male | Best Supporting Female | Best Screenplay | Best First Screenplay | Best First Feature | Best Debut Performance | Best Cinematography | Best Documentary Feature | Best Foreign Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Far from Heaven* | 'Todd Haynes – Far from Heaven''''' | |||||||||||
| 'Derek Luke – Antwone Fisher''''' | 'Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven''''' | |||||||||||
| 'Dennis Quaid – Far from Heaven''''' | 'Emily Mortimer – Lovely & Amazing''''' | |||||||||||
| The Good Girl – Mike White | Secretary – Erin Cressida Wilson | |||||||||||
| *The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys* | 'Nia Vardalos – My Big Fat Greek Wedding''''' | |||||||||||
| Far from Heaven – Edward Lachman | *Bowling for Columbine* | |||||||||||
| *Y tu mamá también* • Mexico |
Special awards
John Cassavetes Award
Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
- Charlotte Sometimes
- Dahmer
- Ivans Xtc
- The Slaughter Rule
Truer Than Fiction Award
'*Jennifer Dworkin – *Love & Diane'''''
- Jeffrey Blitz – Spellbound
- Eugene Jarecki – The Trials of Henry Kissinger
- Mark Moskowitz – Stone Reader
Producers Award
'*Effie Brown – Real Women Have Curves and *Stranger Inside'''''
- Allen Bain and Jesse Scolaro – Cry Funny Happy and Manito
- Eden Wurmfeld – Fanci's Persuasion and Kissing Jessica Stein
Someone to Watch Award
'*Przemysław Reut – *Paradox Lake'''''
- Eric Eason – Manito
- Eitan Gorlin – The Holy Land
Films with multiple wins and nominations
Films that received multiple nominations
| Nominations | Film |
|---|---|
| 6 | Lovely and Amazing |
| 5 | Far from Heaven |
| 4 | The Good Girl |
| Ivans Xtc | |
| Tully | |
| 3 | Dahmer |
| Interview with the Assassin | |
| Manito | |
| Narc | |
| Personal Velocity: Three Portraits | |
| Roger Dodger | |
| Secretary | |
| 2 | Antwone Fisher |
| Charlotte Sometimes | |
| Gerry | |
| Hysterical Blindness | |
| Kissing Jessica Stein | |
| Real Women Have Curves | |
| Thirteen Conversations About One Thing |
Films that won multiple awards
| Nominations | Film |
|---|---|
| 5 | Far from Heaven |
References
References
- Harris, Dana. (March 22, 2003). "'Heaven' tops Indie Spirit Awards". [[Variety (magazine).
- (March 22, 2003). ""Far from Heaven" Sweeps 2003 Independent Spirit Awards". [[IndieWire]].
- Hiatt, Brian. (March 22, 2003). "Anti-war speeches dominate pre-Oscar awards".
- Vancheri, Barbara. (March 22, 2003). "'Far from Heaven' sweeps Independent Spirit Awards". [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]].
- (December 12, 2002). "Independent Spirit Awards nominees announced". [[Los Angeles Times]].
- Keane, Sean. (November 14, 2018). "Indie Indeed: The most memorable moments in the history of the Independent Spirit Awards". [[Yardbarker]].
- Ebert, Roger. (February 5, 2013). "Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2007". [[Andrews McMeel Publishing]].
- (April 10, 2022). "Brittany Murphy at the 2003 Independent Spirit Awards".
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