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2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature WinnerGarden StateZach BraffA quietly troubled young man returns home for his mother's funeral after being estranged from his family for a decade.Amazon2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature NomineesBrother to BrotherRodney EvansAmazonNapoleon DynamiteJared HessAmazonSaints and SoldiersRyan LittleAmazonThe WoodsmanNicole KassellAmazon

2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature WinnerCrashPaul HaggisLos Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.Amazon2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature NomineesLackawanna BluesGeorge C. WolfeAmazonMe and You and Everyone We KnowMiranda JulyAmazonThumbsuckerMike MillsAmazonTransamericaDuncan TuckerAmazon

2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature WinnerSweet LandAli SelimIn 1920, Inge, a German national, travels from Norway to rural Minnesota for her arranged marriage to Olaf, a Norwegian farmer; bureaucracy and prejudice cause major complications.Amazon2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature NomineesDay Night Day NightJulia LoktevAmazonMan Push CartRamin BahraniAmazonThe MotelMichael KangAmazonWristcutters: A Love StoryGoran DukicAmazon

2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature WinnerThe LookoutScott FrankChris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.Amazon2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature Nominees2 Days in ParisJulie DelpyAmazonGreat World of SoundCraig ZobelAmazonRocket ScienceJeffrey BlitzAmazonVanajaRajnesh DomalpalliAmazon

2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature WinnerSynecdoche, New YorkCharlie KaufmanA theatre director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he creates a life-size replica of New York City inside a warehouse as part of his new play.Amazon2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature NomineesAfterschoolAntonio CamposAmazonMedicine for MelancholyBarry JenkinsAmazonSangre de mi sangreChristopher ZallaAmazonSleep DealerAlex RiveraAmazon

2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature WinnerCrazy HeartScott CooperA faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him.Amazon2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature NomineesA Single ManTom FordAmazonEasier with PracticeKyle Patrick AlvarezAmazonParanormal ActivityOren PeliAmazonThe MessengerOren MovermanAmazon

2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature WinnerGet LowAaron SchneiderA movie spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about the mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who famously threw his own rollicking funeral party... while he was still alive.Amazon2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature NomineesEverything Strange and NewFrazer BradshawAmazonNight Catches UsRon SimonsAmazonThe Last ExorcismAmazonTiny FurnitureAmazon

2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature WinnerMargin CallJoe JenckesFollows the key people at an investment bank, over a 24-hour period, during the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.Amazon2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature NomineesAnother EarthMike CahillAmazonIn the FamilyPatrick WangAmazonMartha Marcy May MarleneSean DurkinAmazonNatural SelectionRobbie PickeringAmazon

2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature WinnerThe Perks of Being a WallflowerStephen ChboskyAn introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.Amazon2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature NomineesFill the VoidRama BurshteinAmazonGimme the LootAdam LeonAmazonSafety Not GuaranteedColin TrevorrowAmazonSound of My VoiceZal BatmanglijAmazon

2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature WinnerFruitvale StationRyan CooglerThe story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.Amazon2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature NomineesBlue CapriceAlexandre MoorsAmazonConcussionStacie PassonAmazonUna nocheLucy MulloyAmazonWadjdaHaifaa Al-MansourAmazon