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Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay
The Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers.
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Smoke
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Big Night
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In the Company of Men
In the Company of Men is a 1997 feature film black comedy written and directed by Neil LaBute and starring Aaron Eckhart, Matt Malloy and Stacy Edwards. The film, which was adapted from a play written by LaBute, and served as his feature film debut,...
Pi
π (also known as Pi or Pi — Faith in Chaos) is a 1998 American psychological thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky, who won the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Gotham...
Being John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich is a 1999 dramedy film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. It stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, Catherine Keener, and John Malkovich, who plays a fictionalized version of himself. The plot brings to the...
Love & Basketball
Love & Basketball is a 2000 romantic drama film, written and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood. This film stars Omar Epps and Sanaa Lathan. It is the story of two next-door neighbors in Los Angeles, California who grew up loving basketball and,...
Ghost World
Ghost World is a 2001 film directed by Terry Zwigoff, based on the graphic novel of the same name and screenplay by Daniel Clowes. The story focuses on the life of two teenage friends, Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), who are...
Secretary
Secretary is a 2002 sadomasochism-themed romantic comedy-drama film directed by Steven Shainberg. It stars Maggie Gyllenhaal as Lee Holloway and James Spader as E. Edward Grey. The film is based on a short story from Bad Behavior by Mary Gaitskill....
The Station Agent
The Station Agent is a 2003 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Thomas McCarthy. McCarthy's script about a man who seeks solitude in an abandoned train station in Newfoundland, New Jersey won him the Independent Spirit Award for Best...
Maria Full of Grace
Maria Full of Grace (2004, Spanish title: María llena eres de gracia, lit. "Maria, you are full of grace") is a joint Colombian-American film, written and directed by Joshua Marston, who won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay....
Transamerica
Transamerica is a 2005 independent dramedy produced by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. The film tells the story of Bree, a transsexual woman (Felicity Huffman), who goes on a road trip with her long-lost son Toby (Kevin Zegers).
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Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama film, and the directorial film debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt. It stars Greg Kinnear, Steve...
Juno
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