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27th Independent Spirit Awards (2012)
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Spirit Awards 2012 Winners & Nominees

The 27th Independent Spirit Awards (2012) took place on February 25, 2012. Con Artist won Best Feature and 3 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 12 categories is below.

All 12 categories Most wins
categories
12
nominations
53
films nominated
30
winners
11
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Best Feature
Con Artist
Headline winners

Spirit Awards 2012: The Winners

Con Artist won Best Feature against 4 other nominees. Michel Hazanavicius (Best Director), Jean Dujardin (Best Male Lead) and Michelle Williams (Best Female Lead) took the main individual prizes.

Con Artist (2010) movie poster Best Feature

Best Feature

Con Artist

2010 · Comedy, Documentary · $2.54K worldwide

4 wins from 5 nominations at the 27th Independent Spirit Awards (2012)

  • Best Director
  • Best Male Lead
  • Best Cinematography

A wealthy and self-absorbed billionaire uses his fame to search for the ideal partner. However, he soon realizes that his own inflated ego and egocentric behavior are preventing him from forming a genuine connection. He must confront his flaws and learn humility before he can find true love and build a meaningful relationship.

About Con Artist
Scoreboard

Spirit Awards 2012: Which Films Won the Most

Con Artist won 4 awards from 5 nominations. 7 films won at least once, while Drive went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Con Artist (2010) movie poster
    Con Artist 4 / 5
    2010 · Comedy, Documentary · 4 wins from 5 nominations
  2. The Descendants (2011) movie poster
    The Descendants 2 / 4
    2011 · Drama, Comedy · 2 wins from 4 nominations
  3. Beginners (2011) movie poster
    Beginners 1 / 4
    2011 · Drama · 1 win from 4 nominations
  4. Margin Call (2011) movie poster
    Margin Call 1 / 2
    2011 · Thriller · 1 win from 2 nominations
  5. My Week with Marilyn (2011) movie poster
    My Week with Marilyn 1 / 1
    2011 · Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  6. The Interrupters (2011) movie poster
    The Interrupters 1 / 1
    2011 · Documentary · 1 win from 1 nomination
  7. A Separation (2011) movie poster
    A Separation 1 / 1
    2011 · Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  8. Drive (2011) movie poster
    Drive 0 / 4
    2011 · Action, Drama · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  9. Take Shelter (2011) movie poster
    Take Shelter 0 / 4
    2011 · Drama · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  10. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) movie poster
    Martha Marcy May Marlene 0 / 3
    2011 · Drama, Thriller · 0 wins from 3 nominations
Full results

All 12 Spirit Awards 2012 Categories: Winners & Nominees

12 categories and 53 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

12 categories · 53 nominations

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Movie marathon

The Spirit Awards 2012 Best Feature Marathon

All 5 Best Feature nominees at the 27th Independent Spirit Awards (2012), back to back: 7 hours 20 minutes for the 4 with a known runtime.

Total running time 7h 20m 7 hours 20 minutes Total for 4 of 5 films · 1 runtime unknown
Longest
Take Shelter 2h
Shortest
Drive 1h 40m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Spirit Awards 2012 Winners

Drama led with 36 nominations across 21 films and won 5. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 5 wins · 36 nominations · 14%
  2. Comedy 6 wins · 17 nominations · 35%
  3. Documentary 5 wins · 7 nominations · 71%
  4. Thriller 1 win · 7 nominations · 14%
  5. Action 0 wins · 6 nominations · 0%
  6. Romance 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
  7. Crime 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  8. Biography 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  9. Mystery 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  10. Sci-Fi 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
2012 season

How the Rest of the 2012 Awards Season Voted

The other 13 ceremonies of 2012, with the winner of each top prize. Con Artist also won the top prize at 4 of them.

All 2012 awards
Earlier years

Previous Spirit Awards Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Spirit Awards page has every year back to 1986.

Every Spirit Awards ceremony

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Spirit Awards 2012: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 27th Independent Spirit Awards (2012), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Feature at the 27th Independent Spirit Awards (2012)?

Con Artist (2010) won Best Feature. The other nominees were Beginners, The Descendants, Drive and Take Shelter.

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Which film won the most awards at the 27th Independent Spirit Awards (2012)?

Con Artist (2010) won the most: 4 awards from 5 nominations. The Descendants was next with 2 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 27th Independent Spirit Awards (2012)?

Con Artist (2010) led with 5 nominations and won 4 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 27th Independent Spirit Awards (2012)?

Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius for Con Artist. Best Male Lead: Jean Dujardin for Con Artist. Best Female Lead: Michelle Williams for My Week with Marilyn. Best Supporting Male: Christopher Plummer for Beginners. Best Supporting Female: Shailene Woodley for The Descendants.

When was the 27th Independent Spirit Awards (2012)?

The 27th Independent Spirit Awards (2012) took place on February 25, 2012. The database has 12 categories and 53 nominations for it.