Precious sweeps indie film awards..... (Independent Spirit Awards) ahead of Oscars

The harrowing drama Precious has swept to victory at the Independent Spirit Awards, taking five prizes including best feature.Its stars Gabourey Sidibe and Mo'Nique took the best female lead and best supporting female lead. 

Mo'Nique won the award for best supporting female

The awards, which celebrate independent film, took place in Los Angeles two days before the Oscars.Many Oscar nominees attended, including British actors Colin Firth, Helen Mirren and Carey Mulligan. Mulligan's An Education won best foreign film while Jeff Bridges was named best actor. Woody Harrelson scooped best supporting actor for his role in the war-on-terror drama The Messenger.

The awards ceremony, celebrating its 25th anniversary, had moved from its Santa Monica beach location to a tented car park in central Los Angeles. The event was hosted by Eddie Izzard.

'We've won already'

Other winners included Crazy Heart for best first feature and Anvil! The Story of Anvil for best documentary. The heavy metal band Anvil played twice during the ceremony.

Mo'Nique, who is hotly tipped to win the best supporting actress Oscar, said: "Have I prepared a speech for Sunday? No. No. Why is that? Because I think the universe would say: 'You have a lot of nerve.'"

Precious also won the screenplay award for Geoffrey Fletcher, while Lee Daniels took best director.

When asked about his Oscar chances, he said: "We've won already."
Source - BBC News - Precious sweeps indie film awards

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