Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced today that the 27th Film Independent Spirit Awards will return to its traditional Saturday afternoon on February 25 in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica. The premiere broadcast of the Film Independent Spirit Awards will air later that evening at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on IFC. The 2012 Spirit Award nominees will be announced in a press conference on Tuesday, November 29 at The London West Hollywood Hotel. Film Independent members and all past Spirit Award winners and nominees will be eligible to vote for this year’s winners.
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Longtime IFP member, last year’s show was unwatchable. They need to strip it back down and beg John Waters to come back and host.
Great, same people who’ve booked and produced Spirit Awards are now doing this years Oscars. So much for ratings boosters?
Verizon FIOS stopped carrying IFC, pushing it to a higher price bracket, so no more Spirit Awards for me…
I was wrong! Verizon FIOs made IFC available for basic cable customers. I misunderstood. Apologies.