BEST LOW-BUDGET FILM
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Never Forever
Paranoid Park
Teeth
The Wackness
BEST DEBUT DIRECTING EFFORT
Charlie Kaufman (Synecdoche, New York)
Martin McDonagh (In Bruges)
David Schwimmer (Run, Fatboy, Run)
BEST SOPHOMORE DIRECTING EFFORT
Tom McCarthy (The Visitor)
John Patrick Shanley (Doubt)
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Mitchell Lichtenstein (Teeth)
Jenny Lumet (Rachel Getting Married)
Martin McDonagh (In Bruges)
BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE
Tunde Adibempe (Rachel Getting Married)
Gabe Nevins (Paranoid Park)
Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire)
Brandon Walters (Australia)
Jess Weixler (Teeth)
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