The director of "Can you forgive me" was deceived – Variety

Screenwriter Nicole Holofcener recounted how director Marielle Heller and women directors from around the world have not been recognized at the Oscars.

"I feel that Marielle has been cheated and I am uncomfortable about it," said Holofcener backstage, after winning a Spirit Award for the screenplay with Jeff Whitty.

Holofcener was originally commissioned to lead the project eight years earlier, but decided not to do so when the film was idling because of his commitment to directing "The Land of Stable Habits". She knew that Heller would be the right choice, thank you. at his work on "The diary of a teenager".

Holofcener and Whitty won the Writers Guild Award for the script adapted for "Can you forgive me?" And wish to be awarded an Academy Award. She also thanked Saturday for the late Lee Israel memoir of the same name on being surprised for making letters from literary personalities. She died in 2014.

"Plagiarism is something for which I have always feared that my children will have problems. Do not do it, "she said behind the scenes," His memory was so good, Lee's voice was very strong. "

It was a big afternoon for "Can you ever forgive me?" To the Spirits while Richard E. Grant won the Supporting Actress Award.

Grant spoke about "Can you ever forgive me?", A tribute to those who died of AIDS in the 1990s, and said behind the scenes: "The fact that people can survive AIDS is astonishing. I just wish he had come sooner. "

Complete list of Indie Spirit Awards winners here.