The breakout hit “Juno” continued its winning ways at the 2008 Spirit Awards, where it was hailed as best feature and also picked up trophies for lead actress Ellen Page and screenwriter Diablo Cody.

“This was new territory for us,” admitted Lianne Halfon, one of the producers of the Fox Searchlight release. “This was our first film with a happy ending and a movie about family that our families could actually see.”

Presented by Los Angeles-based Film Independent, the laid-back, free-wheeling ceremonies, held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica on Saturday afternoon, focused its spotlight on independent-minded features, produced on budgets of less than $20 million.