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The Independent Spirit Awards have announced the nominations for the upcoming 28th annual awards ceremony, set for Feb. 23. Check out the full list of nominations below:
BEST FEATURE Beasts of the Southern Wild Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey & Josh Penn (producers) Bernie Liz Glotzer, Richard Linklater, David McFadzean, Dete Meserve, Judd Payne, Celine Rattray, Martin Shafer, Ginger Sledge, Matt Williams (producers) Keep the Lights On Marie Therese Guirgis, Lucas Joaquin, Ira Sachs (producers) Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson, Jeremy Dawson, Steven Rales, Scott Rudin (producers) Silver Linings Playbook Bruce Cohen, Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon (producers)
BEST DIRECTOR Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST SCREENPLAY Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer) Fill the Void Rama Burshtein (director); Assaf Amir (producer) Gimme the Loot Adam Leon (director); Dominic Buchanan, Natalie Difford, Jamund Washington (producers) Safety Not Guaranteed Colin Trevorrow (director); Derek Connolly, Stephanie Langhoff, Peter Saraf, Colin Trevorrow, Marc Turtletaub (producers) Sound of My Voice Zal Batmanglij (director); Brit Marling, Hans Ritter, Shelley Surpin (producers) The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky (director); Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith (producers)
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Rama Burshtein, Fill the Void Derek Connolly, Safety Not Guaranteed Christopher Ford, Robot & Frank Rashida Jones & Will McCormack, Celeste and Jesse Forever Jonathan Lisecki, Gayby
John Cassavetes AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000. Award given to the writer, director, and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.) Breakfast with Curtis Laura Colella (writer-director-producer) Middle of Nowhere Ava DuVernay (writer-director-producer); Howard Barish, Paul Garnes (producers) Mosquita y Mari Aurora Guerrero (writer-director); Chad Burris (producer) Starlet Sean Baker (writer-director); Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, Kevin Chinoy, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Francesca Silvestri (producers) The Color Wheel Alex Ross Perry (writer-director-producer); Carlen Altman (writer)
BEST FEMALE LEAD Linda Cardellini, Return Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed
BEST MALE LEAD Jack Black, Bernie Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook John Hawkes, The Sessions Thure Lindhardt, Keep the Lights On Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe Wendell Pierce, Four
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister’s Sister Ann Dowd, Compliance Helen Hunt, The Sessions Brit Marling, Sound of My Voice Lorraine Toussaint, Middle of Nowhere
BEST SUPPORTING MALE Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike David Oyelowo, Middle of Nowhere Michael Péna, End of Watch Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Yoni Brook, Valley of Saints Lol Crawley, Here Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild Roman Vasyanov, End of Watch Robert Yeoman, Moonrise Kingdom
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer) How to Survive a Plague David France (director); David France, Howard Gertler (producers) Marina Abramovi?: The Artist is Present Matthew Akers (director); Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre (producers) The Central Park Five Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon (directors-producers) The Invisible War Kirby Dick (director); Tanner King Barklow, Amy Ziering (producers) The Waiting Room Peter Nicks (director-producer); Linda Davis, William B. Hirsch (producers)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director) Amour (France), Michael Haneke Once Upon A Time in Anatolia (Turkey), Nuri Bilge Ceylan Rust And Bone (France/Belgium), Jacques Audiard Sister (Switzerland), Ursula Meier War Witch (Democratic Republic of Congo), Kim Nguyen
16th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD (The 16th annual Piaget Producers Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricTed Grant funded by Piaget.) Nobody Walks, Alicia Van Couvering (producer) Prince Avalanche, Derrick Tseng (producer) Stones in the Sun, Mynette Louie (producer)
19th ANNUAL SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (The 19th annual Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricTed Grant.) Pincus, David Fenster (director) Gimme the Loot, Adam Leon (director) Electrick Children, Rebecca Thomas (director)
STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD (The 18th annual Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricTed Grant.) Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel (directors) The Waiting Room, Peter Nicks (director) Only the Young, Jason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims (directors)
Robert Altman AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast) Starlet, Sean Baker (director); Julia Kim (casting director); Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Karren Karagulian, Stella Maeve, James Ransone (cast) |