Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees

I love the Independent Spirit Awards. They always have an irreverent and highly entertaining awards show (this one will be February 26, 2011, aired on IFC, available on some cable packages, and hosted by Joel McHale, star of NBC's Community), they honor the best movies even if Oscar doesn't, and I make a point of seeing them. Nominees are below. I will use the list to update my 2010 list of nominees sorted by movie. And on that list I will link to my blog posts on the ones I have seen.

Best Feature (Award given to the producer) Executive producers are not listed.

127 Hours: (Producers: Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, John Smithson)

Black Swan: (Producers: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Brian Oliver)

Greenberg: (Producers: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Scott Rudin)

The Kids Are All Right: (Producers: Gary Gilbert, Philippe Hellmann, Jordan Horowitz, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray, Daniela Taplin Lundberg)

Winter’s Bone: (Producers: Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Anne Rosellini)

Best Director

Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan

Danny Boyle - 127 Hours

Lisa Cholodenko - The Kids Are All Right

Debra Granik - Winter’s Bone

John Cameron Mitchell -  Rabbit Hole

Best Screenplay

Stuart Blumberg & Lisa Cholodenko - The Kids Are All Right

Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini - Winter’s Bone

Nicole Holofcener - Please Give

David Lindsay-Abaire - Rabbit Hole

Todd Solondz - Life During Wartime

Best First Feature (Award given to the director and producer)

Everything Strange and New: (Director: Frazer Bradshaw, Producers: A.D. Liano, Laura Techera Francia)

Get Low: (Director: Aaron Schneider, Producers: David Gundlach, Dean Zanuck)

Night Catches Us: (Director: Tanya Hamilton, Producers: Sean Costello, Jason Orans, Ronald Simons)

The Last Exorcism: (Director: Daniel Stamm, Producers: Marc Abraham, Tom Bliss, Eric Newman, Eli Roth)

Tiny Furniture: (Director: Lena Dunham, Producers: Kyle Martin, Alicia Van Couvering)

Best First Screenplay

Diane Bell - Obselidia

Lena Dunham - Tiny Furniture

Nik Fackler - Lovely, Still

Bob Glaudini - Jack Goes Boating

Dana Adam Shapiro & Evan M. Wiener - Monogamy

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 listed.

Daddy Longlegs: (Writers/Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Producers: Casey Neistat, Tom Scott)

Lbs.: (Director: Matthew Bonifacio, Writers/Producers: Matthew Bonifacio, Carmine Famiglietti

Lovers Of Hate: (Writer/Director: Bryan Poyser, Producer: Megan Gilbride)

Obselidia: (Writer/Director: Diane Bell, Producers: Chris Byrne, Matthew Medlin)

The Exploding Girl: (Writer/Director: Bradley Rust Gray, Producers: Karin Chien, Ben Howe, So Yong Kim)

Best Female Lead

Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right

Greta Gerwig - Greenberg

Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence - Winter’s Bone

Natalie Portman - Black Swan

Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine

Best Male Lead

Ronald Bronstein - Daddy Longlegs

Aaron Eckhart - Rabbit Hole

James Franco - 127 Hours

John C. Reilly - Cyrus

Ben Stiller - Greenberg

Best Supporting Female

Ashley Bell - The Last Exorcism

Dale Dickey - Winter’s Bone

Allison Janney - Life During Wartime

Daphne Rubin-Vega - Jack Goes Boating

Naomi Watts - Mother And Child

Best Supporting Male

John Hawkes - Winter’s Bone

Samuel L. Jackson - Mother And Child

Bill Murray - Get Low

John Ortiz - Jack Goes Boating

Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right

Best Cinematography

Adam Kimmel - Never Let Me Go

Matthew Libatique - Black Swan

Jody Lee Lipes - Tiny Furniture

Michael McDonough - Winter’s Bone

Harris Savides - Greenberg

Best Documentary (Award given to the director)

Exit Through The Gift Shop: (Director: Banksy)

Marwencol: (Director: Jeff Malmberg)

Sweetgrass: (Directors: Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor)

Restrepo: (Directors: Tim Hetherington & Sebastian Junger)

Thunder Soul: (Director: Mark Landsman)

Best Foreign Film (Award given to the director)

Kisses (Ireland): (Director: Lance Daly)

Mademoiselle Chambon (France): (Director: Stéphane Brizé)

Of Gods And Men (Morocco): (Director: Xavier Beauvois)

The King’s Speech (United Kingdom): (Director: Tom Hooper)

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Thailand): (Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

Robert Altman Award (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)

Please Give (Director: Nicole Holofcener, Casting Director: Jeanne McCarthy, Ensemble Cast: Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Lois Smith, Sarah Steele)

Acura Someone To Watch Award (The 17th Annual Acura 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 funded by Acura).
The Finalists Are:
Hossein Keshavarz, director of Dog Sweat
Laurel Nakadate, director of The Wolf Knife
Mike Ott, director of Littlerock

Aveeno® Truer Than Fiction Award (The 16th Annual Aveeno® 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 funded by Aveeno®).

The Finalists Are:
Ilisa Barbash & Lucien Castaing-Taylor, directors of Sweetgrass
Jeff Malmberg, director of Marwencol
Lynn True & Nelson Walker, directors of Summer Pasture

Piaget Producers Award (The 14th 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).

The Finalists Are:
In-Ah Lee, producer of Au Revoir Taipei
Adele Romanski, producer of The Myth Of The American Sleepover
Anish Savjani, producer of Meek’s Cutoff