More awards

Some are coming soon to the heartland. Some are marked with estimated DVD release dates. Some will live in obscurity. Too bad.

The National Board of Review Winners

Best Film: Her

Best Director: Spike Jonze, Her

Best Actor: Bruce Dern, Nebraska

Best Actress: Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks (DVD May 2014)

Best Supporting Actor: Will Forte, Nebraska

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/13)

Best Original Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Adapted Screenplay: Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Animated Feature: The Wind Rises

Breakthrough Performance: Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/13)
Breakthrough Performance: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Color (DVD 2/25/14)

Best Directorial Debut: Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/13)

Best Foreign Language Film: The Past

Best Documentary: Stories We Tell

William K. Everson Film History Award: George Stevens, Jr.

Best Ensemble: Prisoners (DVD 12/17/13)

Spotlight Award: Career Collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Wadjda

Creative Innovation in Filmmaking Award: Gravity (DVD December 2013)

Top Ten Films (in alphabetical order)
12 Years A Slave (DVD February 2014)

Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/13)

Gravity (DVD December 2013)
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
Nebraska
Prisoners (DVD 12/17/13)
Saving Mr. Banks (DVD May 2014)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Wolf of Wall Street

Top 5 Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order)
Beyond the Hills
Gloria
The Grandmaster (DVD out now)

A Hijacking
The Hunt (DVD 12/10/13)

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)
20 Feet from Stardom (DVD 1/14/14)
The Act Of Killing
After Tiller
Casting By
The Square

Top Ten Independent Films (in alphabetical order)
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (DVD 12/17/13)
Dallas Buyers Club

In a World… (DVD 1/21/14)
Mother of George
Much Ado About Nothing
Mud (DVD out now)
The Place Beyond the Pines (DVD out now)
Short Term 12 (DVD 1/14/14)
Sightseers

The Spectacular Now (DVD 1/14/14)

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The Gotham Awards nominations, more recognition for independent films:

Best Feature
12 Years A Slave (DVD February 2014)

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (DVD 12/17/13)
Before Midnight (DVD out now)
Inside Llewyn Davis
Upstream Color

Best Documentary
The Act Of Killing
The Crash Reel
First Cousin Once Removed
Let the Fire Burn
Our Nixon

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Ryan Coogler for Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/13)
Adam Leon for Gimme The Loot
Alexandre Moors for Blue Caprice (DVD 1/14/14)
Stacie Passon for Concussion
Amy Seimetz for Sun Don’t Shine

Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years A Slave (DVD February 2014)
Oscar Isaac in Inside Llewyn Davis
Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford in All Is Lost (DVD 2/11/14)
Isaiah Washington in Blue Caprice (DVD 1/14/14)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine (DVD 1/21/14)
Scarlett Johansson in Don Jon (DVD 11/31/13)
Brie Larson in Short Term 12 (DVD 1/14/14)
Amy Seimetz in Upstream Color
Shailene Woodley in The Spectacular Now (DVD 1/14/14)

Breakthrough Actor
Dane DeHaan in Kill Your Darlings
Kathryn Hahn in Afternoon Delight
Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/13)
Lupita Nyong’o in 12 Years A Slave (DVD February 2014)
Robin Weigert in Concussion

For the third consecutive year, IFP is proud to present the euphoria Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers ‘Live the Dream’ grant, a $25,000 cash award for an alumna of IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs. This grant aims to further the careers of emerging women directors by supporting the completion, distribution and audience engagement strategies of their first feature film.
The nominees:
Afia Nathaniel, director, Dukhthar
Gita Pullapilly, director, Beneath The Harvest Sky
Deb Shoval, director, AWOL

2013 Independent Spirit Award Nominations

With the holidays comes awards season. And the Independent Spirit Awards are among my favorites. The show airs on IFC March 1, 2014, the night before the Oscars, and this year will be hosted by funnyman Patton Oswalt (last in Seeking a Friend for the End of the World). You can tell by the links below I've written about some of the nominees, missed a few, and am eagerly anticipating others making it to our neck o' the woods. If I have info on how to see these, it follows each title. (This year I don't expect to be making my OCD list of nominations and wins alphabetized by movie title. I'm glad I was able to catch up enough this week so as to continue the blog at all!)

Feature

12 Years a Slave (DVD estimated February 2014)

All Is Lost (DVD 2/11/14)

Frances Ha (streaming on Netflix now)

Inside Llewyn Davis

Nebraska

Director

Shane Carruth - Upstream Color (streaming on Netflix now)

J.C. Chandor - All Is Lost (DVD 2/11/14)

Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave (DVD estimated February 2014)

Jeff Nichols - Mud (DVD on Netflix now)

Alexander Payne - Nebraska

Screenplay

Woody Allen - Blue Jasmine (DVD 1/21/14)

Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater - Before Midnight (DVD on Netflix now)

Nicole Holofcener - Enough Said (DVD 1/14/14)

Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - The Spectacular Now (DVD 1/14/14)

John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave (DVD estimated February 2014)

First Feature

Blue Caprice - Alexandre Moors - director/producer; Kim Jackson, Brian O'Carroll, Isen Robbins, Will Rowbotham, Ron Simons, Aimee Schoof, Stephen Tedeschi - producer

Concussion - Stacie Passon - director; Rose Troche - producer

Fruitvale Station - Ryan Coogler - director; Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker - producers  (DVD 1/14/14)

Una Noche - Lucy Mulloy - director - producer; Sandy Pérez Aguila, Maite Artieda, Daniel Mulloy, Yunior Santiago - producers (DVD 12/24/13)

Wadjda - Haifaa Al Mansour - director; Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul - producer

First Screenplay

Lake Bell - In a World… (DVD 1/21/14)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Don Jon (DVD 12/31/13)

Bob Nelson - Nebraska

Jill Soloway - Afternoon Delight

Michael Starrbury - The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete

John Cassavetes Award (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)

Computer Chess - Andrew Bujalski, writer/director (streaming on Netflix now)

Crystal Fairy - Sebastiàn Silva, writer/director (streaming on Netflix now)

Museum Hours - Jem Cohen, writer/director

Pit Stop - Yen Tan, writer/director; David Lowery, writer

This is Martin Bonner - Chad Hartigan, writer/director (streaming on Netflix now)

Female Lead

Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine (DVD 1/21/14)

Julie Delpy - Before Midnight (DVD on Netflix now)

Gaby Hoffmann - Crystal Fairy (streaming on Netflix now)

Brie Larson - Short Term 12 (DVD 1/14/14)

Shailene Woodley - The Spectacular Now (DVD 1/14/14)

Male Lead

Bruce Dern - Nebraska

Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave (DVD estimated February 2014)

Oscar Isaac - Inside Llewyn Davis

Michael B. Jordan - Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/14)

Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club

Robert Redford - All Is Lost (DVD 2/11/14)

Supporting Female

Melonie Diaz - Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/14)

Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine (DVD 1/21/14)

Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave (DVD estimated February 2014)

Yolonda Ross - Go For Sisters

June Squibb - Nebraska

Supporting Male

Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave (DVD estimated February 2014)

Will Forte - Nebraska

James Gandolfini - Enough Said (DVD 1/14/14)

Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club

Keith Stanfield - Short Term 12 (DVD 1/14/14)

Cinematography

Sean Bobbitt - 12 Years a Slave (DVD estimated February 2014)

Benoit Debie - Spring Breakers (DVD on Netflix now)

Bruno Delbonnel - Inside Llewyn Davis

Frank G. DeMarco - All Is Lost (DVD 2/11/14)

Matthias Grunsky - Computer Chess (streaming on Netflix now)

Editing

Shane Carruth & David Lowery - Upstream Color (streaming on Netflix now)

Jem Cohen & Marc Vives - Museum Hours

Jennifer Lame - Frances Ha (streaming on Netflix now)

Cindy Lee - Una Noche

Nat Sanders - Short Term 12 (DVD 1/14/14)

Documentary

20 Feet From Stardom - Morgan Neville, director/producer; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, producers (DVD 1/14/14)

After Tiller - Martha Shane & Lana Wilson, directors/producers

Gideon's Army - Dawn Porter, director/producer; Julie Goldman, producer

The Act of Killing - Joshua Oppenheimer, director/producer; Joram Ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Michael Uwemedimo, producer

The Square - Jehane Noujaim, director, Karim Amer, producer

International Film

A Touch of Sin (China) - Jia Zhang-Ke, director

Blue Is the Warmest Color (France) - Abdellatif Kechiche, director

Gloria (Chile) - Sebastián Lelio, director

The Great Beauty (Italy) - Paolo Sorrentino, director

The Hunt (Denmark) - Thomas Vinterberg, director (DVD on Netflix now)

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

Mud  (DVD on Netflix now)

Director: Jeff Nichols

Casting Director: Francine Maisler

Ensemble Cast: Joe Don Baker, Jacob Lofland, Matthew McConaughey, Ray McKinnon, Sarah Paulson, Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard, Tye Sheridan, Paul Sparks, Bonnie Sturdivant, Reese Witherspoon

17th Piaget Producers Award

Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston

Jacob Jaffke

Andrea Roa

Frederick Thornton

20th Someone to Watch Award

My Sister's Quinceañera - Aaron Douglas Johnston, director

Newlyweeds - Shaka King, director

The Foxy Merkins - Madeline Olnek, director

19th Stella Artois Truer Than Fiction Award

Kalyanee Mam - A River Changes Course

Jason Osder - Let the Fire Burn

Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez - Manakamana