“Winter’s Bone” Leads Independent Spirit Awards Nominees
The nominees in the first three categories actually look like pretty clear precursors for what we’ll expect to see at the Oscars next year. Several of the films and performances nominated are big enough to carry over to the Oscars, especially if they get some love from either the National Board of Review or the Golden Globes.
BEST FEATURE
- 127 Hours
- Black Swan
- Greenberg
- The Kids Are All Right
- Winter’s Bone
The rest of the nominees after the cut.
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 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 SCREENPLAY
- Stuart Blumberg & Lisa Cholondenko – 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 FOREIGN FILM
- Kisses (Ireland)
- Mademoiselle Chambon (France)
- Of Gods and Men (Morocco)
- The King’s Speech (United Kingdom)
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Thailand)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- Exit Through The Gift Shop
- Marwencol
- Restrepo
- Sweetgrass
- Thunder Soul
BEST FIRST FEATURE
- Everything Strange and New
- Get Low
- The Night Catches Us
- The Last Exorcism
- Tiny Furniture
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
- Daddy Longleg
- Lbs.
- Lovers of Hate
- Obselidia
- The Exploding Girl
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
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its
ensemble cast)
- Please Give – Nicole Holofcener (director), Jeanne McCarthy (casting director), Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Lois Smith and Sarah Steele
Piaget Producers Award
- In-Ah Lee – Au Revoir Taipei
- Adele Romanski – The Myth of the American Sleepover
- Anish Savjani – Meek’s Cutoff
Acura Someone to Watch Award
- Mike Ott – Littlerock
- Laurel Nakadate – The Wolf Knife
- Hossein Keshavarz – Dog Sweat
AVEENO Truer than Fiction Award
- Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor – Sweetgrass
- Jeff Malmberg – Marwencol
- Lynn True, Nelson Walker – Summer Pasture
Posted on November 30, 2010, in Precursors and tagged Independent Spirit Awards. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
I hope this means good things for Winter’s Oscar chances…but it’s still too hard to tell if it will in fact make the jump.
You spelled Marwencol wrong.
oh, thanks for noticing! I’ll fix it.
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