Independent Spirit Award Nominees & Winners

Winner marked with *

Best Feature:

127 Hours

*Black Swan

Greenberg

The Kids Are All Right

Winter's Bone

(interestingly, 4 of those went on to be Oscar nominees. Good year for independent film)

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 First Feature:

Everything Strange and New

*Get Low

The Last Exorcism

Night Catches Us

Tiny Furniture

John Cassavettes Award:

*Daddy Longlegs

The Exploding Girl

LBS

Lovers of Hate

Obselidia

Best Screenplay:

*Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg - The Kids Are All Right

Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini - Winter's Bone

Nicole Holofcener - Please Give

David Lindsay-Abair - Rabbit Hole

Todd Solondz - Life During Wartime

Best First Screenplay:

Diane Bell - Obselidia

*Lena Dunham - Tiny Furniture

Nik Fackler - Lovely, Still

Robert Glaudini - Jack Goes Boating

Dana Adam Shapiro, Evan M Wiener - Monogamy

Best Female Lead:

Anette 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

(Again, there are all 5 Oscar nominees & the winner, indicating that Oscar's tastes are decidedly indie)

Best Male Lead:

Ronald Bronstein - Daddy Longlegs

Aaron Eckhart - Rabbit Hole

*James Franco - 127 Hours

John C Reilly - Cyrus

Ben Stiller - Greenberg

(No Ryan Gosling?!)

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

(It's a shame Dale Dickey wasn't up for an Oscar. She should have won.)

Best Supporting Male:

Bill Murray - Get Low

*John Hawkes - Winter's Bone

Samuel L Jackson - Mother and Child

John Oritz - Jack Goes Boating

Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right

Best Foreign Film:

*The King's Speech

Kisses

Mademoiselle Chambon

Of Gods and Men

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Best Documentary:

*Exit Through the Gift Shop

Marwencol

Restrepo

Sweetgrass

Thunder Soul

Best Cinematography:

*Matthew Libatique - Black Swan

Adam Kimmell - Never Let Me Go

Jody Lee Lipes - Tiny Furniture

Michael McDonough - Winter's Bone

Harris Savides - Greenberg

Robert Altman Award:

*Please Give

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 - Little Rock
Laurel Nakadate - The Wolf Knife
Hossein Keshavarz - Dog Sweet


Aveeno Truer Than Fiction Award:

Sweetgrass

*Marwencol

Summer Pasture