The Indie Spirit Award nominations are out. Best Feature choices are “The Artist,” “The Descendants,” “Drive,” “Take Shelter,” “50-50,” and “Beginners.” They are weird choices considering the first two will be Oscar nominees definitely. And indie spirit sort of pointed to things like “Martha Marcy May Marlene” and smaller releases like “Rampart.” Great supporting actor noms for Albert Brooks and Corey Stoll.
Best Feature (Award given to the Producer)
50/50
Beginners
Drive
Take Shelter
The Artist
The Descendants
Best Director
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Mike Mills, Beginners
Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
Best First Feature (Award given to the director and producer)
Another Earth
In The Family
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Natural Selection
John Cassavetes Award
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
Bellflower
Circumstance
Hello Lonesome
Pariah
The Dynamiter
Best Screenplay
Beginners
The Descendants
Footnote
The Artist
Win Win
Best First Screenplay
Another Earth
Terri
Cedar Rapids
50/50
Margin Call
Best Female Lead
Elizabeth Olsen
Michelle Williams
Rachael Harris
Adepero Oduye
Lauren Ambrose
Best Male Lead
Michael Shannon
Woody Harrelson
Ryan Golsing
Jean Dujardin
Demian Bichir
Best Supporting Female
Jessica Chastain
Anjelica Huston
Janet McTeer
Harmony Santana
Shaileene Woodley
Best Supporting Male
Albert Brooks
John Hawkes
Christopher Plummer
Corey Stoll
John C. Reilly
Best Cinematography
Bellflower
Midnight in Paris
The Artist
The Off-Hours
The Dynamiter
Best Documentary (Award given to the director)
An African Election
Bill Cunningham New York
The Interrupters
We Were Here
The Redemption of General Butt Naked
Best Foreign Film (Award given to the director)
A Separation
Melancholia
Shame
The Kid With a Bike
Tyrannosaur
Robert Altman Award
(Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)
Margin Call
Piaget Producers Award
Chad Burris (Mosquito y Mari)
Sophia Lynn (Take Shelter)
Josh Bond (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
Someone to Watch Award
Simon Arthur (Silver Tongues)
Mark Jackson (Without)
Nicholas Ozeki (Mamitas)
Truer Than Fiction Award
Where Soldiers Come From
Hell and Back Again
Bombay Beach
