Indie Spirit Nominations

I love reading the nominees for the Independent Spirit Awards almost as much as I love watching the uncensored ceremony on IFC. Though I don't always agree with their choices, here's one institution that's more about the craft of filmmaking than about politics and campaigns.


This year they liked (my fave picks in RED, not counting the films I haven't seen yet):

BEST FEATURE
•(500) Days of Summer
•Amreeka
•Precious
•Sin Nombre
•The Last Station

BEST DIRECTOR
•Joel & Ethan Coen, A Serious Man
•Lee Daniels, Precious
•Cary Fukanaga, Sin Nombre
•James Grey, Two Lovers
•Michael Hoffman, The Last Station

BEST FIRST FEATURE
•A Single Man
•Crazy Heart
•Easier With Practice
•The Messenger
•Paranormal Activity

BEST FEMALE LEAD
•Maria Bello, Downloading Nancy
•Helen Mirren, The Last Station
•Gwyneth Paltrow, Two Lovers
•Gabby Sidibe, Precious
•Nisreen Faour, Amreeka

BEST MALE LEAD
•Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
•Colin Firth, A Single Man
•Joseph Gordon Levitt, (500) Days of Summer
•Souleymane Sy Savane, Goodbye Solo
•Adam Scott, The Vicious Kind

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
•Mo’Nique, Precious
•Samantha Morton, The Messenger
•Natahlie Press, Fifty Dead Men Walking
•Mia Wasikowska, That Evening Sun
•Dina Korzun, Cold Souls

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
•Jemaine Clement, Gentlemen Broncos
•Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
•Cristian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
•Ramon McKinnon, That Evening Sun
•Christopher Plummer, The Last Station

BEST FOREIGN FILM
•A Prophet
•An Education
•Everlasting Moments
•Mother
•The Maid

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

•A Serious Man

BEST SCREENPLAY
•Cold Souls
•Crazy Heart
•Adventureland
•Precious
•A Single Man

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
•Cold Souls
•Crazy Heart
•Amreeka
•Precious
•A Single Man

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
•A Serious Man
•Sin Nombre
•Treeless Mountain
•Cold Souls
•Bad Lieutenant

BEST DOCUMENTARY
•Anvil!
•Food, Inc.
•More Than a Game
•October Country
•Which Way Home

PRODUCERS AWARD
•Karen Chien
•Larry Fessenden
•Dia Sokol

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
•Natalia Almada
•Bill Ross and Turner Ross
•Jessica Oreck