US movie awards season begins

The American movie awards season has begun with the announcement of nominees in the Independent Spirit Awards a few hours ago.

Winter's Bone topped the list with seven nominations. The Kids Are All Right earned five, but Julianne Moore did not get a nod. This, despite the fact that there are six slots in the best actress category.


best feature

127 Hours
Black Swan
Greenberg
The Kids Are All Right
Winter's Bone


best director

Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan
Danny Boyle for 127 Hours
Lisa Cholodenko for The Kids Are All Right
Debra Granik for Winter's Bone
John Cameron Mitchell for Rabbit Hole


best screenplay

Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg for The Kids Are All Right
Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini for Winter's Bone
Nicole Holofcener for Please Give
David Lindsay-Abaire for Rabbit Hole
Todd Solondz for Life During Wartime


best male lead

Ronald Bronstein in Daddy Longlegs
Aaron Eckhart in Rabbit Hole
James Franco in 127 Hours
John C. Reilly in Cyrus
Ben Stiller in Greenberg


best female lead

Nicole Kidman in Rabbit Hole
Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right
Greta Gerwig in Greenberg
Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone
Natalie Portman in Black Swan
Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine


best supporting male

John Hawkes in Winter's Bone
Samuel L. Jackson in Mother and Child
Bill Murray in Get Low
John Ortiz in Jack Goes Boating
Mark Ruffalo in The Kids Are All Right


best supporting female

Ashley Bell in The Last Exorcism
Dale Dickey in Winter's Bone
Allison Janney in Life During Wartime
Daphne Rubin-Vega in Jack Goes Boating
Naomi Watts in Mother and Child


best cinematography

Black Swan (Matthew Libatique)
Greenberg (Harris Savides)
Never Let Me Go (Adam Kimmel)
Tiny Furniture (Jody Lee Lipes)
Winter's Bone (Michael McDonough)



best first feature

Everything Strange and New
Get Low
The Last Exorcism
Night Catches Us
Tiny Furniture


best first screenplay

Jack Goes Boating ( Robert Glaudini)
Lovely, Still (Nik Fackler)
Monogamy (Dana Adam Shapiro/Evan M. Wiener)
Obselidia (Diane Bell)
Tiny Furniture (Lena Dunham)


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



John Cassavetes Award

Daddy Longlegs
The Exploding Girl
Lbs.
Lovers of Hate
Obselidia


Piaget Producers Award

Au Revoir Taipei
The Myth of the American Sleepover
Meek's Cutoff


Acura Someone to Watch Award

Hossein Keshavarz for Dog Sweat
Laurel Nakadate for The Wolf Knife
Mike Ott for Littlerock


AVEENO Truer Than Fiction Award

Marwencol
Summer Pasture
Sweetgrass


Robert Altman Award

Please Give



The members of the nominating committees were:

American Narrative

Ted Mundorff (chair)
Jennifer Fox
Melonie Diaz
Jennifer Todd
Larry Karaszewski
Nelson George
Karyn Kusama
Elvis Mitchell
Edgar Wright
Kasi Lemmons
Andre Royo
Adam Scott
Daniel Waters

Documentary

Rachel Rosen (chair)
Nanette Burstein
Laura Gabbert
RJ Cutler
Alonso Duralde
Wesley Morris
Marina Zenovich



Foreign

Mary Sweeney (Chair)
Julie Dash
Gail Mutrux
Neil LaBute
Patricia Riggen
Howard A. Rodman
Kenneth Turan

AVEENO Truer Than Fiction

Darius Marder (chair)
Lesley Chilcott
Geeta Ghandbir
Eugene Hernandez
Laura Poitras

Acura Someone To Watch

Alison Dickey (chair)
Kyle Patrick Alvarez
James Faust
Tom Hall
Ella Taylor

Producer's Award

Karin Chien (chair)
Seth Caplan
Lisa Cortes
Amy Kaufman
Barry Mendel


The Robert Altman Award is given to a movie's director, ensemble cast, and casting director.

The awards will be handed February 26, and Joel McHale will host.