2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations
Best Feature nominees are: 12 Years a Slave, All Is Lost, Frances Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis and Nebraska.
Every year, the Film Independent Spirit Awards, which traditionally take place the night before the Oscars, bestow their honors upon the best of independent cinema. In the past, this meant that studio-produced films with larger budgets were excluded, but the rules were changed some time ago in order to recognize studio projects that displayed striking vision and originality. This year’s nominees include a number of buzzed-about features, including Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, the Coen brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis, and one of 2013’s early triumphs, Fruitvale Station. See below for the full list:
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Best Feature
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Best First Feature
Best Director
Best Female Lead
Best Male Lead
- Woody Allen for Blue Jasmine
- Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater for Before Midnight
- Nicole Holofcener for Enough Said
- Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber for The Spectacular Now
- John Ridley for 12 Years a Slave
Best Screenplay
- Lake Bell for In A World
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt for Don Jon
- Bob Nelson for Nebraska
- Jill Soloway for Afternoon Delight
- Michael Starrbury for The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
Best First Screenplay
- Computer Chess
- Crystal Fairy
- Museum Hours
- Pit Stop
- This is Martin Bonner
John Cassavetes Award (best feature made for under $500,000)
- Melonie Diaz for Fruitvale Station
- Sally Hawkins for Blue Jasmine
- Lupita Nyong’o for 12 Years a Slave
- Yolonda Ross for Go For Sisters
- June Squibb for Nebraska
Best Supporting Female
- Michael Fassbender for 12 Years a Slave
- Will Forte for Nebraska
- James Gandolfini for Enough Said
- Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club
- Keith Stanfield for Short Term 12
Best Supporting Male
- Sean Bobbitt for 12 Years a Slave
- Benoit Debie for Spring Breakers
- Bruno Delbonnel for Inside Llewyn Davis
- Frank G. DeMarco for All Is Lost
- Matthias Grunsky for Computer Chess
Best Cinematography
- Shane Carruth & David Lowery for Upstream Color
- Jem Cohen & Marc Vives for Museum Hours
- Jennifer Lame for Frances Ha
- Cindy Lee for Una Noche
- Nat Sanders for Short Term 12
Best Editing
- 20 Feet From Stardom
- After Tiller
- Gideon’s Army
- The Act of Killing
- The Square
Best Documentary
- A Touch of Sin
- Blue is the Warmest Color
- Gloria
- The Great Beauty
- The Hunt
Best International Film
- Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston
- Jacob Jaffke
- Andrea Roa
- Frederick Thornton
17th Annual Piaget Producers Award
- Aaron Douglas Johnston for My Sister’s Quinceañera
- Shaka King for Newlyweeds
- Madeline Olnek for The Foxy Merkins
20th Annual Someone To Watch Award
- Kalyanee Mam for A River Changes Course
- Jason Osder for Let the Fire Burn
- Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez for Manakamana
19th Annual Stella Artois Truer Than Fiction Award
- Mud
