The 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards have announced their list of nominees, with Winter’s Bone and The Kids Are All Right dominating with the most nominations.
The 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards are only given to films produced under $20 million. The awards show will air on February 26, 2011 live on IFC with Joel McHale hosting the event.
The drama Winter’s Bone had the most nominations, with seven nods including Best Feature. Winter’s Bone is directed by Debra Granik and stars Jennifer Lawrence, as a girl searching for her lost father in a rural Arkansas town filled with drug pushers.
The Kids Are All Right, which stars Annette Bening and Julianne Moore, received five nominations, including Best Feature.
Check out the list of nominees for the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
Best feature (Award given to the producer)
Greenberg
Winter’s Bone
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 (Award given to the director and producer)
Everything Strange and New
Get Low
Night Catches Us
Tiny Furniture
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
Daddy Longlegs
The Exploding Girl
Lbs.
Lovers of Hate
Obselidia
BEST SCREENPLAY
Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right
Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini, Winter’s Bone
Nicole Holofcener, Please Give
David Lindsay-Abaire, Rabbit Hole
Todd Solondz, Life During Wartime
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Diane Bell, Obselidia
Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture
Nik Fackler, Lovely, Still
Bob Glaudini, Jack Goes Boating
Dana Adam Shapiro, Evan M. Wiener, Monogamy
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Annette 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
BEST MALE LEAD
Ronald Bronstein, Daddy Longlegs
Aaron Eckhart, Rabbit Hole
James Franco, 127 Hours
John C. Reilly, Cyrus
Ben Stiller, Greenberg
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
Best Supporting Male
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Samuel L. Jackson, Mother and Child
Bill Murray, Get Low
John Ortiz, Jack Goes Boating
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
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