2011 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations!

It’s begun~~~ officially xD

and look! Another banner~~~ LOL

I generally like the Indie Spirits marketing. It’s a little more loose, but also generally more fun than the Golden Globes or the Oscar. And it’s certainly better than most Critics Choices…

This year’s nominations… don’t surprise much, actually. It seems those most nominated have been “big” independent films. You know, we’ve talked about this already — American independent films: There are different types of indie films~~~ The pseudo-indie, known in Hollywood as indie because they “only” cost $1M, there’s the more regular indie that could cost between a few thousand dollars, then there’s indie-indie of a couple of thousand dollars, and hardcore indie which… is, just really hardcore.

This year’s Indies seem more like pseudo-indie. Sadly… and at the same time exciting.

I hope we get good screeners. =D Last year we got a few good ones. The most elaborate one that time was Precious. Don’t worry, I didn’t vote because of the packaging.

I think it should be required for First Features, foreign, docus  and the John Cassavetes noms to send screeners, or allow screeners to be sent. But maybe that’s just me.

Anyway~~~ here are the nominees~~~

Best Feature
127 HOURS
BLACK SWAN
GREENBERG
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
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 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 Feature
EVERYTHING STRANGE AND NEW
GET LOW
NIGHT CATCHES US
THE LAST EXORCISM
TINY FURNITURE

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

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
DADDY LONGLEGS
LBS.
LOVERS OF HATE
OBSELIDIA
THE EXPLODING GIRL

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 Make
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

Best Cinematography
ADAM KIMMEL – Never Let Me Go
MATTHEW LIBATIQUE – Black Swan
JODY LEE LIPES – Tiny Furniture
MICHAEL McDONOUGH – Winter’s Bone
HARRIS SAVIDES – Greenberg

Best Documentary
EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
MARWENCOL
SWEETGRASS
RESTREPO
THUNDER SOUL

Best Foreign Film
KISSES (Ireland)
MADEMOISELLE CHAMBON (France)
OF GODS AND MEN (Morocco)
THE KING’S SPEECH (United Kingdom)
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (Thailand)

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)
PLEASE GIVE

ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
HOSSEIN KESHAVARZ director of DOG SWEAT
LAUREL NAKADATE director of THE WOLF KNIFE
MIKE OTT director of LITTLEROCK

AVEENO TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
ILISA BARBASH & LUCIEN CASTAING-TAYLOR directors of SWEETGRASS
JEFF MALMBERG director of MARWENCOL
LYNN TRUE & NELSON WALKER directors of SUMMER PASTURE

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
IN-AH LEE producer of AU REVOIR TAIPEI
ADELE ROMANSKI producer of THE MYTH OF THE AMERICAN SLEEPOVER
ANISH SAVJANI producer of MEEK’S CUTOFF

via SpiritAwards.com