Tradizionalmente consegnati la sera prima degli Oscar gli Indipendent Spirit Awards premiano le produzioni indipendenti americane, con budget inferiori a 20 milioni di dollari.
Ancora tanti film dal Festival di Cannes: The Artist, Drive, Tale Shelter, Melancholia, Il ragazzo con la bicicletta, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Midnight in Paris, Footnote,
Ecco le nominations:
Best Feature: 50/50, Beginners, Drive, Take Shelter, The Artist, The Descendants
Best Director: Mike Mills (Beginners) Nicholas Winding Refn (Drive) Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter) Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
Robert Altman Award for one film’s director, casting director and ensemble: Margin Call
Best Int’l Film: A Separation, Melancholia, Shame, The Kid With a Bike, Tyrranasaur
Best Male Lead: Demian Bichir (A Better Life) Jean Dujardin (The Artist) Ryan Gosling (Drive) Woody Harrelson (Rampart) Michael Shannon (Take Shelter)
Best Female Lead: Lauren Ambrose (Think of Me) Rachel Harris (Natural Selection) Adepero Oduye (Pariah) Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene) Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
Best Supp Male: Albert Brooks (Drive) John Hawkes (Martha Marcy May Marlene) Christopher Plummer (Beginners) John C. Reilly (Cedar Rapids) Corey Stoll (Midnight in Paris)
Best Supp. Female: Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter) Angelica Huston (50/50) Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) Harmony Santana (Gun Hll Road) Shaileen Woodley (The Descendants)
Best Doc: An African Selection, Bill Cunningham New York, The Interrupters, The Redemption of General Butt Naked, We Were Here
Best Screenplay: Joseph Cedar (FootNote) Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) Tom McCarthy (Win Win) Mike Mills (Beginners) Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (The Descendants)
Best 1st Screenplay: Mike Cahill & Brit Marling (Another Earth) J.C. Chandor (Margin Call) Patrick DeWitt (Terri) Phil Johnston (Cedar Rapids) Will Reiser (50/50)
Best Cinematography: Joel Hodge (Bellflower) Benjamin Kuh-Sulk (The Off Hours) Darius Khondji (Midnight in Paris) Gui-omme Shiffman (The Artist) Jeffrey Waldron (The Dynamiter)
John Cassavetes Award (films made for under $500,000): Bellflower, Circumstance, Hello Lonesome, Pariah, The Dynamiter
Best First Feature noms: Another Earth, In The Family, Margin Call, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Natural Selection
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