Independent Spirit Award 2010 Nominations Announced

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
(Award given to the director and producer)


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

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 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


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
(Award given to the director)

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

MARWENCOL

SWEETGRASS

RESTREPO

THUNDER SOUL


BEST FOREIGN FILM
(Award given to the director)

KISSES (Ireland)

DIRECTOR: Lance Daly

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 (DIRECTOR: Nicole Holofcener)