2011 Independent Spirit Awards nominations

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)
• 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)