
The 2010 Independent Spirit Award nominations came out as they ready to hand these suckers out to the winners on March 5. There are some omissions, some surprises (good and bad), but all in all we are starting to see some trends and if that continues it might not be so hard to pick out the top ten come Oscar nomination time. What do you guys think? See the full list of nominees after the jump.
--Greg MacLennan
--Greg MacLennan
Best Supporting Male
Nominees:Gentlemen Broncos (2009) - Jemaine Clement Me and Orson Welles (2008) - Christian McKay That Evening Sun (2009) - Ray McKinnon The Last Station (2009) - Christopher Plummer (I) The Messenger (2009/I) - Woody Harrelson
Best Supporting Female
Nominees:Cold Souls (2009) - Dina Korzun Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) - Natalie Press Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Mo'Nique That Evening Sun (2009) - Mia Wasikowska The Messenger (2009/I) - Samantha Morton
Best Director
Nominees:A Serious Man (2009) - Ethan Coen; Joel Coen Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Lee Daniels (I) Sin Nombre (2009) - Cary Fukunaga The Last Station (2009) - Michael Hoffman (I) Two Lovers (2008) - James Gray (I)
Best Screenplay
Nominees:(500) Days of Summer (2009) - Scott Neustadter; Michael H. Weber Adventureland (2009) - Greg Mottola The Last Station (2009) - Michael Hoffman (I) The Messenger (2009/I) - Alessandro Camon; Oren Moverman The Vicious Kind (2009) - Lee Toland Krieger
Best First Screenplay
Nominees:A Single Man (2009) - Tom Ford (VIII); David Scearce Amreeka (2009) - Cherien Dabis Cold Souls (2009) - Sophie Barthes Crazy Heart (2009) - Scott Cooper (III) Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Geoffrey Fletcher
Best Cinematography
Nominees:A Serious Man (2009) - Roger Deakins Cold Souls (2009) - Andrij Parekh Sin Nombre (2009) - Adriano Goldman The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009) - Peter Zeitlinger Treeless Mountain (2008) - Anne Misawa
Best Documentary
Nominees:Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008) - Sacha Gervasi Food, Inc. (2008) - Robert Kenner More Than a Game (2008) - Kristopher Belman October Country (2009) - Michael Palmieri (II); Donal Mosher Which Way Home (2009) - Rebecca Cammisa
Best Foreign Film
Nominees:An Education (2009) - Lone Scherfig La nana (2009) - Sebastián Silva (III) Madeo (2009) - Joon-Ho Bong Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (2008) - Jan Troell Un prophète (2009) - Jacques Audiard
Best Female Lead
Nominees:Amreeka (2009) - Nisreen Faour Downloading Nancy (2008) - Maria Bello Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe The Last Station (2009) - Helen Mirren Two Lovers (2008) - Gwyneth Paltrow
Best First Feature
Nominees:A Single Man (2009) - Tom Ford (VIII) (director/producer); Chris Weitz (producer); Andrew Miano (producer); Robert Salerno (I) (producer) Crazy Heart (2009) - Scott Cooper (III) (director/producer); Robert Duvall (producer); Rob Carliner (producer); Judy Cairo (producer); T-Bone Burnett (producer) Easier with Practice (2009) - Kyle Patrick Alvarez (director); Cookie Carosella (producer) Paranormal Activity (2007) - Oren Peli (director/producer); Jason Blum (I) (producer) The Messenger (2009/I) - Oren Moverman (director); Mark Gordon (II) (producer); Lawrence Inglee (producer); Zach Miller (II) (producer)
Best Feature
Nominees:(500) Days of Summer (2009) - Jessica Tuchinsky; Mark Waters (VIII); Mason Novick; Steven J. Wolfe Amreeka (2009) - Christina Piovesan; Paul Barkin Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) - Lee Daniels (I); Sarah Siegel-Magness; Gary Magness Sin Nombre (2009) - Amy Kaufman (II) The Last Station (2009) - Chris Curling; Jens Meurer; Bonnie Arnold
Best Male Lead
Nominees:(500) Days of Summer (2009) - Joseph Gordon-Levitt A Single Man (2009) - Colin Firth Crazy Heart (2009) - Jeff Bridges (I) Goodbye Solo (2008) - Souleymane Sy Savane The Vicious Kind (2009) - Adam Scott (I)
John Cassavetes Award
Nominees:Big Fan (2009) - Robert D. Siegel (writer/director); Jean Kouremetis (producer); Elan Bogarin (producer) Humpday (2009) - Lynn Shelton (I) (writer/director/producer) The New Year Parade (2008) - Tom Quinn (X) (writer/director/producer); Steve Beal (I) (producer) Treeless Mountain (2008) - So Yong Kim (writer/director/producer); Bradley Rust Gray (producer); Ben Howe (producer); Lars Knudsen (I) (producer); Jay Van Hoy (producer) Zero Bridge (2008) - Tariq Tapa (writer/director/producer); Hilal Ahmed Langoo (producer); Josée Lajoie (producer)
Robert Altman Award
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Truer Than Fiction Award
Nominees:45365 (2009) - Bill Ross IV; Turner Ross Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo (2009) - Jessica Oreck El general (2009) - Natalia Almada
Producers Award
Nominees:Beeswax (2009) - Dia Sokol
- Also for Nights and Weekends (2008). I Sell the Dead (2008) - Larry Fessenden
- Also for The House of the Devil (2009). Santa Mesa (2008) - Karin Chien
- Also for The Exploding Girl (2009).
Someone to Watch Award
Nominees:Easier with Practice (2009) - Kyle Patrick Alvarez Redland (2009) - Asiel Norton Zero Bridge (2008) - Tariq Tapa
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- A Serious Man (2009) - Ethan Coen (director); Joel Coen (director); Ellen Chenoweth (casting director); Rachel Tenner (casting director); Richard Kind; Sari Lennick; Jessica McManus; Fred Melamed; Michael Stuhlbarg; Aaron Wolff
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- Also for Nights and Weekends (2008).
- Also for The House of the Devil (2009).
- Also for The Exploding Girl (2009).
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