The Last Station and Helen Mirren top the Independent Spirit Award nominations.
Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire and The Last Station get five in the 25th
By John Esther
This morning the 25th Independent Spirit Award nominations were announced.
All eligible feature films must be at least 70 minutes in length and the entire cost of a completed project must be under $20 million. A film also must have either screened at a major film festival, such as Sundance, Toronto or Film Independent’s own Los Angeles Film Festival or had a one-week engagement at a commercial theater.
Here is the list of nominees for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Feature -- (500) Days of Summer; Amreeka; Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire; Sin Nombre; and The Last Station
Best Director -- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, A Serious Man; Lee Daniels, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire; Cary Joji Fukunaga, Sin Nombre; James Gray, Two Lovers; and Michael Hoffman, The Last Station
Best Screenplay -- Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman, The Messenger; Michael Hoffman, The Last Station; Lee Toland Krieger, The Vicious Kind; Greg Mottola, Adventureland; and Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, (500) Days of Summer
Best First Feature -- A Single Man; Crazy Hear; Easier With Practice; Paranormal Activity; and The Messenger
Best First Screenplay -- Sophie Barthes, Cold Souls; Scott Cooper, Crazy Heart; Cherien Dabis, Amreeka; Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire; and Tom Ford, David Scearce, A Single Man
John Cassavetes Award -- Big Fan; Humpday; The New Year Parade; Treeless Mountain; and Zero Bridge
Best Female Lead -- Maria Bello, Downloading Nancy; Nisreen Faour, Amreeka; Helen Mirren, The Last Station; Gwyneth Paltrow, Two Lovers; and Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire
Best Male Lead -- Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart; Colin Firth, A Single Man; Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer; Souleymane Sy Savane, Goodbye Solo; and Adam Scott, The Vicious Kind
Best Supporting Female -- Dina Korzun, Cold Souls; Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire; Samantha Morton, The Messenger; Natalie Press, Fifty Dead Men Walking; and Mia Wasikowska, That Evening Sun
Best Supporting Male -- Jemaine Clement, Gentlemen Broncos; Woody Harrelson, The Messenger; Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles; Raymond McKinnon, That Evening Sun; and Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Best Cinematography -- Roger Deakins, A Serious Man; Adriano Goldman, Sin Nombre; Anne Misawa, Treeless Mountain; Andrij Parekh, Cold Souls; and Peter Zeitlinger, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Best Documentary -- Anvil! The Story of Anvil!; Food, Inc.; More Than a Game; October Country; and Which Way Home
Best Foreign Film -- A Prophet; An Education; Everlasting Moments; Mother, and The Maid
Acura Someone to Watch Award -- Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Easier With Practice; Asiel Norton, Redland; and Tariq Tapa, Zero Bridge
The awards ceremony will occur Friday, March 5 at L.A. Live downtown.
