The awards season is now in full swing, with the nominees for the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards announced by Film Independent this morning.
Nominees for Best Feature include 50/50, Beginners, Drive, Take Shelter, The Artist and The Descendants. Indeed, The Artist and The Descendants scored the biggest number of nods with five each. The already certified cult hit Drive has also nabbed four nominations, as did Take Shelter and Gotham Award winner Beginners.
Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris failed to receive a nomination for Best Feature, but did receive nominations for Best Supporting Male Lead (Corey Stoll) and Best Cinematography. Judd Apatow’s 50/50 also scored big with nods for Best Feature, Best Supporting Female (Angelica Huston) and Best First Screenplay.
The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be announced on 25 February 2012.
Best Feature
Best Director
- Mike Mills – Beginners
- Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
- Jeff Nichols – Take Shelter
- Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
- Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Best First Feature
- Another Earth
- In the Family
- Margin Call
- Martha Marcy May Marlene
- Natural Selection
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 Supporting Male Lead
- Albert Brooks – Drive
- John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene
- Christopher Plummer – Beginners
- John C. Reilly – Cedar Rapids
- Corey Stoll – Midnight in Paris
Best Supporting Female
- Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter
- Angelica Huston – 50/50
- Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
- Harmony Santana – Gun Hill Road
- Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
John Cassavetes Award (for films made under $500,000)
- Bellflower
- Circumstance
- Hello Lonesome
- Pariah
- The Dynamiter
Best Documentary
- An African Selection
- Bill Cunningham New York
- The Interrupters
- The Redemption of General Butt Naked
- We Were Here
Best Cinematography
- Joel Hodge – Bellflower
- Benjamin Kasulke – The Off Hours
- Darius Khondji – Midnight in Paris
- Guillame Shiffman – The Artist
- Jeffrey Waldron – The Dynamiter
Best First Screenplay
- Mike Cahill & Brit Marling – Another Earth
- J.C. Chandor – Margin Call
- Patrick DeWitt – Terri
- Phil Johnston – Cedar Rapids
- Will Reiser – 50/50
Best Screenplay
- Joseph Cedar – Footnote
- Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
- Mike Mills – Beginners
- Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Best Foreign Film
Robert Altman Award for Ensemble
- Margin Call
