IFC Films
As the winds of award show nominations pick up, you won’t be surprised to find 12 Years a Slave at the top of every list. But the Academy, the Golden Globes, and the various other captains of the circuit are inclined to overlook some of our smaller, more personal favorites in lieu of the big, grand, and wholly unavoidable awardable pictures like Steven McQueen‘s American slavery epic. That is not to rob 12 Years of Slave of its due credit — the film absolutely deserves as much awards attention as it is getting. It’s simply the sort of movie that you know will get awards attention right out of the gate… whereas pictures just as pristine such as Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig‘s Frances Ha, likely won’t be the center of attention come Oscar night. But that’s what the Independent Spirit Awards are for: to recognize the movies that we cherish with intimacy rather than with grandeur. Among them are Frances Ha, new release Nebraska, Robert Redford’s nearly wordless All Is Lost (also a viable candidate for the Academy, due to its own dezzling veneer), the Coen Bros’ upcoming Inside Llewyn Davis, and, yes, of course, 12 Years a Slave.
Check out the full list of nods below.
BEST FEATURE
12 Years A Slave
All Is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
BEST LEAD FEMALE
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffman, Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley, The Spectacular Now
BEST LEAD MALE
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station
Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford, All Is Lost
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Melonie Diaz, Fruitvale Station
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years A Slave
Yolanda Ross, Go For Sisters
June Squibb, Nebraska
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years A Slave
Will Forte, Nebraska
James Gandolfini, Enough Said
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Keith Stanfield, Short Term 12
BEST DIRECTOR
Shane Carruth, Upstream Color
J.C. Chandor, All Is Lost
Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave
Jeff Nichols, Mud
Alexander Payne, Nebraska
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Blue Caprice
Concussion
Fruitvale Station
Una Noche
Wadjda
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Computer Chess
Crystal Fairy
Museum Hours
Pit Stop
This Is Martin Bonner
BEST SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen, Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater, Before Midnight
Nicole Holofcener, Enough Said
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, The Spectacular Now
John Ridley, 12 Years A Slave
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Lake Bell, In A World
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Don Jon
Bob Nelson, Nebraska
Jill Soloway, Afternoon Delight
Michael Starburry, The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister & Pete
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sean Bobbitt, 12 Years A Slave
Benoit Debie, Spring Breakers
Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
Frank G. Demarco, All Is Lost
Matthias Grunsky, Computer Chess
BEST EDITING
Shane Carruth & David Lowery, Upstream Color
Jem Cohen & Marc Vives, Museum Hours
Jennifer Lame, Frances Ha
Cindy Lee, Una Noche
Nat Sanders, Short Term 12
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
A Touch Of Sin
Blue Is The Warmest Color
Gloria
The Great Beauty
The Hunt
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act Of Killing
After Tiller
Gideon’s Army
The Square
Twenty Feet From Stardom
PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnson
Jacob Jaffke
Andrea Roa
Ferderick Thornton
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARDS
Kalyanee Mam, A River Changes Course
Jason Osder, Let The Fire Burn
Stephanie Spray & Pancho Valez, Manakamana
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARDS
Aaron Douglas Johnston, My Sisters’ Quinceanera
Shaka King, Newlyweeds
Madeleine Olnek, The Foxy Merkins
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Mud
