The Independent Spirit Awards nominations are out. Announced live this morning by actors Zach Braff and Lisa Kudrow, the nominations herald the start of a crowded awards season. Todd Haynes's
I’m Not There came out the biggest winner, with four nominations including Best Feature, Best Director and Best Supporting Actor nominations for Marcus Carl Franklin and Cate Blanchett, who both play Bob Dylan.
Jeffrey Blitz's first feature Rocket Science received three nominations, including Best First Feature and a Best Supporting Actress nod for the marvelous Anna Kendrick. Left altogether in the cold was Sarah Polley's directorial debut Away From Her. Waitress director and co-star Adrienne Shelly, who was murdered last year, earned a nomination for Best Screenplay.
The complete list of nominations:
BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik
I’m Not There. Producers: Christine Vachon, John Sloss, John Goldwyn, James D. Stern
Juno . Producers: Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
A Mighty Heart . Producers: Dede Gardner, Andrew Eaton, Brad Pitt
Paranoid Park . Producers: Neil Kopp, David Cress
BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes, I’m Not There
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Jason Reitman, Juno
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Gus Van Sant, Paranoid Park
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
2 Days in Paris, Director: Julie Delpy
Producers: Julie Delpy, Christophe Mazodier, Thierry Potok
The Great World of Sound, Director: Craig Zobel
Producers: Melissa Palmer, David Gordon Green, Richard Wright, Craig Zobel
The Lookout, Director: Scott Frank
Producers: Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber, Laurence Mark, Walter Parkes
Rocket Science, Director: Jeffrey Blitz
Producers: Effie T. Brown, Sean Welch
Vanaja, Director: Rajnesh Domalpalli
Producer: Latha R. Domalapalli
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
August Evening, Writer/Director: Chris Eska
Producers: Connie Hill, Jason Wehling
Owl and the Sparrow, Writer/Director: Stephane Gauger
Producers: Nguyen Van Quan, Doan Nhat Nam, Stephane Gauger
The Pool, Director: Chris Smith
Producer: Kate Noble
Writer: Chris Smith & Randy Russell
Quiet City, Director: Aaron Katz
Producers: Brendan McFadden, Ben Stambler
Writers: Aaron Katz, Erin Fisher, Cris Lankenau
Shotgun Stories, Writer/Director: Jeff Nichols
Producers: David Gordon Green, Lisa Muskat, Jeff Nichols
BEST SCREENPLAY
Ronald Harwood, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Tamara Jenkins, The Savages
Fred Parnes & Andrew Wagner, Starting Out in the Evening
Adrienne Shelly, Waitress
Mike White, Year of the Dog
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Jeffrey Blitz, Rocket Science
Zoe Cassavetes, Broken English
Diablo Cody, Juno
Kelly Masterson, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
John Orloff, A Mighty Heart
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Sienna Miller, Interview
Ellen Page, Juno
Parker Posey, Broken English
Tang Wei, Lust, Caution
BEST MALE LEAD
Pedro Castaneda, August Evening
Don Cheadle, Talk To Me
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Savages
Frank Langella, Starting Out in the Evening
Tony Leung, Lust, Caution
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Anna Kendrick, Rocket Science
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Margot Margot at the Wedding
Tamara Podemski, Four Sheets to the Wind
Marisa Tomei, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Talk To Me
Marcus Carl Franklin, I’m Not There
Kene Holliday, The Great World of Sound
Irrfan Khan, The Namesake
Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mott Hupfel, The Savages
Janusz Kaminski, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Milton Kam, Vanaja
Mihai Malaimare, Jr., Youth Without Youth
Rodrigo Prieto, Lust, Caution
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)
Crazy Love, Director: Dan Klores
Lake of Fire, Director: Tony Kaye
Manufactured Landscapes, Director: Jennifer Baichwal
The Monastery, Director: Pernille Rose Gronkjaer
The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair, Directors: Petra Epperlein & Michael Tucker
BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)
4 Months , 3 Weeks, and 2 Days, Director: Cristian Mungiu (Romania)
The Band's Visit, Director: Eran Kolirin (Israel)
Lady Chatterley, Director: Pascale Ferran (France)
Once , Director: John Carney (Ireland)
Persepolis, Directors: Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi (France)
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one film's director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)
I’m Not There,
Director: Todd Haynes
Casting Director: Laura Rosenthal
Ensemble Cast: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bruce Greenwood, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw
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