Independent Spirit Awards 2013 Nominations.

                  Nominations for Independent Spirit Awards 2013 have been announced and both Silver Linings Playbook and Moonrise Kingdom leads with 5 nominations each followed by Middle on Nowhere, Beasts of the Southern Wild and Keep the Light On with 4 nominations each. Indie Spirits have always been one of my favorites awards due to the fact that they always nominate the movies that people actually like. From low indie fares to highly acclaimed offbeat movies. And if you see the nominees, they have nominated many movies and spread them across evenly in their deserving categories. Hawkes, Hunt, Lawrence, McConaughey, Wallis etc are nominated for acting. It will be interesting to see how many of these movies go all the way with the critics awards. Very interesting choices, i am impressed.

Below is the full list of nominations:


BEST FEATURE
-Beasts of the Southern Wild
-Bernie
-Keep the Lights On
-Moonrise Kingdom
-Silver Linings Playbook

BEST DIRECTOR
-Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
-Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet
-David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
-Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On
-Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST SCREENPLAY
-Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
-Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks
-Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths
-David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
-Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On

BEST FIRST FEATURE
-Fill the Void
-Gimme the Loot
-Safety Not Guaranteed
-Sound of My Voice
-The Perks of Being a Wallflower

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
-Rama Burshtein, Fill the Void
-Derek Connolly, Safety Not Guaranteed
-Christopher Ford, Robot & Frank
-Rashida Jones & Will McCormack, Celeste and Jesse Forever
-Jonathan Lisecki, Gayby

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
-Breakfast with Curtis
-Middle of Nowhere
-Mosquita y Mari
-Starlet
-The Color Wheel

BEST FEMALE LEAD
-Linda Cardellini, Return
-Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere
-Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
-Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
-Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed

BEST MALE LEAD
-Jack Black, Bernie
-Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
-John Hawkes, The Sessions
-Thure Lindhardt, Keep the Lights On
-Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe
-Wendell Pierce, Four

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
-Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister’s Sister
-Ann Dowd, Compliance
-Helen Hunt, The Sessions
-Brit Marling, Sound of My Voice
-Lorraine Toussaint, Middle of Nowhere

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
-Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
-David Oyelowo, Middle of Nowhere
-Michael Péna, End of Watch
-Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths
-Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
-Yoni Brook, Valley of Saints
-Lol Crawley, Here
-Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild
-Roman Vasyanov, End of Watch
-Robert Yeoman, Moonrise Kingdom

BEST DOCUMENTARY
-How to Survive a Plague
-Marina Abramoviæ: The Artist is Present
-The Central Park Five
-The Invisible War
-The Waiting Room

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
-Amour
-Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
-Rust And Bone
-Sister
-War Witch

16th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD:

-Nobody Walks PRODUCER: Alicia Van Couvering
-Prince Avalanche, PRODUCER: Derrick Tseng
-Stones in the Sun, PRODUCER: Mynette Louie

19th ANNUAL SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD:

-Pincus, DIRECTOR: David Fenster
-Gimme the Loot, DIRECTOR: Adam Leon
-Electrick Children, DIRECTOR: Rebecca Thomas

STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD:

-Leviathan, DIRECTOR: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
-The Waiting Room, DIRECTOR: Peter Nicks
-Only the Young, DIRECTOR: Jason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD: Starlet, Director: Sean Baker