Film Independent Spirit Awards 2011 Nominees

The 26th Film Independent Spirit Awards announced its nominees on the last day of November 2010. Here are the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees:

Best Feature:
127 Hours
Black Swan
Greenberg
The Kids Are All Right
Winter's Bone

Best Director:
Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan"
Danny Boyle, "127 Hours"
Lisa Cholodenko, "The Kids Are All Right"
Debra Granik, "Winter's Bone"
John Cameron Mitchell, "Rabbit Hole"

Best Screenplay:
Stuart Blumberg & Lisa Cholodenko, "The Kids Are All Right"
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini, "Winter's Bone"
Nicole Holofcener, "Please Give"
David Lindsay-Abaire, "Rabbit Hole"
Todd Solondz, "Life During Wartime"

Best Female Lead:
Annette Bening
Greta Gerwig
Nicole Kidman
Jennifer Lawrence
Natalie Portman
Michelle Williams

Best Male Lead:
Ronald Bronstein
Aaron Eckhart
James Franco
John C. Reilly
Ben Stiller

Best Supporting Female:
Ashley Bell
Dale Dickey
Allison Janney
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Naomi Watts

Best Supporting Male:
John Hawkes
Samuel L. Jackson
Bill Murray
John Ortiz
Mark Ruffalo

Best Documentary:
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Marwencol
Sweetgrass
Restrepo
Thunder Soul

Best Foreign Film:
Kisses
Mademoiselle Chambon
Of Gods and Men
The King's Speech
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Best Cinematography:
Adam Kimmel, "Never Let Me Go"
Matthew Libatique, "Black Swan"
Jody Lee Lipes, "Tiny Furniture"
Michael McDonough, "Winter's Bone"
Harris Savides, "Greenberg"

Best First Feature:
Everything Strange and New
Get Low
Night Catches Us
The Last Exorcism
Tiny Furniture

Best First Screenplay:
Diane Bell, "Obselidia"
Lena Dunham, "Tiny Furniture"
Nik Fackler, "Lovely, Still"
Bob Glaudini, "Jack Goes Boating"
Dana Adam Shapiro, Evan M. Wiener, "Monogamy"

John Cassavetes Award:
"Daddy Longlegs"; Writer/Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Producers: Casey Neistat, Tom Scott
"Lbs."; Director: Matthew Bonifacio, Writer/Producers: Matthew Bonifacio, Carmine Famiglietti
"Lovers of Hate"; Writer/Director: Bryan Poyser, Producer: Megan Gilbride
"Obselidia"; Writer/Director: Diane Bell, Producers: Chris Byrne, Mathew Medlin
"The Exploding Girl"; Writer/Director: Bradley Rust Gray, Producers: Karin Chien, Ben Howe, So Yong Kim

Acura Someone to Watch Award:
Hossein Keshavarz, "Dog Sweat"
Laurel Nakadate, "The Wolf Knife"
Mike Ott, "Littlerock"

Piaget Producers Award:
In-Ah Lee, "Au Revoir Taipei"
Adele Romanski, "The Myth of the American Sleepover"
Anish Savjani, "Meek's Cutoff"

Aveeno Truer Than Fiction Award:
Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, "Sweetgrass"
Jeff Malmberg, "Marwencol"
Lynn True, Nelson Walker, "Summer Pasture"

Robert Altman Award:
"Please Give" - Director: Nicole Holofcener; Casting Director: Jeanne McCarthy; Ensemble Cast: Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Lois Smith, Sarah Steele

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