Matt Dillon and Taraji P. Henson were up to announce the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards nominations this morning in LA, and the nominees are making me smile: Precious is represented in almost every major category, with nods for the director, actresses, screenplay, and film. And though they're yet to be released, both The Last Station and A Single Man won several nominations, which is only upping my anticipation for them. One thing I can't resist mentioning? (500) Days of Summer received nods for best feature and best male lead for Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
To see the full list of nominations, just read more.
BEST FEATURE
(500) Days of Summer
Amreeka
Precious
Sin Nombre
The Last Station
BEST DIRECTOR
The Coen Brothers (A Serious Man)
Lee Daniels (Precious)
Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre)
James Grey (Two Lovers)
Michael Hoffman (The Last Station)
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
A Single Man
Crazy Heart
Easier With Practice
The Messenger
Paranormal Activity
BEST MALE LEAD
Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart)
Colin Firth (A Single Man)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt ((500) Days of Summer)
Souleymane Sy Savane (Goodbye Solo)
Adam Scott (The Vicious Kind)
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Maria Bello (Downloading Nancy)
Helen Mirren (The Last Station)
Gwyneth Paltrow (Two Lovers)
Gabourey Sidibe (Precious)
Nisreen Faour (Amreeka)
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Jemaine Clement (Gentlemen Broncos)
Woody Harrelson (The Messenger)
Christian McKay (Me and Orson Welles)
Ray McKinnon (That Evening Sun)
Christopher Plummer (The Last Station)
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Mo'Nique (Precious)
Samantha Morton (The Messenger)
Natalie Press (Fifty Dead Men Walking)
Mia Wasikowska (That Evening Sun)
Dina Korzun (Cold Souls)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman (The Messenger)
Michael Hoffman (The Last Station)
Lee Toland Krieger, (The Vicious Kind)
Greg Mottola (Adventureland)
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber ((500) Days Of Summer)
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Sophie Barthes Cold Souls
Scott Cooper Crazy Heart
Cherien Dabis Amreeka
Geoffrey Fletcher Precious
Tom Ford, David Scearce A Single Man
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
A Serious Man
Sin Nombre
Treeless Mountain
Cold Souls
Bad Lieutenant
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
Big Fan
Humpday
The New Year Parade
Treeless Mountain
Zero Bridge
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Food Inc.
More Than a Game
October Country
Which Way Home
FOREIGN FILM
A Prophet
An Education
Everlasting Moments
Mother
The Maid
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)
A Serious Man
IFC/ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Kyle Patrick Alvarez (Easier With Practice)
Asiel Norton (Redland)
Tariq Tapa (Zero Bridge)
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Natalia Almada (El general)
Bill Ross and Turner Ross (45365)
Jessica Oreck (Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo)
