2013 Film Independent Spirit Award Winners

2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards

My winners are in PINK. The winners will say WINNER.

Winners announced on Saturday, February 23rd. 

Best Feature

Nominees: 

Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Bernie (2011)

Keep the Lights On (2012)

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Silver Linings Playbook (2012) WINNER

Best Female Lead

Nominees:

Linda Cardellini for Return (2011) 

Emayatzy Corinealdi for Middle of Nowhere (2012)

Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook (2012) WINNER

Quvenzhané Wallis for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Mary Elizabeth Winstead for Smashed (2012)

Best Male Lead

Nominees: 

Jack Black for Bernie (2011)

Bradley Cooper for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

John Hawkes for The Sessions (2012) WINNER

Thure Lindhardt for Keep the Lights On (2012)

Matthew McConaughey for Killer Joe (2011)

Wendell Pierce for Four (2012)

Best Supporting Female

Nominees: 

Rosemarie DeWitt for Your Sister's Sister (2011)

Ann Dowd for Compliance (2012)

Helen Hunt for The Sessions (2012) WINNER

Brit Marling for Sound of My Voice (2011)

Lorraine Toussaint for Middle of Nowhere (2012)

Best Supporting Male

Nominees: No answer. Haven't seen these yet. 

Matthew McConaughey for Magic Mike (2012) WINNER

David Oyelowo for Middle of Nowhere (2012)

Michael Peña for End of Watch (2012)

Sam Rockwell for Seven Psychopaths (2012)

Bruce Willis for Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Best Director

Nominees: 

Wes Anderson for Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Julia Loktev for The Loneliest Planet (2011)

David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook (2012) WINNER

Ira Sachs for Keep the Lights On (2012)

Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)

Best Screenplay

Nominees: 

Keep the Lights On (2012): Ira Sachs

Moonrise Kingdom (2012): Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola

Ruby Sparks (2012): Zoe Kazan

Seven Psychopaths (2012): Martin McDonagh

Silver Linings Playbook (2012): David O. Russell WINNER

Best First Screenplay

Nominees:

Celeste & Jesse Forever (2012): Rashida Jones, Will McCormack

Fill the Void (2012): Rama Burshtein

Gayby (2012): Jonathan Lisecki

Robot & Frank (2012): Christopher Ford

Safety Not Guaranteed (2012): Derek Connolly WINNER

Best Cinematography

Nominees: No answer. Haven't seen these yet. 

Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012): Ben Richardson WINNER

End of Watch (2012): Roman Vasyanov

Here (2011/I): Lol Crawley

Moonrise Kingdom (2012): Robert D. Yeoman

Valley of Saints (2012): Yoni Brook

Best First Feature

Nominees: No answer. Haven't seen these yet. 

Fill the Void (2012)

Gimme the Loot (2012)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) WINNER

Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

Sound of My Voice (2011)

Best International Film

Nominees: No answer. Haven't seen these yet. 

Amour (2012) WINNER

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)

Rust and Bone (2012)

Sister (2012)

War Witch (2012)

Best Documentary

Nominees: No answer. Haven't seen these yet. 

The Central Park Five (2012)

How to Survive a Plague (2012)

The Invisible War (2012) WINNER

Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012)

The Waiting Room (2012/III)

John Cassavetes Award

Nominees: No answer. Haven't seen these yet. 

Breakfast with Curtis (2012)

Middle of Nowhere (2012) WINNER

Mosquita y Mari (2012)

Starlet (2012)

The Color Wheel (2011)

Truer Than Fiction Award

Nominees: No answer. Haven't seen these yet. 

Leviathan (2012): Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel

Only the Young (2012): Jason Tippet, Elizabeth Mims

The Waiting Room (2012/III): Peter Nicks WINNER

Someone to Watch Award

Nominees: No answer. Haven't seen these yet. 

David Fenster for Pincus (2012)

Adam Leon for Gimme the Loot (2012) WINNER

Rebecca Thomas for Electrick Children (2012)

Producers Award

Nominees: No answer. Haven't seen these yet. 

Mynette Louie for Stones in the Sun (2012) WINNER

Derrick Tseng for Prince Avalanche (2013)

Alicia Van Couvering for Nobody Walks (2012)

Robert Altman Award

WINNER No answer. Haven't seen these yet. 

Starlet (2012) WINNER