2014 Indie Spirit Award Nominees & Winners

Winners  announced March 14th

Winners are in BOLD

My picks for winners are in PINK

Best Feature

Nominees:

12 Years a Slave (2013): Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad

All Is Lost (2013): Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb

Frances Ha (2012): Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Rodrigo Teixeira, Lila Yacoub

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin

Nebraska (2013): Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa

Best Director

Nominees:

Shane Carruth for Upstream Color (2013)

J.C. Chandor for All Is Lost (2013)

Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Jeff Nichols for Mud (2012)

Alexander Payne for Nebraska (2013)

Best First Feature

Nominees:

Blue Caprice (2013): Alexandre Moors, Kim Jackson, Brian O'Carroll, Isen Robbins, Will Rowbotham, Ron Simons, Stephen Tedeschi, Aimee Schoof

Concussion (2013): Stacie Passon, Rose Troche

Fruitvale Station (2013): Ryan Coogler

Una Noche (2012): Lucy Mulloy, Sandy Pérez Águila, Yunior Santiago, Daniel Mulloy

Wadjda (2012): Haifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul

Best Female Lead

Nominees:

Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine (2013)

Julie Delpy for Before Midnight (2013)

Gaby Hoffmann for Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus and 2012 (2013)

Brie Larson for Short Term 12 (2013)

Shailene Woodley for The Spectacular Now (2013)

Best Male Lead

Nominees:

Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Bruce Dern for Nebraska (2013)

Oscar Isaac for Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Michael B. Jordan for Fruitvale Station (2013)

Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

Robert Redford for All Is Lost (2013)

Best Supporting Female

Nominees:

Melonie Diaz for Fruitvale Station (2013)

Sally Hawkins for Blue Jasmine (2013)

Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Yolonda Ross for Go for Sisters (2013)

June Squibb for Nebraska (2013)

Best Supporting Male

Nominees:

Michael Fassbender for 12 Years a Slave (2013)

Will Forte for Nebraska (2013)

James Gandolfini for Enough Said (2013)

Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

Keith Stanfield for Short Term 12 (2013)

Best Screenplay

Nominees:

Blue Jasmine (2013): Woody Allen

Before Midnight (2013): Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke

Enough Said (2013): Nicole Holofcener

The Spectacular Now (2013): Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber

12 Years a Slave (2013): John Ridley

Best First Screenplay

Nominees:

In a World... (2013): Lake Bell

Nebraska (2013): Bob Nelson

Don Jon (2013): Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Afternoon Delight (2013): Jill Soloway

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete (2013): Michael Starrbury

Best Cinematography

Nominees:

12 Years a Slave (2013): Sean Bobbitt

Spring Breakers (2012): Benoît Debie

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013): Bruno Delbonnel

All Is Lost (2013): Frank G. DeMarco

Computer Chess (2013): Matthias Grunsky

Best International Film

Nominees:

Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013): Abdellatif Kechiche

A Touch of Sin (2013): Zhangke Jia

Gloria (2013/II): Sebastián Lelio

The Great Beauty (2013): Paolo Sorrentino

The Hunt (2012): Thomas Vinterberg

Best Documentary

Nominees:

20 Feet from Stardom (2013): Morgan Neville, Gil Friesen, Caitrin Rogers

After Tiller (2013): Martha Shane, Lana Wilson

Gideon's Army (2013): Dawn Porter

The Act of Killing (2012): Joshua Oppenheimer, Joram ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Michael Uwemedimo

The Square (2013): Jehane Noujaim, Karim Amer

John Cassavetes Award

Nominees:

Computer Chess (2013): Andrew Bujalski, Houston King, Alex Lipschultz

Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus and 2012 (2013): Sebastián Silva, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín

Museum Hours (2012): Jem Cohen, Paolo Calamita, Gabriele Kranzelbinder

Pit Stop (2013): Yen Tan, David Lowery, Jonathan Duffy, James M. Johnston, Eric Steele,Kelly Williams

This Is Martin Bonner (2013): Chad Hartigan, Cherie Saulter

Truer Than Fiction Award

Nominees:

A River Changes Course (2013): Kalyanee Mam

Let the Fire Burn (2013): Jason Osder

Manakamana (2013): Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez

Someone to Watch Award

Nominees:

My Sister's Quinceanera (2013): Aaron Douglas Johnston

Newlyweeds (2013): Shaka King

The Foxy Merkins (2013): Madeleine Olnek

Producers Award

Nominees:

Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston

Jacob Jaffke

Andrea Roa

Frederick Thornton

Robert Altman Award

WINNER

Mud (2012): Jeff Nichols, Francine Maisler, Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon,Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Sam Shepard, Ray McKinnon, Sarah Paulson, Michael Shannon, Joe Don Baker, Paul Sparks, Bonnie Sturdivant

Best Editing

Nominees:

Museum Hours (2012): Marc Vives, Jem Cohen

Short Term 12 (2013): Nat Sanders

Upstream Color (2013): Shane Carruth, David Lowery

Frances Ha (2012): Jennifer Lame

Una Noche (2012): Cindy Lee