Crazy Days and Nights: Independent Spirit Awards

Sunday, March 02, 2014

Independent Spirit Awards- Winners

Feature
WINNER: '12 Years a Slave'
'All Is Lost'
'Frances Ha'
'Inside Llewyn Davis'
'Nebraska'

Director
Shane Carruth - 'Upstream Color'
J.C. Chandor - 'All Is Lost'
WINNER: Steve McQueen - '12 Years a Slave'
Jeff Nichols - 'Mud'
Alexander Payne - 'Nebraska'

Screenplay
Woody Allen - 'Blue Jasmine'
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater - 'Before Midnight'
Nicole Holofcener - 'Enough Said'
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - 'The Spectacular Now'
WINNER: John Ridley - '12 Years a Slave'

First Feature
'Blue Caprice' - Alexandre Moors - director/producer; Kim Jackson, Brian O'Carroll, Isen Robbins, Will Rowbotham, Ron Simons, Aimee Schoof, Stephen Tedeschi - producer
'Concussion' - Stacie Passon - director; Rose Troche - producer
WINNER: 'Fruitvale Station' - Ryan Coogler - director; Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker - producers
'Una Noche' - Lucy Mulloy - director - producer; Sandy Pérez Aguila, Maite Artieda, Daniel Mulloy, Yunior Santiago - producers
'Wadjda' - Haifaa Al Mansour - director; Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul - producer

First Screenplay
Lake Bell - 'In a World'
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - 'Don Jon'
WINNER: Bob Nelson - 'Nebraska'
Jill Soloway - 'Afternoon Delight'
Michael Starrbury - 'The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete'

John Cassavetes Award (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
'Computer Chess' - Andrew Bujalski, writer/director
'Crystal Fairy' - Sebastiàn Silva, writer/director
'Museum Hours' - Jem Cohen, writer/director
'Pit Stop' - Yen Tan, writer/director; David Lowery, writer
WINNER: 'This is Martin Bonner' - Chad Hartigan, writer/director

Female Lead
WINNER: Cate Blanchett - 'Blue Jasmine'
Julie Delpy - 'Before Midnight'
Gaby Hoffmann - 'Crystal Fairy'
Brie Larson - 'Short Term 12'
Shailene Woodley - 'The Spectacular Now'

Male Lead
Bruce Dern - 'Nebraska'
Chiwetel Ejiofor - '12 Years a Slave'
Oscar Isaac - 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Michael B. Jordan - 'Fruitvale Station'
WINNER: Matthew McConaughey - 'Dallas Buyers Club'
Robert Redford - 'All Is Lost'

Supporting Female
Melonie Diaz - 'Fruitvale Station'
Sally Hawkins - 'Blue Jasmine'
WINNER: Lupita Nyong'o - '12 Years a Slave'
Yolonda Ross - 'Go For Sisters'
June Squibb - 'Nebraska'

Supporting Male
Michael Fassbender - '12 Years a Slave'
Will Forte - 'Nebraska'
James Gandolfini - 'Enough Said'
WINNER: Jared Leto - 'Dallas Buyers Club'
Keith Stanfield - 'Short Term 12'

Cinematography
WINNER: Sean Bobbitt - '12 Years a Slave'
Benoit Debie - 'Spring Breakers'
Bruno Delbonnel - 'Inside Llewyn Davis'
Frank G. DeMarco - 'All Is Lost'
Matthias Grunsky - 'Computer Chess'

Editing
Shane Carruth & David Lowery - 'Upstream Color'
Jem Cohen & Marc Vives - 'Museum Hours'
Jennifer Lame - 'Frances Ha'
Cindy Lee - 'Una Noche'
WINNER: Nat Sanders - 'Short Term 12'

Documentary
WINNER: '20 Feet From Stardom - Morgan Neville, director/producer; Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers, producers
'After Tiller' - Martha Shane & Lana Wilson, directors/producers
'Gideon's Army' - Dawn Porter, director/producer; Julie Goldman, producer
'The Act of Killing' - Joshua Oppenheimer, director/producer; Joram Ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Michael Uwemedimo, producer
'The Square' - Jehane Noujaim, director, Karim Amer, producer

International Film
'A Touch of Sin' (China) - Jia Zhang-Ke, director
WINNER: 'Blue Is the Warmest Color' (France) - Abdellatif Kechiche, director
'Gloria (Chile) - Sebastián Lelio, director
'The Great Beauty' (Italy) - Paolo Sorrentino, director
'The Hunt' (Denmark) - Thomas Vinterberg, director

Robert Altman Award (Given to one film’s director, casting director and its ensemble cast)
'Mud'
Director: Jeff Nichols
Casting Director: Francine Maisler
Ensemble Cast: Joe Don Baker, Jacob Lofland, Matthew McConaughey, Ray McKinnon, Sarah Paulson, Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard, Tye Sheridan, Paul Sparks, Bonnie Sturdivant, Reese Witherspoon

17th Piaget Producers Award
Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston
Jacob Jaffke
Andrea Roa
Frederick Thornton

20th Someone to Watch Award
'My Sister's Quinceañera' - Aaron Douglas Johnston, director
WINNER: 'Newlyweeds' - Shaka King, director
'The Foxy Merkins' - Madeline Olnek, director

19th Stella Artois Truer Than Fiction Award
Kalyanee Mam - 'A River Changes Course'
WINNER: Jason Osder - 'Let the Fire Burn'
Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez - Manakamana'