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2012 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED<\/strong><\/p>\n

– $115,000 in grants to be awarded to filmmakers –<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

BEST FEATURE \u2028<\/strong>
\n50\/50<\/em>
\nBeginners<\/em>
\nDrive<\/em>
\nTake Shelter<\/em>
\nThe Artist<\/em>
\nThe Descendants<\/em><\/p>\n

BEST DIRECTOR<\/strong>
\nMichel Hazanavicius – The Artist<\/em>
\nMike Mills – Beginners<\/em>
\nJeff Nichols – Take Shelter<\/em>
\nAlexander Payne – The Descendants<\/em>
\nNicolas Winding Refn – Drive<\/em><\/p>\n

BEST SCREENPLAY<\/strong>
\nJoseph Cedar – Footnote<\/em>
\nMichel Hazanavicius – The Artist<\/em>
\nTom McCarthy – Win Win<\/em>
\nMike Mills – Beginners<\/em>
\nAlexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash – The Descendants<\/em><\/p>\n

BEST FIRST FEATURE- Director and producer collect.<\/strong>
\nAnother Earth<\/em>
\nIn the Family<\/em>
\nMargin Call<\/em>
\nMartha Marcy May Marlene<\/em>
\nNatural Selection<\/em><\/p>\n

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY<\/strong>
\nMike Cahill, Brit Marling – Another Earth<\/em>
\nJ.C. Chandor – Margin Call<\/em>
\nPatrick deWitt – Terri<\/em>
\nPhil Johnston – Cedar Rapids<\/em>
\nWill Reiser – 50\/50<\/em><\/p>\n

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – (Best Feature made for under $500,000)<\/strong>
\nBellflower<\/em>
\nCircumstance<\/em>
\nHello Lonesome<\/em>
\nPariah<\/em>
\nThe Dynamiter<\/em><\/p>\n

BEST FEMALE LEAD<\/strong>
\nLauren Ambrose – Think of Me<\/em>
\nRachael Harris – Natural Selection<\/em>
\nAdepero Oduye – Pariah<\/em>
\nElizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene<\/em>
\nMichelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn<\/em><\/p>\n

BEST MALE LEAD<\/strong>
\nDemi\u00a8\u00a2n Bichir – A Better Life<\/em>
\nJean Dujardin – The Artist<\/em>
\nRyan Gosling – Drive<\/em>
\nWoody Harrelson – Rampart<\/em>
\nMichael Shannon – Take Shelter<\/em><\/p>\n

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE<\/strong>
\nJessica Chastain – Take Shelter<\/em>
\nAnjelica Huston – 50\/50<\/em>
\nJanet McTeer – Albert Nobbs<\/em>
\nHarmony Santana – Gun Hill Road<\/em>
\nShailene Woodley – The Descendants<\/em><\/p>\n

BEST SUPPORTING MALE<\/strong>
\nAlbert Brooks – Drive<\/em>
\nJohn Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene<\/em>
\nChristopher Plummer – Beginners<\/em>
\nJohn C. Reilly – Cedar Rapids <\/em>
\nCorey Stoll – Midnight in Paris<\/em><\/p>\n

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY<\/strong>
\nJoel Hodge – Bellflower<\/em>
\nBenjamin Kasulke – The Off Hours<\/em>
\nDarius Khondji – Midnight in Paris<\/em>
\nGuillaume Schiffman – The Artist<\/em>
\nJeffrey Waldron – The Dynamiter<\/em><\/p>\n

BEST DOCUMENTARY<\/strong>
\nAn African Election<\/em>
\nBill Cunningham New York<\/em>
\nThe Interrupters<\/em>
\nThe Redemption of General Butt Naked<\/em>
\nWe Were Here<\/em><\/p>\n

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM<\/strong>
\nA Separation<\/em> (Iran)
\nMelancholia<\/em> (Denmark\/Sweden\/France\/Germany)
\nShame<\/em> (UK)
\nThe Kid With a Bike<\/em> (Belgium\/France\/Italy)
\nTyrannosaur<\/em> (UK)<\/p>\n

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD -( Includes $25,000 unrestricted grant)<\/strong>
\nChad Burris – Mosquita y Mari<\/em>
\nSophia Lin – Take Shelter<\/em>
\nJosh Mond – Martha Marcy May Marlene<\/em><\/p>\n

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – (Includes $25,000 unrestricted grant)<\/strong>
\nSimon Arthur – Silver Tongues<\/em>
\nMark Jackson – Without<\/em>
\nNicholas Ozeki – Mamitas<\/em><\/p>\n

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – (Includes restricted $25,000 Grant)<\/strong>
\nHeather Courtney – Where Soldiers Come From<\/em>
\nDanfung Dennis – Hell and Back Again<\/em>
\nAlma Har’el – Bombay Beach<\/em><\/p>\n

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)<\/strong>
\nMargin Call<\/em> – Director: J.C. Chandor
\nCasting Director: Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey
\nEnsemble Cast: Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci<\/p>\n

As for the breakdown among the\u00a0distributors, Fox Searchlight is the big winner and picks up 14 of the nominations with Sony Pictures Classics nabbing 9. Focus Features and The Weinstein Company each pick up 6 nominations with Film District, Roadside Attractions and Summit Entertainment each grabbing 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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