The 29th Independent Spirit Awards Saturday March 01,2014

The 29th Independent Spirit Awards announced its nominees on November 27, 2013 and the winners were announced on Saturday March 1, 2014

Lupita Nyong'o(Best Supporting Female) and Steve McQueen (Best Director)both won awards for 12 Years a Slave

 
Lupita Nyong'o,the Kenyan actress won an Independent Spirit award on Saturday for her debut movie role in 12 Years a Slave and told the audience: "Not a bad way to celebrate my birthday."
The Kenyan actress turned 31 a day before the Oscars where she is a front runner for best supporting actress.
12 Years a Slave dominated the Independent Spirit Awards, where it took five prizes.

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first and in bold.

Best Feature

12 Years a Slave

• All Is Lost
• Frances Ha
• Inside Llewyn Davis
• Nebraska

 

Best First Feature

Fruitvale Station, Director: Ryan Coogler; Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker

• Blue Caprice, Director/Producer: Alexandre Moors; Producers: Kim Jackson, Brian O’Carroll, Isen Robbins, Will Rowbotham, Ron Simons, Aimee Schoof, Stephen Tedeschi
• Concussion, Director: Stacie Passon, Producer: Rose Troche
• Una Noche, Director/Producer: Lucy Mulloy, Producers: Sandy Pérez Aguila, Maite Artieda, Daniel Mulloy, Yunior Santiago
• Wadjda, Director: Haifaa Al Mansour, Producers: Gerhard Meixner, Roman Pau

Best Director

Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave

• Shane Carruth – Upstream Color
• J.C. Chandor – All Is Lost
• Jeff Nichols – Mud
• Alexander Payne – Nebraska

Best Male Lead

Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

• Bruce Dern – Nebraska
• Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
• Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis
• Michael B. Jordan – Fruitvale Station
• Robert Redford – All Is Lost

Best Female Lead

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

• Julie Delpy – Before Midnight
• Gaby Hoffmann – Crystal Fairy
• Brie Larson – Short Term 12
• Shailene Woodley – The Spectacular Now

Best Supporting Male

Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

• Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
• Will Forte – Nebraska
• James Gandolfini – Enough Said
• Keith Stanfield – Short Term 12

Best Supporting Female

Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave

• Melonie Diaz – Fruitvale Station
• Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
• Yolonda Ross – Go for Sisters
• June Squibb – Nebraska

Best Screenplay

John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave

• Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine
• Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, and Richard Linklater – Before Midnight
• Nicole Holofcener – Enough Said
• Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber – The Spectacular Now

Best First Screenplay

Bob Nelson – Nebraska

• Lake Bell – In a World...
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Don Jon
• Jill Soloway – Afternoon Delight
• Michael Starrbury – The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

Best Cinematography

Sean Bobbitt – 12 Years a Slave

• Benoît Debie – Spring Breakers
• Bruno Delbonnel – Inside Llewyn Davis
• Frank G. DeMarco – All Is Lost
• Matthias Grunsky – Computer Chess

Best Editing

Nat Sanders – Short Term 12

• Shane Carruth & David Lowery – Upstream Color
• Jem Cohen & Marc Vives – Museum Hours
• Jennifer Lame – Frances Ha
• Cindy Lee – Una Noche

Best International Film

Blue Is the Warmest Colour (France) – Director: Abdellatif Kechiche

• Gloria (Chile) – Director: Sebastián Lelio
• The Great Beauty (Italy) – Director: Paolo Sorrentino
• The Hunt (Denmark) – Director: Thomas Vinterberg
• A Touch of Sin (China) – Director: Jia Zhang-Ke

Best Documentary Feature

20 Feet from Stardom – Director/Producer: Morgan Neville, Producers: Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers

• The Act of Killing – Director/Producer: Joshua Oppenheimer, Producers: Joram Ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Michael Uwemedimo
• After Tiller – Directors/Producers: Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
• Gideon's Army – Director/Producer: Dawn Porter, Producer: Julie Goldman
• The Square – Director: Jehane Noujaim, Producer: Karim Amer

John Cassavetes Award

This Is Martin Bonner – Writer/Director: Chad Hartigan, Producer: Cherie Saulter

• Computer Chess – Writer/Director: Andrew Bujalski, Producers: Houston King and Alex Lipschultz
• Crystal Fairy – Writer/Director: Sebastiàn Silva, Producers: Juan de Dios Larraín and Pablo Larraín
• Museum Hours – Writer/Director: Jem Cohen, Producers: Paolo Calamita and Gabriele Kranzelbinder
• Pit Stop – Writer/Director: Yen Tan, Writer: David Lowery, Producers: Jonathan Duffy, James M. Johnston, Eric Steele, and Kelly Williams

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