Because I decided a few months ago to group all my awards posts in a separate category, I consider normal to feature The Film Independent Spirit Awards too. They started in 1984 as “Findies” (Friends of Independents) by Jeanne Lucas and Anne Kimmel, President of IFP/West (now Film Independent) to thank individuals and organizations for their support of independent filmmakers. The awards were first voted on by a nominating committee. In 1986, “Findies” is renamed Film Independent Spirit Awards, and Independent Film Productions/West became Film Independent. They conceived another form of membership, you’ll find following the link. Below, you have this year’s nominees and winners. By the way, a membership gives you the right to vote 🙂
The ceremony took place on March 1st, 2014 in Santa Monica, California and has been hosted by Patton Oswalt.
BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer)
* Executive Producers are not listed.
“12 YEARS A SLAVE” — Winner
PRODUCERS: Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad
“ALL IS LOST”
PRODUCERS: Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb
“FRANCES HA”
PRODUCERS: Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Rodrigo Teixeira, Lila Yacoub
“INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS”
PRODUCERS: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
“NEBRASKA”
PRODUCERS: Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa
BEST DIRECTOR
SHANE CARRUTH – “Upstream Color”
J.C. CHANDOR – “All Is Lost”
STEVE McQUEEN – “12 Years A Slave” — Winner
JEFF NICHOLS – “Mud”
ALEXANDER PAYNE – “Nebraska”
BEST 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”
JOHN RIDLEY – “12 Years A Slave” — Winner
BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to the director and producer)
“BLUE CAPRICE”
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Alexandre Moors
PRODUCERS: Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Ron Simons, Stephen Tedeschi, Brian O’Carroll, Kim Jackson, Will Rowbotham
“CONCUSSION”
DIRECTOR: Stacie Passon
PRODUCER: Rose Troche
“FRUITVALE STATION” — Winner
DIRECTOR: Ryan Coogler
PRODUCERS: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker
“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 Paul
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
LAKE BELL – “In A World…”
JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT – “Don Jon”
BOB NELSON – “Nebraska” — Winner
JILL SOLOWAY – “Afternoon Delight”
MICHAEL STARRBURY – “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
SEAN BOBBITT – “12 Years A Slave” — Winner
BENOIT DEBIE – “Spring Breakers”
BRUNO DELBONNEL – “Inside Llewyn Davis”
FRANK G. DEMARCO, PETER ZUCCARINI – “All Is Lost”
MATTHIAS GRUNSKY – “Computer Chess”
BEST EDITING
SHANE CARRUTH, DAVID LOWERY – “Upstream Color”
JEM COHEN, MARC VIVES – “Museum Hours”
JENNIFER LAME – “Frances Ha”
CINDY LEE – “Una Noche”
NAT SANDERS – “Short Term 12” — Winner
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Award given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
* Executive Producers are not listed.
“COMPUTER CHESS”
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Andrew Bujalski
PRODUCERS: Houston King, Alex Lipschultz
“CRYSTAL FAIRY”
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Sebastián Silva
PRODUCERS: Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín
“MUSEUM HOURS”
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Jem Cohen
PRODUCERS: Paolo Calamita, Gabriele Kranzelbinder
“PIT STOP”
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Yen Tan
WRITER: David Lowery
PRODUCERS: Jonathan Duffy, James M. Johnston, Eric Steele, Kelly Williams
“THIS IS MARTIN BONNER” — Winner
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Chad Hartigan
PRODUCER: Cherie Saulter
BEST FEMALE LEAD
CATE BLANCHETT – “Blue Jasmine” — Winner
JULIE DELPY – “Before Midnight”
GABY HOFFMANN – “Crystal Fairy”
BRIE LARSON – “Short Term 12”
SHAILENE WOODLEY – “The Spectacular Now”
Jared Leto at Spirit Awards 2014
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BEST MALE LEAD
BRUCE DERN – “Nebraska”
CHIWETEL EJIOFOR – “12 Years A Slave”
OSCAR ISAAC – “Inside Llewyn Davis”
MICHAEL B. JORDAN – “Fruitvale Station”
MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY – “Dallas Buyers Club” — Winner
ROBERT REDFORD – “All Is Lost”
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
MELONIE DIAZ – “Fruitvale Station”
SALLY HAWKINS – “Blue Jasmine”
LUPITA NYONG’O – “12 Years A Slave” — Winner
YOLONDA ROSS – “Go For Sisters”
JUNE SQUIBB – “Nebraska”
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
MICHAEL FASSBENDER – “12 Years A Slave”
WILL FORTE – “Nebraska”
JAMES GANDOLFINI – “Enough Said”
JARED LETO – “Dallas Buyers Club” — Winner
KEITH STANFIELD – “Short Term 12”
BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director and producer)
“20 FEET FROM STARDOM” — Winner
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Morgan Neville
PRODUCERS: Gil Friesen, Caitrin Rogers
“AFTER TILLER”
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
“GIDEON’S ARMY”
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Dawn Porter
PRODUCER: Julie Goldman
“THE ACT OF KILLING”
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Joshua Oppenheimer
PRODUCERS: Joram Ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Michael Uwemedimo, Anonymous
“THE SQUARE”
DIRECTOR: Jehane Noujaim
PRODUCER: Karim Amer
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
“A TOUCH OF SIN” (China)
DIRECTOR: Jia Zhang-Ke
“BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR” (France) — Winner
DIRECTOR: Abdellatif Kechiche
“GLORIA” (Chile)
DIRECTOR: Sebastián Lelio
“THE GREAT BEAUTY” (Italy)
DIRECTOR: Paulo Sorrentino
“THE HUNT” (Denmark)
DIRECTOR: Thomas Vinterberg
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Award given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)
“MUD” — Winner
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
Before ending, have a look at this brilliant parody. Good to them.
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