HOLLYWOOD—Let the awards season begin! The 2013 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominees were announced on Tuesday, November 26 and leading the pack of nominees was the drama “12 Years A Slave” with seven nominations including Best Feature. Following close behind was the film “Nebraska” with six nominations including Best Director for Alexander Payne. Both films compete against “All Is Lost,” “Inside Llewyn Davis” and “Frances Ha.”
The nominees were announced by Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer (“The Help”) and Paula Patton (“Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol”). Actor, director, writer and producer Robert Redford picked up his first Spirit nomination for Best Male Lead for his work in “Lost.” He’ll compete against Michael B. Jordan “Fruitvale Station,” Matthew McConaughey “Dallas Buyers Club,” Oscar Issac “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Bruce Dern “Nebraska” and Chiwetel Ejiofor “12 Years A Slave.”
In the Best Female Lead category, the nominees are Cate Blanchett “Blue Jasmine,” Brie Larson “Short Term 12,” Julie Deply “Before Midnight” Gaby Hoffman “Crystal Fairy” and Shailene Woodley “The Spectacular Now.” A full list of the 2014 nominees are indicated below.
Best First Feature
“Blue Caprice”
“Concussion”
“Fruitvale Station”
“Una Noche”
“Wadjda”
Best Director
Shane Carruth “Upstream Color”
J.C. Chandow “All Is Lost”
Steve McQueen “12 Years A Slave”
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”
Best First Screenplay
LakeBell“In A World”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt “Don Jon”
Bob Nelson “Nebraska”
Jill Soloway “Afternoon Delight”
Michael Starrbury “The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
Best Cinematography
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”
Best Editing
Shane Carruth, David Lowery “Upstream Color”
Jem Cohen, Marc Vives “Museum Hours”
Jennifer Lame “FrancesHa”
Cindy Lee “Una Noche”
Nat Sanders “Short Term 12”
Best Supporting Male
Michael Fassbender “12 Years A Slave”
Will Forte “Nebraska”
James Gandolfini “Enough Said”
Jared Leto “DallasBuyers Club”
Keith Stanfield “Short Term 12”
Best Supporting Female
Melonie Diaz “Fruitvale Station”
Sally Hawkins “Blue Jasmine”
Lupita Nyong’o “12 Years A Slave”
Yolanda Ross “Go For Sisters”
June Squibb “Nebraska”
Best International Film
“A Tough Of Sin” (China)
“Blue Is The Warmest Color” (France)
“Gloria” (Chile)
“The Great Beauty” (Italy)
“The Hunt” (Denmark)
Best Documentary
“20 Feet From Stardom”
“After Tiller”
“Gideon’s Army”
“The Act of Killing”
“The Square”
By LaDale Anderson
