2014 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS
BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer, Executive Producers are not awarded)
- 12 Years a Slave – 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
- 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 and Michael H. Weber, The Spectacular Now
- John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
- 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
- Fruitvale Station – 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
- 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. Award given to the writer, director, and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.
- Computer Chess – WRITER/DIRECTOR: Andrew Bujalski PRODUCERS: Houston King & Alex Lipschultz
- Crystal Fairy – WRITER/DIRECTOR: Sebastiàn Silva, PRODUCERS: Juan de Dios Larraín & Pablo Larraín
- Museum Hours – WRITER/DIRECTOR: 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 – WRITER/DIRECTOR: Chad Hartigan, PRODUCER: Cherie Saulter
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 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
- Robert Redford, All Is Lost
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
- Melonie Diaz, Fruitvale Station
- Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
- Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
- 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
- Keith Stanfield, Short Term 12
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, Frances Ha
- Cindy Lee, Una Noche
- Nat Sanders, Short Term 12
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)
- 20 Feet From Stardom – DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Morgan Neville, PRODUCERS: Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers
- After Tiller – DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Martha Shane & 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
- The Square – DIRECTOR: Jehane Nouja im, PRODUCER: Karim Amer
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)
- A Touch of Sin (China) – DIRECTOR: Jia Zhang-Ke
- Blue is the Warmest Color (France) – DIRECTOR: Abdellatif Kechiche
- Gloria (Chile) – DIRECTOR: Sebastián Lelio
- The Great Beauty (Italy) – DIRECTOR: Paolo Sorrentino
- The Hunt (Denmark) – DIRECTOR: Thomas Vinterberg
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 ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD – The 17th annual Producers Award, sponsored by Piaget, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.
- Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston
- Jacob Jaffke
- Andrea Roa
- Frederick Thornton
20th ANNUAL SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – The 20th annual Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.
- My Sister’s Quinceañera – DIRECTOR: Aaron Douglas Johnston
- Newlyweeds – DIRECTOR: Shaka King
- The Foxy Merkins – DIRECTOR: Madeline Olnek
19th ANNUAL STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The 19th annual Truer Than Fiction Award, sponsored by Stella Artois, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.
- Kalyanee Mam – A River Changes Course
- Jason Osder – Let the Fire Burn
- Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez – Manakamana
45 FILMS NOMINATED
MOST NOMINATIONS BY FILM
12 Years a Slave – 7
- Best Cinematography
- Best Director
- Best Feature
- Best Male Lead
- Best Screenplay
- Best Supporting Female
- Best Supporting Male
Nebraska – 6
- Best Director
- Best Feature
- Best First Screenplay
- Best Male Lead
- Best Supporting Female
- Best Supporting Male
All Is Lost – 4
- Best Cinematography
- Best Director
- Best Feature
- Best Male Lead
Inside Llewyn Davis – 3
- Best Cinematography
- Best Feature
- Best Male Lead
Fruitvale Station – 3
- Best First Feature
- Best Male Lead
- Best Supporting Female
Blue Jasmine – 3
- Best Female Lead
- Best Screenplay
- Best Supporting Female
Short Term 12 – 3
- Best Editing
- Best Female Lead
- Best Supporting Male
MOST NOMINATIONS BY DISTRIBUTOR
Fox Searchlight Pictures – 9
- 12 Years a Slave, Best Cinematography
- 12 Years a Slave, Best Director
- 12 Years a Slave, Best Feature
- 12 Years a Slave, Best Male Lead
- 12 Years a Slave, Best Screenplay
- 12 Years a Slave, Best Supporting Female
- 12 Years a Slave, Best Supporting Male
- Enough Said, Best Screenplay
- Enough Said, Best Supporting Male
IFC Films – 8
- Blue is the Warmest Color, Best International Film
- Blue Caprice, Best First Feature
- Crystal Fairy, Best Female Lead
- Crystal Fairy, John Cassavetes Award
- Frances Ha, Best Editing
- Frances Ha, Best Feature
- Una Noche, Best Editing
- Una Noche, Best First Feature
Sony Pictures Classics – 6
- Before Midnight, Best Female LeadBefore Midnight, Best Screenplay
- Blue Jasmine, Best Female Lead
- Blue Jasmine, Best Screenplay
- Blue Jasmine, Best Supporting Female
- Wadjda, Best First Feature
Paramount Pictures – 6
- Nebraska, Best Director
- Nebraska, Best Feature
- Nebraska, Best First Screenplay
- Nebraska, Best Male Lead
- Nebraska, Best Supporting Female
- Nebraska, Best Supporting Male
Roadside Attractions/Lionsgate – 4
- All Is Lost, Best Cinematography
- All Is Lost, Best Director
- All Is Lost, Best Feature
- All Is Lost, Best Male Lead
Roadside Attractions – 4
- Gloria, Best International Film
- In A World, Best First Screenplay
- Mud, Best Director
- Mud, Robert Altman Award
The Weinstein Company – 3
- Fruitvale Station, Best First Feature
- Fruitvale Station, Best Male Lead
- Fruitvale Station, Best Supporting Female
CBS – 3
- Inside Llewyn Davis, Best Cinematography
- Inside Llewyn Davis, Best Feature
- Inside Llewyn Davis, Best Male Lead
A24 – 3
- Spring Breakers, Best Cinematography
- The Spectacular Now, Best Female Lead
- The Spectacular Now, Best Screenplay
Cinedigm – 3
- Short Term 12, Best Editing
- Short Term 12, Best Female Lead
- Short Term 12, Best Supporting Male
The Cinema Guild – 3
- Manakamana, Stella Artois Truer Than Fiction Award
- Museum Hours, Best Editing
- Museum Hours, John Cassavetes Award
Kino Lorber – 3
- A Touch of Sin, Best International Film
- Computer Chess, Best Cinematography
- Computer Chess, John Cassavetes Award
Focus Features – 2
- Dallas Buyers Club, Best Male Lead
- Dallas Buyers Club, Best Supporting Male
Radius-TWC – 2
- 20 Feet From Stardom, Best Documentary
- Concussion, Best First Feature
Okay so if that’s continuity then how do you judge editing? I’m not saying what movie it was. I’ll get yelled at.
Antoinette,
The growing Ice Cream could be a problem in continuity and not editing. Regardless of how the thing was edited, the mistake might have happened during the shooting. I guess the scene was “essential” and they only shot it that way once. What film is this? Was it in a conversation or she was just eating?
The growing Ice Cream could be a problem in continuity… What film is this? Was it in a conversation or she was just eating?
The ever-replenishing ice-cream was not a continuity problem. That was a scene from The Curious Case of Ben and Jerry’s.
How are you supposed to judge Editing anyway? I saw a movie once where a lady was eating ice cream and it kept growing, so those flubs made me think it was badly edited, but then it won Best Editing at the Oscars. So I don’t know what it means. Tell me.
If the Oscars inexplicably snub Sean Bobbitt, then it will be in favor of whom?
But they won’t, not even a remote possibility, and they probably shouldn’t, it was good. I’ve come to think that McQueen’s style (including his camera choices) clashed with the simple straightforward approach with which the facts were told and the descriptions, etc in the memoir, and that John Ridley probably didn’t need to be so damn faithful while crafting the dialogue because you have to acknowledge the “literary/political context” of the source –I mean, given the filmmaker he was working with right? I don’t know, there’re many here more qualified than me to discuss that.
To the point. 12 YEARS A SLAVE is a lock for Cinematography and Editing nominations. I’m predicting it wins neither, but still comfortably claims Best Picture and Best Director. No shocker there either.
2 Questions, Ryan,
Are we having a “What are you grateful for” thread?
Are the yearly retrospect podcasts on hiatus ’til after the season or just taking a holiday break?
Finally,
Best editing award has lost its credibilty over the last five years. It is pretty much a technical award just like cinematography.
This^ is worrisome.
Luis L.
You are very right and I actually did know that. I had been looking at the same site when I posted the same thing earlier in the month. But the point still stands that the Best Picture winner has also been nominated in the editing category.
Robert A.
Yes I did say that BOTH the editing and cinematography was horrible for 12 Years a Slave. I will apologize up front. I am trying to make a point and unfortunately I don’t know if it’s going to come out right without being wordy. A nomination in the ISA doesn’t guarantee a spot at the big table in February; all it does is give it a chance. By getting a nomination in the cinematography it should propel it over other independent films from taking it’s spot come Academy Award time. There could be 5 bigger movies that were not eligible in the independent awards that could push 12 Years out. With that said, a film that isn’t nominated in the smaller groups should have a harder time to be an Academy Award nominee. How could 12 Years be looked at as one of the 5 best when there was 5 others that were considered better in its’ group? It’s kind of like the old argument in sports. How can a player win a MVP award on a losing team? It happens but very seldom.
Your example of Jackie Weaver is a very good one. I personally didn’t understand her nomination last year and have NO idea how she received one of the 5 spots. My only comment on that (and keep in mind I don’t necessarily believe this) is that maybe someone paid for the nomination. Maybe there was a scenario like Weinsteins buying the Best Picture in 98′ over Saving Private Ryan. Why would that happen in a Best Supporting anything category….I have no idea! But I did feel there were other actresses that were better then Weaver last year.
How could 12 Years be looked at as one of the 5 best when there was 5 others that were considered better in its’ group?
Wait and see if it happens. I believe it will. Mismatches between various awards groups happen all the time in every category.
We don’t even know who nominates the nominees for The FISA. Membership is open to anybody who has $95.
What we do know is members of the cinematography branch of the Academy nominate fellow cinematographers for the Oscar. ASC member nominate the peers for the guild honor.
You make the mistake of thinking The Spirit Awards voters are a subset of the Oscar membership. They aren’t.
I think the Oscars cinematography nominations will look like this, in order of likihood:
GRAVITY, Emmanuel Lubezki
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS Bruno Delbonnel
12 YEARS A SLAVE, Sean Bobbitt
PRISONERS, Roger Deakins
NEBRASKA, Phedon Papamichael
THE GRANDMASTER, Phillipe LeSourd
WOLF OF WALL STREET, Rodrigo Prieto
AINT THEM BODIES SAINTS, Bradford Young
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, Barry Ackroyd
THE GREAT GATSBY, Simon Duggan
(some of these guesses are just based on what I see in the trailers)
I’m adding the second tier just to make it easier on you when I ask: If the Oscars inexplicably snub Sean Bobbitt, then it will be in favor of whom?
Just because you don’t personally care for the choices of framing, you’re letting your frustration cloud your understanding of the the artfulness of the very same framing.
oh ahaha, we’re talking about Editing. oops, sorry! Well, my previous comment still applies. The Spirit Awards nominations is nothing like the Oscar nomination process and we have no idea how many members overlap the two groups.
Here are my expectations for Oscar nominations for Best Editing. In order of likelihood:
GRAVITY, Alfonso Cuarón & Marc Sanger
CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, Christopher Rouse
12 YEARS A SLAVE, Joe Walker
WOLF OF WALL STREET, Thelma Schoonmaker
FRUITVALE STATION, Claudio Castello & Michael Shawyver,
ALL IS LOST, Pete Beaudreau
PRISONERS, Gary Roach
RUSH, Daniel P Hanley & Mike Hill
AMERICAN HUSTLE, Jay Cassidey
LEE DANIELS THE BUTLER, Joe Klotz
I just saw the nominations for the ISA and have to say that I am not surprised about the omission of 12 Years not getting nominated in the editing category… if 12 years can’t even get nominated for editing for the ISA awards…how can this get nominated as one of the 5 best edited films of the year at the Academy Awards?”
How can it get nominated as one of the five best edited films of the year at the Academy Awards? Maybe because AMPAS is a different voting body that ISA?
For one, this is the first year that editing is a category in the ISA, so we can’t really read anything into this, or go back and check to see how many other times a movie didn’t get an editing nomination from ISA but then did from the Academy.
Secondly, these were the ISA editing nominees: Upstream Color. Museum Hours. Frances Ha. Una Noche. Short Term 12. For whatever reasons, they went extreme indie in this category, more so than in most of the categories. It’s safe to say, I think, that none of these movies is going to factor into the Academy list for editing. All the movies that are expected to get the Academy’s attention–12 Years a Slave, Nebraska, Inside Lleywn Davis, Dallas Buyers Club etc–did not get an editing nod by ISA. My point is, ISA editing nods mean next to nothing when trying to predict editing nominations from the Academy.
Saying “If 12 Years a Slave can’t even get nominated for editing for the ISA Awards, how can it get nominated as one of the 5 best edited films of the year at the Academy Awards” is the equivalent of saying (just as one example), “If Jackie Weaver can’t even get nominated for supporting actress for the ISA Awards, how can she get nominated as one of the five best supporting actress performances of the year at the Academy Awards?” *checks last year’s Academy Award nominees in best supporting actress–hey, what’s Jackie Weaver doing there?*
PS Patrick C, weren’t you also the person who was complaining about how horrible the cinematography was in 12 Years a Slave? By your own logic, I guess you have to acknowledge 12 Years is a force to be reckoned with in this category, since it DID get an ISA nomination in cinematography.
Best editing award has lost its credibilty over the last five years. It is pretty much a technical award just like cinematography. Dragon Tattoo went on to win without a single BP or BD or Screenplay nomination.
What, so it doesn’t deserve an editing win because it doesn’t have a screenplay nomination?! Nonsense. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was the best choice out of the five editing nominees that year.
Best Actor lineup is really interesting. You have five Oscar nominees in there.
Best editing award has lost its credibilty over the last five years. It is pretty much a technical award just like cinematography. Dragon Tattoo went on to win without a single BP or BD or Screenplay nomination. I think 12YRS will definitely score a Best Editing oscar nomination because of the movie’s high caliber.
Patrick C:
“Over the past 10 years every Best Picture winner has been nominated in the same category and only 2 (Million Dollar Baby and the Kings Speech) failed to win both”
No Country for Old Men and The Artist didn´t wi the Oscar for Editing.
The Spirit Award Winners could end up like the Oscar Winners!
Picture
“12 Years a Slave”
Director
Steve McQueen “12 Years a Slave”
Leading Actor (In that Category i have no Idea who will win? Each of those three Actors could win!)
Robert Redford “All Is Lost”
Chiwetel Ejiofor “12 Years a Slave”
Matthew McConaughey “Dallas Buyers Club”
Leading Actress
Cate Blanchett “Blue Jasmine”
Supporting Actor
Jared Leto “Dallas Buyers Club”
Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyongo “12 Years a Slave”
The Gandolfini nomination was a wonderful surprise. Very much deserved. A JL Dreyfus nom would have also been lovely. Hope to see additional Enough Said, and Mudd, appreciation throughout award season. Also, GO NEW ORLEANS SAINTS!!
I just saw the nominations for the ISA and have to say that I am not surprised about the omission of 12 Years not getting nominated in the editing category. Earlier in the month, I had posted that even though 12 Years was a good movie, I had a major problem with the way the movie was shot and edited. If 12 Years fails to get an editing nomination at the Academy Awards it would be very unlikely to win Best Picture. Over the past 10 years every Best Picture winner has been nominated in the same category and only 2 (Million Dollar Baby and the Kings Speech) failed to win both. So my question to the readers is this…if 12 years can’t even get nominated for editing for the ISA awards…how can this get nominated as one of the 5 best edited films of the year at the Academy Awards?
This has lost its meaning in recent years. They add expensive movies that ARE studio pictures – to predict Oscar.
Happy to hear that those kids in Mud got an actual award (not just a nomination). What a great lift for them, and they really deserved it.
It’s ridiculous that Before Midnight was snubbed in the best film category. Not one of the films in the best picture category have higher ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. I’m happy to see Julie Delpy score a nod but Ethan Hawke gave the better performance this time around. How silly to have one of them nominated without the other one. Oh well, the Spirit Awards have a long history of ignoring the Before series. It was expected.
Having done well in the last three years at the Spirit Awards Weinstein is absent this year.
I know 12 Years received the most noms with 7, but no nomination for Film Editing? No matter it will receive an editing Oscar nomination, though I think Gravity will win. For whatever reason that was one of the omissions that surprised me the most.
i am so gutted not to see octavia spencer here. really gutted. i am trying to stay positive. i really am lol. i just have my favorites for this year thats all. *sigh* its gonna be a long two months.
So I dunno. If you just showed me these nominations without telling me what awards they were for I probably wouldn’t guess Independent Spirit. I mean I’ve heard of almost all of this stuff. lol Anyway for someone who has seen NEBRASKA, is that Will Forte nom appropriate? Apart from him being in the film I don’t remember hearing anything about him.
To Ben: Tye Sheridan has actually been nominated for Best Actor by the Indiana Film Journalists Association.
By any chance does the fact that Octavia Spencer failed to receive a supporting nomination from the Indy Spirit hurt her chances of even getting nominated at the bigger awards?
No.
I think 4 of the 5 best feature nominees are getting best picture nominations and you’ve got your 5 best actor nominees in the Indie lineup here. I don’t think that’s ever happened.
And it won’t happen this year either.
Also, are you serious, Bryce? Stranger by the Lake is ugly, to the extent that you wish you could ‘unsee’ it? I thought it was very good! And very well made too. Though Nobody’s Daughter Hae Won has fuck all place on such a prestigious list, imo. Ditto Spring Breakers. Lol at how hip they think that makes them.
Phillip,
Their #1 choice is ugly. CANNOT BE UNSEEN. (boring too)
uh so TABU is on the Netflix. How many times have y’all seen it by now? Carloto Cotta was the most beautifully photographed subject of the cinema in 2012, nothing can touch him, you should probably check it out.
OFF TOPIC: Have a look at the Top-10-films listed by the famous Cahiers de Cinema:
1. “Stranger By the Lake,” Alain Guiraudie
2. “Spring Breakers,” Harmony Korine
3. “Blue is the Warmest Color,” Abdellatif Kechiche
4. “Gravity,” Alfonso Cuaron
5. “A Touch of Sin,” Jia Zhang Ke
6. “Lincoln,” Steven Spielberg
7. “La Jalousie,” Philippe Garrel
8. “Nobody’s Daughter Haewon,” Hong Sang-soo
9. “You and the Night,” Yann Gonzalez
10. “La Bataille de Solferino,” Justine Triet
I notice Blue Caprice snagged another nomination. I. Must. See. the movie.
SHANE CARRUTH!
Really solid lineup overall. 12 Years, a masterpiece (though stretching the definition of “independent”), gets 7 well-deserved nominations, and Upstream Color, also a masterpiece, gets 2 well-deserved nominations. I suppose it was a little too small to make a bigger showing. Either way, I’m stoked it got into the Best Director lineup. Maybe it can gain some tech traction?
These noms make it look like just like another group trying to predict Oscar. What happened to the spirit of true independent cinema?
Jerm, I know why you’d think the snub will hurt Spencer’s chances but really at this stage in the game, and with as many great movies out right now, any exposure and nominations at any awards group is very good news for Fruitvale Station. If this film pops up in just a few other places I expect Spencer will get noticed again.
Interesting no Spencer for Fruitvale. I have thought for months that anyone predicting her in the supporting actress race for Oscar might be a little bonkers. Not that she doesn’t deserve it but I just think it was so long ago that she’ll be an afterthought.
Before Midnight should have nominated for best picture and Greta Gerwig for Frances Ha. but overall good selection.
I don’t want to sound negative but I’m glad Ain’t Them Bodies Saints didn’t get anything. I hated that movie.
By any chance does the fact that Octavia Spencer failed to receive a supporting nomination from the Indy Spirit hurt her chances of even getting nominated at the bigger awards? I mean if she was a strong of a contender as everyone had perceived then of all places she shouldn’t she have shown up here??
I just thought of a great Before & After. Short Term 12 Years A Slave. 😉
Anyway, it is so odd to me that Frances Ha receives a Best Feature nomination but Greta Gerwig doesn’t receive a nomination for her great performance.
I agree with you James about The Spectacular Now. I still enjoyed the film but I did not at all believe her character’s actions after what happened. Made her seem really stupid when she’s supposed to be a fairly smart character otherwise. I was definitely disappointed in what a doormat they made her.
Very disappointed in the lack of a Picture or Director nom for Short Term 12, but I’m ecstatic for Larson and Stanfield. I just saw Frances Ha last night and really enjoyed it. It had beautiful cinematography and it just felt real as a recent college graduate, but I’m bewildered that Gerwig was left off while the film made the Best Picture shortlist.
Also, I cannot understand the love for The Spectacular Now at all. It was just so…eh mediocre. As James said, I thought the script faltered during the latter half of the film with Sutter’s father. I also thought that the relationship between the two teenagers felt forced and I could not buy Teller carrying the film in the slightest. I went into it after hearing such solid reviews and left very disappointed.
How can FRANCES HA get a pic nomination and yet nothing for Greta Gerwig in the acting or screenplay categories? A complete outrage!
I see the best female lead being between Larson and Blanchett in what also could be an Oscar preview!!!! I got Larson for the win
Not bad. The Spectacular Now for screenplay, huh? Eh okay. It started to lose me somewhere in the 2nd half regarding his father as nice as it is to see Kyle Chandler and I didn’t buy Woodley’s actions have a certain incident.
Short term 12 only 3 nominations? I was expecting a best picture nod and a nod for destin cretton to!!! Bullshit
Hurray for Sally Hawkins! Best Supporting Female for Blue Jasmine!!
Wow…I think 4 of the 5 best feature nominees are getting best picture nominations and you’ve got your 5 best actor nominees in the Indie lineup here. I don’t think that’s ever happened.
The actual name is the “Film Independent Spirit Awards”
FRANCIS HA over Both FRUITVALE STATION and SHORT TERM 12??!! Talk about nomination lite.
Adele? Lea? No? Damn
Good!!! And good to see Melonie Diaz get in instead of the overhyped Octavia Spencer. Octavia didn’t do anything award-worthy mind you.
The cap for these awards should be $5 million USD. Otherwise, please cease to exist.
NVM lol they have been posted
No man. It’s Delpy, Blanchett, Larson, Hoffman and Woodley
Also happy for THE HUNT and GLORIA getting nominated. I hope they make it all the way.
And no Greta?!? So upset. Gaby Hoffman?
On the whole. Boring nominations. Way too much NEBRASKA, excessive UPSTREAM COLOR. And that’s one too many nominations for FRANCES HA.
Adele? Lea? No? Damn
No Greta Gerwig anywhere. I call bullshit!
Jeff Nichols (Best Director) MUD. You got another one right.
Shailene Woodley (Best Actress) THE SPECTACULAR NOW. Thank you.
Oscar Isaac (Best Actor) INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS. Let it be the first of many nominations!!
Is this streaming somewhere?
Benoit Debie (Best Cinematography) for SPRING BREAKERS!! Fully deserved.
Happy for Keith Stanfield (Best Supporting Actor) SHORT TERM 12!!
Would really just love to see Tye Sheridan pop up for Best Actor, that kid gave one incredible (underrated) performance.
Other than that it seems like a pretty uneventful year for the Spirit awards, no? Anyone? It doesn’t feel like a very open field like it normally does in the independent film scene.
Also, does anyone know if Philomena is eligible? That was independent right?
Not that these have any credibility after nominating stuff like SILVER LININGS and THE ARTISTS, I’m not sure whether they qualify, but I’m rooting for these:
first and foremost PRINCE AVALANCHE and THE SPECTACULAR NOW
STOKER
SPRING BREAKERS
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
ONLY GOD FORGIVES
SHORT TERM 12
YOU’RE NEXT
EUROPA REPORT
AIN’T THEM BODIES SAITS (only Ben Foster actually, maybe Daniel Hart)
FRUITVALE STATION
MUD
AT ANY PRICE
BEFORE MIDNIGHT
THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (mostly the performances)
I was going to see ALL IS LOST and DALLAS BUYERS CLUB today, but missed my chance. Might still catch DBC later.
Still need to see KILL YOUR DARLINGS.
I hope UPSTREAM COLOR gets shut out just because I didn’t understand it.
I am hoping for the following:
Short Term 12 – best picture, best actress, best screenplay, best supporting actor(s)
Dallas Buyers Club – best picture, best actor, best supporting actor
Spring Breakers – best supporting actor (FRANCO)
Mud – best actor, best supporting actor, best picture
Is HER an option here? If so – best picture, director, actor, supporting actress
Matthew McConaughey will get 2 more Spirit Award nominations this year! That means that he will be nominated for 4 Spirit Awards in 2 Years! Incredible!
I totally agree with you! 12 Years a Slave will dominate for sure not only the Spirit Award Nominations, it will dominate the whole Season!
My Predictions:
12 Years a Slave (6-9 Nominations)
I’d love a ton for Short Term 12 too but 12 YEARS A SLAVE will dominate. The Spirit Awards have turned into a Fox Searchlight glorification.