Equally meaningless, but arguably a whole lot more fun to watch than the Oscars. Better films/celebs nominated, more relaxed, more accurate and a lot more alcohol. This year’s awards will be given out live on Saturday, February 26th on IFC channel at 10pm ET.
The nominees this year are as follows…
BEST FEATURE:
127 Hours
Black Swan
Greenberg
The Kids Are All Right
Winter’s Bone
BEST DIRECTOR :
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Danny Boyle, 127 Hours
Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right
Debra Granik, Winter’s Bone
John Cameron Mitchell, Rabbit Hole
BEST FEMALE LEAD:
Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right
Greta Gerwig, Greenberg
Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole
Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine
BEST MALE LEAD:
Ronald Bronstein, Daddy Longlegs
Aaron Eckhart, Rabbit Hole
James Franco, 127 Hours
John C. Reilly, Cyrus
Ben Stiller, Greenberg
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE:
Ashley Bell, The Last Exorcism
Dale Dickey, Winter’s Bone
Allison Janney, Life During Wartime
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jack Goes Boating
Naomi Watts, Mother and Child
BEST SUPPORTING MALE:
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Samuel L. Jackson, Mother and Child
Bill Murray, Get Low
John Ortiz, Jack Goes Boating
Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right
more categories/nominations under the seats…
BEST SCREENPLAY:
Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right
Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini, Winter’s Bone
Nicole Holofcener, Please Give
David Lindsay-Abaire, Rabbit Hole
Todd Solondz, Life During Wartime
BEST FIRST FEATURE:
Everything Strange and New
Get Low
Night Catches Us
The Last Exorcism
Tiny Furniture
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY:
Diane Bell, Obselidia
Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture
Nik Fackler, Lovely, Still
Bob Glaudini, Jack Goes Boating
Dana Adam Shapiro, Evan M. Wiener, Monogamy
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD:
Daddy Longlegs
Lbs.
Lovers of Hate
Obselidia
The Exploding Girl
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Adam Kimmel, Never Let Me Go
Matthew Libatique, Black Swan
Jody Lee Lipes, Tiny Furniture
Michael McDonough, Winter’s Bone
Harris Savides, Greenberg
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Marwencol
Restrepo
Sweetgrass
Thunder Soul
BEST FOREIGN FILM:
Kisses
Mademoiselle Chambon
Of Gods and Men
The King’s Speech
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD:
Hossein Keshavarz, Dog Sweat
Laurel Nakadate, The Wolf Knife
Mike Ott, Littlerock
PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD:
In-Ah Lee, Au Revoir Taipei
Adele Romanski, The Myth of the American Sleepover
Anish Savjani, Meek’s Cutoff
AVEENO® TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD:
Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Sweetgrass
Jeff Malmberg, Marwencol
Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Summer Pasture
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD:
Please Give
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Casting Director: Jeanne McCarthy
Ensemble Cast: Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Lois Smith, Sarah Steele
Very, very happy that Greenberg has Best Picture nod and both Ben Stiller and Greta Gerwig are up for best performances. The lack of a nomination for Ryan Gosling’s performance in Blue Valentine cheapens the whole thing though.
Miffed that I’ve now missed 3 screenings of Rabbit Hole in this city, and will be missing one more before teh films eventual release.
Happy to see Bill Murray of all folks in there for GET LOW.
Also Gerwig, of course.
The Indie Spirits really focused on just a few films this year, but there aer some definite oddball nominations, like Ashley Bell in The Last Exorcist…
Anybody heard anything about Exploding Girl? Noticed it on Netflix, it is up for Cassavettes award whatever that means.
EXPLODING GIRL’s been kicking around for a while (I actually thought it was an 09 release). Haven’t seen it but it’s on my short list of things to watch before the end of the year. OBSELIDIA also looked really great but it never played around here which is disappointing.
Generally happy with the noms, especially the WINTER’S BONE love – fantastic little film.
Also thrilled to see Mike Ott get some love for LITTLEROCK. I really loved that film.
Whoa, I’ve actually seen all three of the “someone to watch” films. Totally agree about Mike Ott and Hossein Keshavarz. The Wolf Knife was one of my least favorite festival films this year, though – it was really amateurish and not so much in a fresh kind of way as in a really offputting kind of way. But I will admit there were sparks of something more in it, and I’d watch another film by the director to see if she capitalized on those.
Also glad to see Myth of the American Sleepover on there – I loved that one. Interesting mix of stuff – The King’s Speech in the same category with Kisses is kind of amusing.
Cassavetes Award is for “really” low-budget films, whatever that means. Lovers of Hate is also on Netflix, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. I’m going to try to watch Exploding Girl soon on the Netflix. Zoe Kazan was tantalizingly cute on this season of Bored to Death.
How can I see Littlerock here in Toronto? Is it out on DVD yet?
And though I haven’t seen Tiny Furniture yet, Jody Lee Lipes is an amazing cinematographer. If you don’t believe me, you need to wach NY Export: Opus Jazz, now available on DVD from Factory 25.
There has been some serious buzz about Tiny Furniture since it played I think it was NY. I’m looking forward to eventually seeing it.
No details on Littlerock in Toronto or any other distribution. We’ll be sure to let you know when we hear anything.