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Independent Spirit Awards 2014 nominees list

BEST FEATURE
  • 12 Years A Slave
  • All Is Lost
  • Frances Ha
  • Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Nebraska

BEST DIRECTOR
  • Shane Carruth for Upstream Color
  • J.C. Chandor for All Is Lost
  • Steve McQueen for 12 Years A Slave
  • Jeff Nichols for Mud
  • Alexander Payne for Nebraska

BEST FEMALE LEAD
  • Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine
  • Julie Delpy for Before Midnight
  • Gaby Hoffmann for Crystal Fairy
  • Brie Larson for Short Term 12
  • Shailene Woodley for The Spectacular Now

BEST MALE LEAD
  • Bruce Dern for Nebraska
  • Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years A Slave
  • Oscar Isaac for Inside Llewyn Davis
  • Michael B. Jordan for Fruitvale Station
  • Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club
  • Robert Redford for All Is Lost

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
  • Melonie Diaz for Fruitvale Station
  • Sally Hawkins for Blue Jasmine
  • Lupita Nyong’o for 12 Years a Slave
  • Yolonda Ross for Go For Sisters
  • June Squibb for Nebraska

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
  • Michael Fassbender for 12 Years a Slave
  • Will Forte for Nebraska
  • James Gandolfini for Enough Said
  • Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club
  • Keith Stanfield for Short Term 12

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
  • Lake Bell, In A World
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Don Jon
  • Bob Nelson, Nebraska
  • Jill Soloway, Afternoon Delight
  • Mike 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
  • Frank G. Demarco, All Is Lost
  • Matthias Grunsky, Computer Chess
  • Nat Sanders, Short Term 12

BEST DOCUMENTARY 
  • 20 Feet From Stardom
  • After Tiller
  • Gideon’s Army
  • The Act of Killing
  • The Square

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
  • A Touch of Sin (CHINA)
  • Blue is the Warmest Color (FRANCE)
  • Gloria (CHILE)
  • The Great Beauty (ITALY)
  • The Hunt (DENMARK)

BEST FIRST FEATURE
  • Blue Caprice
  • Concussion
  • Fruitvale Station
  • Una Noche
  • Wadjda

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (best feature made for under $500,000)
  • Computer Chess
  • Crystal Fairy
  • Museum Hours
  • Pit Stop
  • This is Martin Bonner

17th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD 
  • Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston, Jacob Jaffke, Andrea Roa and Frederick Thornton

20th ANNUAL SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD 
  • My Sister’s Quinceañera - Aaron Douglas Johnston (director)
  • Newlyweeds - Shaka King (director)
  • The Foxy Merkins - Madeline Olnek (director)

19th ANNUAL STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD 
  • Kalyanee Mam - A River Changes Course
  • Jason Osder - Let the Fire Burn
  • Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez - Manakamana

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
  • 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



COMMENTS: Interesting nominees (as the usual from the Independent Spirit Awards), but some snubs I consider completely atrocious: Greta Gerwig for Frances Ha (Female Lead); James Franco for Spring Breakers (Supporting Male); Scarlett Johansson for Don Jon (Female Lead/Supporting Female); Ryan Coogler for his directing work in Fruitvale Station; Fruitvale Station, the movie that's not between the Best Feature nominees; and the cinematography work of Ain't Them Bodies Saints (beautifu!). Glad to see Julie Delpy nominated for her work in Before Midnight and I can say the same about Melonie Diaz for Fruitvale Station, but I have to give the spotlight to the Best Lead Male category where it seems all the nominees are Oscar contenders. I won't dare to predict the winners this soon, but it seems obvious 12 Years a Slave has the bigger chances since it is the movie who scored most nominations and Blue Is The Warmest Color has nice chances, while the battle for Best First Feature will be between Fruitvale Station (my personal favorite) and Blue Caprice, with Wadjda as a contender for a surprise winner.

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