Independent Spirit Awards 2011 winners list

The Independent Spirit Awards 2011 winners were annouced some couple of hours ago and there are some surprises: it was predicted that Winter's Bone would take home the big award (Best Feature), due to the fact of being a REALLY INDIE PRODUCTION, but it seems that Black Swan seduced the voters, taking home the Best Feature, Best Director (Darren Aronofsky), Best Female Lead (Natalie Portman) and Best Cinematography trophies.

This big win leads us to another point: will be Portman win the Oscar after winning the INDIE OSCAR? The question may not be silly if we look at the past winners and realize that most of them didn't win the Oscar that year (Ellen Burstyn for Requim for a Dream (2000); Sissy Spacek for In the Bedroom (2001); Julianne Moore for Far From Heaven (2002); Catalina Sandino Moreno for Maria Full of Grace (2004); Felicity Huffman for Transamerica (2005); Shareeka Epps for Half Nelson (2006); Ellen Page for Juno (2007); Melissa Leo for Frozen River (2008) and Gabourey Sidibe for Precious (2009);) - in fact, the only Indie winner of the last decade was Charlize Theron for her performance in Monster (2003).
In spite of having the history against her, I believe that Natalie Portman will be seen in the stage of the Kodak Theater accepting the Oscar of Best Leading Actress.
Here's the full list of the Independent Spirit Awards 2011 winners:

Best Feature
Black Swan

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan

Best First Feature
Get Low

John Cassavetes Award (best feature made for under $500,000)
Daddy Long Legs

Best Screenplay
Lisa Cholodonko and Stuart Blumberg for The Kids Are All Right

Best First Screenplay
Lena Dunham for Tiny Furniture

Best Female Lead
Natalie Portman for Black Swan

Best Male Lead
James Franco for 127 Hours

Best Supporting Male
John Hawkes for Winter's Bone

Best Supporting Female
Dale Dickey for Winter's Bone

Best Cinematography
Matthew Libatique for Black Swan

Best Documentary
Exit Through the Gift Shop

Best Foreign Film
The King's Speech

Robert Altman Award
Please Give - Directed by Nicole Holofcenter with casting director Jeanne McCarthy and starring Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Lois Smith, and Sarah Steele.

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