29th Independent Spirit Awards

The 2013 Independent Spirit Awards announced its nominees on November 27, 2013.^[1] The winners were announced on March 1, 2014.^[2] It was hosted by Patton Oswalt.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and in bold.

Best Feature

12 Years a Slave

• All Is Lost
• Frances Ha
• Inside Llewyn Davis
• Nebraska

Best First Feature

Fruitvale Station, Director: Ryan Coogler; Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker

• 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
• 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 Pau

Best Director

Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave

• Shane Carruth – Upstream Color
• J.C. Chandor – All Is Lost
• Jeff Nichols – Mud
• Alexander Payne – Nebraska

Best Male Lead

Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club

• Bruce Dern – Nebraska
• Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
• Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis
• Michael B. Jordan – Fruitvale Station
• Robert Redford – All Is Lost

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 Supporting Male

Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

• Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
• Will Forte – Nebraska
• James Gandolfini – Enough Said
• Keith Stanfield – Short Term 12

Best Supporting Female

Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave

• Melonie Diaz – Fruitvale Station
• Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
• Yolonda Ross – Go for Sisters
• June Squibb – Nebraska

Best Screenplay

John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave

• Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine
• Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, and Richard Linklater – Before Midnight
• Nicole Holofcener – Enough Said
• Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber – The Spectacular Now

Best First Screenplay

Bob Nelson – Nebraska

• Lake Bell – In a World...
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Don Jon
• Jill Soloway – Afternoon Delight
• Michael Starrbury – The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

Best Cinematography

Sean Bobbitt – 12 Years a Slave

• Benoît Debie – Spring Breakers
• Bruno Delbonnel – Inside Llewyn Davis
• Frank G. DeMarco – All Is Lost
• Matthias Grunsky – Computer Chess

Best Editing

Nat Sanders – Short Term 12

• Shane Carruth & David Lowery – Upstream Color
• Jem Cohen & Marc Vives – Museum Hours
• Jennifer Lame – Frances Ha
• Cindy Lee – Una Noche

Best International Film

Blue Is the Warmest Colour (France) – Director: Abdellatif Kechiche

• Gloria (Chile) – Director: Sebastián Lelio
• The Great Beauty (Italy) – Director: Paolo Sorrentino
• The Hunt (Denmark) – Director: Thomas Vinterberg
• A Touch of Sin (China) – Director: Jia Zhang-Ke

Best Documentary Feature

20 Feet from Stardom – Director/Producer: Morgan Neville, Producers: Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers

• The Act of Killing – Director/Producer: Joshua Oppenheimer, Producers: Joram Ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Michael Uwemedimo
• After Tiller – Directors/Producers: Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
• Gideon's Army – Director/Producer: Dawn Porter, Producer: Julie Goldman
• The Square – Director: Jehane Noujaim, Producer: Karim Amer

John Cassavetes Award

This Is Martin Bonner – Writer/Director: Chad Hartigan, Producer: Cherie Saulter

• Computer Chess – Writer/Director: Andrew Bujalski, Producers: Houston King and Alex Lipschultz
• Crystal Fairy – Writer/Director: Sebastiàn Silva, Producers: Juan de Dios Larraín and Pablo Larraín
• Museum Hours – Writer/Director: Jem Cohen, Producers: Paolo Calamita and Gabriele Kranzelbinder
• Pit Stop – Writer/Director: Yen Tan, Writer: David Lowery, Producers: Jonathan Duffy, James M. Johnston, Eric Steele, and Kelly Williams

19th Annual Stella Artois Truer Than Fiction Award

Jason Osder – Let the Fire Burn

• Kalyanee Mam – A River Changes Course
• Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez – Manakamana

17th Annual Piaget Producers Award

Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston

• Jacob Jaffke
• Andrea Roa
• Frederick Thornton

20th Annual Someone to Watch Award

Newlyweeds – Director: Shaka King

• The Foxy Merkins – Director: Madeline Olnek
• My Sister's Quinceañera – Director: Aaron Douglas Johnston

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

References

1. "Spirit Awards Nominees Are Announced! Excitement Ensues". Film Independent. 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
2. Film Independent Spirit Awards 2014 winners list: Jared Leto, 'Fruitvale Station' and more

External links

• List of nominees