So, yes, Birdman is leading the nominations for the 30th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, but Boyhood, Nightcrawler and Selma are close behind with five each. Variety‘s mulling over the “15 Biggest Surprises” (among them: “Benedict Cumberbatch, The Imitation Game completely shut out”), while at Indiewire, Peter Knegt‘s got ten of his own (e.g.: “Inherent Vice and Foxcatcher weren’t eligible, but they gave them a special prize anyway”) and Emily Buder‘s collecting tweets from some of the nominees and other industry folk. The list:
BEST FEATURE
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).
Boyhood.
Love is Strange.
Selma.
Whiplash.
BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle, Whiplash.
Ava DuVernay, Selma.
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman.
Richard Linklater, Boyhood.
David Zellner, Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter.
BEST SCREENPLAY
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, Big Eyes.
J.C. Chandor, A Most Violent Year.
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler.
Jim Jarmusch, Only Lovers Left Alive.
Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, Love is Strange.
BEST FIRST FEATURE (given to the director and producer)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Director: Ana Lily Amirpour.
Dear White People. Director/Producer: Justin Simien.
Nightcrawler. Director: Dan Gilroy.
Obvious Child. Director: Gillian Robespierre.
She’s Lost Control. Director/Producer: Anja Marquardt.
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Desiree Akhavan, Appropriate Behavior.
Sara Colangelo, Little Accidents.
Justin Lader, The One I Love.
Anja Marquardt, She’s Lost Control.
Justin Simien, Dear White People.
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Blue Ruin. Writer/Director: Jeremy Saulnier.
It Felt Like Love. Writer/Director/Producer: Eliza Hittman.
Land Ho! Writers/Directors: Aaron Katz and Martha Stephens.
Man From Reno. Writer/Director: Dave Boyle.
Test. Writer/Director/Producer: Chris Mason Johnson.
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant.
Rinko Kikuchi, Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter.
Julianne Moore, Still Alice.
Jenny Slate, Obvious Child.
Tilda Swinton, Only Lovers Left Alive.
BEST MALE LEAD
André Benjamin, Jimi: All Is By My Side.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler.
Michael Keaton, Birdman.
John Lithgow, Love is Strange.
David Oyelowo, Selma.
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood.
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year.
Carmen Ejogo, Selma.
Andrea Suarez Paz, Stand Clear of the Closing Doors.
Emma Stone, Birdman.
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Riz Ahmed, Nightcrawler.
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood.
Alfred Molina, Love is Strange.
Edward Norton, Birdman.
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Darius Khondji, The Immigrant.
Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman.
Sean Porter, It Felt Like Love.
Lyle Vincent, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.
Bradford Young, Selma.
BEST EDITING
Sandra Adair, Boyhood.
Tom Cross, Whiplash.
John Gilroy, Nightcrawler.
Ron Patane, A Most Violent Year.
Adam Wingard, The Guest.
BEST DOCUMENTARY
20,000 Days on Earth. Directors: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard.
Citizenfour. Director/Producer: Laura Poitras.
Stray Dog. Director: Debra Granik.
The Salt of the Earth. Directors: Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and Wim Wenders.
Virunga. Director/Producer: Orlando von Einsiedel.
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Force Majeure (Sweden). Director: Ruben Östlund.
Ida (Poland). Director: Pawel Pawlikowski.
Leviathan (Russia). Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev.
Mommy (Canada). Director: Xavier Dolan.
Norte, the End of History (Philippines). Director: Lav Diaz.
Under the Skin (United Kingdom). Director: Jonathan Glazer.
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Inherent Vice.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson.
Casting Director: Cassandra Kulukundis.
Ensemble Cast: Josh Brolin, Martin Donovan, Jena Malone, Joanna Newsom, Joaquin Phoenix, Eric Roberts, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short Serena Scott Thomas, Benicio Del Toro, Katherine Waterston, Michael Kenneth Williams, Owen Wilson and Reese Witherspoon.
SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD
Foxcatcher.
Director/Producer: Bennett Miller.
Producers: Anthony Bregman, Megan Ellison and Jon Kilik.
Writers: E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman.
Actors: Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum.
18th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Chad Burris.
Elisabeth Holm.
Chris Ohlson.
21st ANNUAL KIEHL’S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Director: Ana Lily Amirpour.
H. Directors: Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia.
The Retrieval. Director: Chris Eska.
20th ANNUAL LENSCRAFTERS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Approaching the Elephant. Director: Amanda Rose Wilder.
Evolution of a Criminal. Director: Darius Clark Monroe.
The Kill Team. Director: Dan Krauss.
The Last Season. Director: Sara Dosa.
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