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The 2010 Spirit Award Nominations

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (13)

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The Spirit Awards, which celebrate the best in independent film, are handed out each year the night before the Oscars and are generally ignored by most. This year, they’ll be hosted by Joel McHale, which means they’ll still be largely ignored except for the McHale bits we all watch on YouTube the next day.

The nominations have been announced. They’re pretty much what you’d expect, which is to say: If it’s an indie film you’ve heard of in 2010, it’s probably been nominated.

Best Film
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 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 Debut Film by a Director
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

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

Male Lead
Ronald Bronstein, Daddy Longlegs
Aaron Eckhart, Rabbit Hole
James Franco, 127 Hours
John C. Reilly, Cyrus
Ben Stiller, Greenberg

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

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

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

(Source: IFC)









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Comments

So maybe it's because I haven't had a chance to see any of these films yet, but I'm very surprised by the lack of love given to Blue Valentine given everything I've heard about how it was filmed, how amazing the director was, and how incredible the performances are. Only one nod to Michelle?

My boyfriend Ryan is going to be upset. I'll do my best to console him.

Posted by: zygomatique at November 30, 2010 12:27 PM

...so let's nominate all famous people to ensure people will watch? Ok, just checking.

Posted by: aidan at November 30, 2010 1:03 PM

Daphne Rubin-Vega? As in... wait a minute...

::meandering the interwebs::

Wow, I had no idea. Now I'm curious. Oh, and by the way, how much does your life suck when you are credited for "Sex and the City" as "Baby Voiced Woman"?

Posted by: Patty O'Green at November 30, 2010 1:36 PM

She was the original Mimi in Rent. . .so. . .that's something!

Posted by: coveredinbees at November 30, 2010 1:56 PM

Honestly, I'd have given a nod to the main guy (pastor) in The Last Exorcism before the young girl. If one was feeling so generous as to throw some nominations to that movie. The main character really sold it.

Posted by: MM at November 30, 2010 2:20 PM

Why is Joel McHale in the photo for this? Is he in one of these movies? If so, which one is it!!??

Posted by: Eva at November 30, 2010 2:24 PM

Okay, forgive my only skimming the text (had to run to my bunk), so now I see he is hosting. But what is that picture from? I do not recall him getting cut up in Community?

Posted by: Eva at November 30, 2010 2:25 PM

I think that's from when he was on Pushing Daisies.

Posted by: coveredinbees at November 30, 2010 2:55 PM

Winter's Bone should win everything. Even the awards it's not nominated for.

Posted by: Adam C at November 30, 2010 3:28 PM

Definitely from Pushing Daisies. It's from the episode "Bitches" from the first season. Before Community, before I knew or cared who McHale was.

Posted by: dsbs at November 30, 2010 4:10 PM

Agreed Adam C, I just saw Winter's Bone last night and it is still haunting me.

Posted by: homeslice at December 1, 2010 12:14 AM

am I the only one that thought The Kids Are All Right was just...alright? I was pretty let down.

Posted by: MN_Jen at December 1, 2010 1:39 AM

Just happy to see Marwencol is getting some attention.

Posted by: christmas in hollis at December 1, 2010 8:47 AM