26th Independent Spirit Awards

The 2010 Independent Spirit Awards announced its nominees in November 2010.^{[1] [2]} The winners were announced on February 26, 2011.^{[3] [4] [5]} It was hosted by Joel McHale.

Nominees and winners

Best Feature

Black Swan

• 127 Hours
• Greenberg
• The Kids Are All Right
• Winter's Bone

Best First Feature

Get Low

• Everything Strange and New
• The Last Exorcism
• Night Catches Us
• Tiny Furniture

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 Male Lead

James Franco – 127 Hours

• Ronald Bronstein – Daddy Longlegs
• Aaron Eckhart – Rabbit Hole
• John C. Reilly – Cyrus
• Ben Stiller – Greenberg

Best Female Lead

Natalie Portman in 26th Independent Spirit Awards

Natalie Portman – Black Swan

• Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right
• Greta Gerwig – Greenberg
• Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole
• Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone
• Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine

Best 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 Supporting Female

Dale Dickey – Winter's Bone

• Ashley Bell – The Last Exorcism
• Allison Janney – Life During Wartime
• Daphne Rubin-Vega – Jack Goes Boating
• Naomi Watts – Mother and Child

Best Screenplay

The Kids Are All Right – Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko

• Life During Wartime – Todd Solondz
• Please Give – Nicole Holofcener
• Rabbit Hole – David Lindsay-Abaire
• Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini

Best First Screenplay

Tiny Furniture – Lena Dunham

• Jack Goes Boating – Robert Glaudini
• Lovely, Still – Nik Fackler
• Monogamy – Dana Adam Shapiro and Evan M. Wiener
• Obselidia – Diane Bell

Best Cinematography

Black Swan – Matthew Libatique

• Greenberg – Harris Savides
• Never Let Me Go – Adam Kimmel
• Tiny Furniture – Jody Lee Lipes
• Winter's Bone – Michael McDonough

Best Foreign Film

The King's Speech • UK

• Kisses • Ireland
• Mademoiselle Chambon • France
• Of Gods and Men • Morocco/France
• Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives • Thailand

Best Documentary Feature

Exit Through the Gift Shop

• Marwencol
• Restrepo
• Sweetgrass
• Thunder Soul

John Cassavetes Award

Daddy Longlegs

• The Exploding Girl
• Lbs.
• Lovers of Hate
• Obselidia

Truer Than Fiction Award

Marwencol

• Summer Pasture
• Sweetgrass

Producers Award

Anish Savjani – Meek's Cutoff

• In-Ah Lee – Au Revoir Taipei
• Adele Romanski – The Myth of the American Sleepover

Someone to Watch Award

Mike Ott – Littlerock

• Hossein Keshavarz – Dog Sweat
• Laurel Nakadate – The Wolf Knife

Robert Altman Award

• Please Give

References

External links

• 2010 Spirit Awards at IMDb