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

External links

• List of nominees