The winners of the 29th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced. The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards “are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films…The Independent Spirit Awards are presented by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers.”
The 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards full listing of winners:
BEST FEATURE
WINNER: 12 Years a Slave
All Is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
NebraskaBEST DIRECTOR
Upstream Color, Shane Carruth
All Is Lost, J.C. Chandor
WINNER: 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen
Mud, Jeff Nichols
Nebraska, Alexander PayneBEST SCREENPLAY
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen
Before Midnight, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater
Enough Said, Nicole Holofcener
The Spectacular Now, Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
WINNER: 12 Years a Slave, John RidleyBEST FIRST FEATURE
Blue Caprice
Concussion
WINNER: Fruitvale Station
Una Noche
WadjdaBEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
In A World, Lake Bell
Don Jon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
WINNER: Nebraska, Bob Nelson
Afternoon Delight, Jill Soloway
The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, Michael StarrburyJOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – (Best Feature made for under $500,000)
Computer Chess
Crystal Fairy
Museum Hours
Pit Stop
WINNER: This is Martin BonnerBEST FEMALE LEAD
WINNER: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffmann, Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson, Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley, The Spectacular NowBEST MALE LEAD
Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station
WINNER: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford, All Is LostBEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Melonie Diaz, Fruitvale Station
Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
WINNER: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Yolonda Ross, Go For Sisters
June Squibb, NebraskaBEST SUPPORTING MALE
Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave
Will Forte, Nebraska
James Gandolfini, Enough Said
WINNER: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Keith Stanfield, Short Term 12BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER: Sean Bobbitt, 12 Years a Slave
Benoit Debie, Spring Breakers
Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
Frank G. DeMarco, All Is Lost
Matthias Grunsky, Computer ChessBEST EDITING
Shane Carruth & David Lowery, Upstream Color
Jem Cohen & Marc Vives, Museum Hours
Jennifer Lame, Frances Ha
Cindy Lee, Una Noche
WINNER: Nat Sanders, Short Term 12BEST DOCUMENTARY
WINNER: 20 Feet From Stardom
After Tiller
Gideon’s Army
The Act of Killing
The SquareBEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
A Touch of Sin (China)
WINNER: Blue is the Warmest Color (France)
Gloria (Chile)
The Great Beauty (Italy)
The Hunt (Denmark)ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – (Ensemble Cast)
Mud
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