“The Kids Are All Right,” “Black Swan” nominated for Indie Spirit Awards
This morning, Eva Mendes and Jeremy Renner announced the 2010 nominees for the Independent Spirit Awards. Every year, these awards celebrate independent filmmakers and air a few weeks before the Oscars.
This year’s nominees are very female-friendly, with the Debra Granik-directed (and female-led) Winter’s Bone up for seven different awards. (The film also won two in two categories at last night’s Gotham Independent Film Awards.) The Kids Are All Right has five Indie Spirit nominations and Black Swan follows closely behind with four.
Here are some of the categories and nominees: 127 Hours Black Swan Greenberg The Kids Are All Right Winter’s Bone 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
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
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
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
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 Adam Kimmel, Never Let Me Go Matthew Libatique, Black Swan Jody Lee Lipes,, Tiny Furniture Michael McDonough, Winter’s Bone Harris Savides, Greenberg
Please Give and its director, Nicole Holofcener, and cast (including Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Sarah Steele) will also receive the Robert Altman Award.
I’m bummed that Mila Kunis and Julianne Moore aren’t up for Best Supporting Female, but am glad to see so many women in categories outside of those designated for women only. Some other misses: Noomi Rapace or any of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo films, as well as I Am Love. I can’t believe neither even made it into Best Foregn Film. IFC will broadcast the Indie Spirit Awards on Feb. 26, so make sure to tune in and see which women win.