The nominations for the 2012 Spirit Awards have been announced. The ceremony will take place on the 25th February.
Here are the nominees in full:
Best Feature:
50/50
Beginners
Drive
Take Shelter
The Artist
The Descendants
Best Director:
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Mike Mills – Beginners
Jeff Nichols – Take Shelter
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive
Best Screenplay:
Joseph Cedar – Footnote
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Tom McCarthy – Win Win
Mike Mills – Beginners
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash – The Descendants
Best First Feature:
Another Earth
In the Family
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Natural Selection
Best First Screenplay:
Mike Cahill, Brit Marling – Another Earth
JC Chandor – Margin Call
Patrick DeWitt – Terri
Phil Johnston – Cedar Rapids
Will Reiser – 50/50
John Cassavetes Award:
(Awarded to best feature film made for under $500,000)
Bellflower
Circumstance
Hello Lonesome
Pariah
The Dynamiter
Best Female Lead:
Lauren Ambrose – Think of Me
Rachael Harris – Natural Selection
Adepero Oduye – Pariah
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn
Best Male Lead:
Demian Bichir – A Better Life
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Ryan Gosling – Drive
Woody Harrelson – Rampart
Michael Shannon – Take Shelter
Best Supporting Female:
Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter
Anjelica Huston – 50/50
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
Harmony Santana – Gun Hill Road
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants
Best Supporting Male:
Albert Brooks – Drive
John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
John C Reilly – Cedar Rapids
Corey Stoll – Midnight in Paris
Best Cinematography:
Joel Hodge – Bellflower
Benjamin Kasulke – The Off Hours
Darius Khondji – Midnight in Paris
Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist
Jeffrey Waldron – The Dynamiter
Best Documentary:
An African Election
Bill Cunningham New York
The Interrupters
The Redemption of General Butt Naked
We Were Here
Best International Film:
A Separation (Iran)
Melancholia (Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany)
Shame (UK)
The Kid with a Bike (Belgium, France, Italy)
Tyrannosaur (UK)
Robert Altman Award:
(Given to a film’s director, casting director and its ensemble cast)
Margin Call
Directed by: JC Chandor
Casting Directors: Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey
Starring: Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci
Piaget Producers Award:
Chad Burris – Mosquita y Mari
Sophia Lin – Take Shelter
Josh Mond – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Someone to Watch Award:
Simon Arthur – Silver Tongues
Mark Jackson – Without
Nicholas Ozeki – Mamitas
Truer Than Fiction Award:
Heather Courtney – Where Soldiers Come From
Danfung Dennis – Hell and Back Again
Alma Har’El – Bombay Beach
