The Steve McQueen drama bags coveted nominations in categories Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography, as well as gets nods for actors.
- Nov 27, 2013
AceShowbiz - Nominees for 2014 Independent Spirit Awards have been revealed. True-story period drama "12 Years a slave" dominates the pack with seven nods, followed by "Nebraska" with six, "All Is Lost" with four four, and "Inside Llewyn Davis", "Short Term 12", "Fruitvale Station" and "Blue Jasmine" with three each.
"12 Years a Slave" is vying for the top Best Feature honor. It also helps Steve McQueen get nominated for Best Director, John Ridley for Best Screenplay, Sean Bobbit for Best Cinematography, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong'o and Michael Fassbender for Best Male Lead, Best Supporting Female and Best Supporting Male respectively.
"Nebraska" is up for Best Feature as well, facing off the big screen adaptation of Solomon Northup's autobiography along with "All Is Lost", "Inside Llewyn Davis" and "Frances Ha". The other nods are for director Alexander Payne, male lead Bruce Dern, supporting female June Squibb, and supporting male Will Forte.
Bob Nelson's screenwriting debut on Payne's dramedy puts him in contention for Best First Screenplay. Nelson is pitted against Lake Bell ("In a World..."), Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("Don Jon"), Jill Soloway ("Afternoon Delight"), and Michael Starrbury ("The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete").
Best Female Lead sees stiff competition among Cate Blanchett ("Blue Jasmine"), Julie Delpy ("Before Midnight"), Gaby Hoffmann ("Crystal Fairy"), Brie Larson ("Short Term 12"), and Shailene Woodley ("The Spectacular Now").
Meanwhile, Oscar Isaac ("Inside Llewyn Davis"), Michael B. Jordan ("Fruitvale Station"), Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club" ), and Robert Redford ("All Is Lost") complete the Best Male Lead list.
The nominees were announced by Octavia Spencer and Paula Patton at The W Hollywood. The winners will be revealed on March 1, 2014, the day before Academy Awards, in Santa Monica with Patton Oswalt as a host.
Best Feature:
Best Director:- Shane Carruth - "Upstream Color"
- J.C. Chandor - "All is Lost"
- Steve McQueen - "12 Years a Slave"
- Jeff Nichols - "Mud"
- Alexander Payne - "Nebraska"
- Woody Allen - "Blue Jasmine"
- Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater - "Before Midnight"
- Nicole Holofcener - "Enough Said"
- Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber - "The Spectacular Now"
- John Ridley - "12 Years a Slave"
- Cate Blanchett - "Blue Jasmine"
- Julie Delpy - "Before Midnight"
- Gaby Hoffmann - "Crystal Fairy"
- Brie Larson - "Short Term 12"
- Shailene Woodley - "The Spectacular Now"
- Bruce Dern - "Nebraska"
- Chiwetel Ejiofor - "12 Years a Slave"
- Oscar Isaac - "Inside Llewyn Davis"
- Michael B. Jordan - "Fruitvale Station"
- Matthew McConaughey - "Dallas Buyers Club"
- Robert Redford - "All Is Lost"
- Melonie Diaz - "Fruitvale Station"
- Sally Hawkins - "Blue Jasmine"
- Lupita Nyong'o - "12 Years a Slave"
- Yolonda Ross - "Go for Sisters"
- June Squibb - "Nebraska"
- Michael Fassbender - "12 Years a Slave"
- Will Forte - "Nebraska"
- James Gandolfini - "Enough Said"
- Jared Leto - "Dallas Buyers Club"
- Keith Stanfield - "Short Term 12"
- "Blue Caprice"
- "Concussion"
- "Fruitvale Station"
- "Una Noche"
- "Wadjda"
- Lake Bell - "In a World..."
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt - "Don Jon"
- Bob Nelson - "Nebraska"
- Jill Soloway - "Afternoon Delight"
- Michael Starrbury - "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete"
- "Computer Chess"
- "Crystal Fairy"
- "Museum Hours"
- "Pit Stop"
- "This Is Martin Bonner"
- Sean Bobbit - "12 Years a Slave"
- Benoit Debie - "Spring Breakers"
- Bruno Delbonnel - "Inside Llewyn Davis"
- Frank G. DeMarco - "All Is Lost"
- Matthias Grunsky - "Computer Chess"
- Shane Carruth & David Lowery - "Upstream Color"
- Jem Cohen & Marc Vives - "Museum Hours"
- Jennifer Lame - "Frances Ha"
- Cindy Lee - "Una Noche"
- Nat Sanders - "Short Term 12"
- "Twenty Feet from Stardom"
- "After Tiller"
- "Gideon's Army"
- "The Act of Killing"
- "The Square"
- "A Touch of Sin"
- "Blue Is the Warmest Color"
- "Gloria"
- "The Great Beauty"
- "The Hunt (2013)"
Piaget Producers Award:
- Toby Halbrooks & James M. Johnston
- Jacob Jaffke
- Andrea Roa
- Frederick Thornton
- Aaron Douglas Johnston - "My Sister's Quinceanera"
- Shake King - "Newlyweeds"
- Madeline Olnek - "The Foxy Merkins"
- "A River Changes Course" Kalvanee Mam
- "Let the Fire Burn" Jason Osder
- "Manakamana" Stephanie Spray & Pacho Velez
