The 2009 movie awards season officially began today with the announcement of the nominees for the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards. The Last Station and Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire led the nominations with five each, including nods in the Best Feature category, where they are joined by Amreeka, (500) Days of Summer and Sin Nombre.Tom Ford's A Single Man was recognized in the First Feature race, as well as nods for leading man Colin Firth and First Screenplay. Other out nominees include Precious director Lee Daniels, Amreeka screenwriter Cherien Dabis and Sebastián Silva for Foreign Film nominee The Maid.
Also revealed today were the nominations for the 37th Annual Annie Awards, honoring the year's best animation. Henry Selick's Coraline leads the field with 10 nominations, closely followed by Pixar's Up and Disney's The Princess and the Frog, with 9 and 8 nods each. In addition to these three, the Best Animated Feature category also includes Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Secret of Kells.
The Annies will be handed out on February 6, followed by the Indie Spirit Awards on March 5 (broadcast live on the Independent Film Channel). For a quick list at all the feature film nominees, see the comments section below.
Independent Spirit Awards:
ReplyDeleteFeature Film:
Amreeka
(500) Days of Summer
The Last Station
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Sin Nombre
First Feature:
Crazy Heart
Easier With Practice
Paranormal Activity
The Messenger
A Single Man
Male Lead:
Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart
Colin Firth in A Single Man
Joseph Gordon-Levitt in (500) Days of Summer
Souléymane Sy Savané in Goodbye Solo
Adam Scott in The Vicious Kind
Female Lead:
Maria Bello in Downloading Nancy
Nisreen Faour in Amreeka
Helen Mirren in The Last Station
Gwyneth Paltrow in Two Lovers
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Supporting Male:
Jemaine Clement in Gentleman Broncos
Woody Harrelson in The Messenger
Christian McKay in Me and Orson Welles
Raymond McKinnon in That Evening Sun
Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
Supporting Female:
Dina Korzun in Cold Souls
Mo’Nique in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Samantha Morton in The Messenger
Natalie Press in Fifty Dead Men Walking
Mia Wasikowska in That Evening Sun
Director:
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for A Serious Man
Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Cary Joji Fukunaga for Sin Nombre
James Gray for Two Lovers
Michael Hoffman for The Last Station
Screenplay:
Adventureland
(500) Days of Summer
The Last Station
The Messenger
The Vicious Kind
First Screenplay:
Amreeka
Cold Souls
Crazy Heart
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
A Single Man
Cinematography:
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Cold Souls
A Serious Man
Sin Nombre
Treeless Mountain
Foreign Film:
An Education
Everlasting Moments
The Maid
Mother
A Prophet
Documentary:
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
Food, Inc.
More Than a Game
October Country
Which Way Home
John Cassavetes Award:
Big Fan
Humpday
The New Year Parade
Treeless Mountain
Zero Bridge
Truer Than Fiction Award:
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo
El General
45365
Acura Someone to Watch Award:
Easier With Practice
Redland
Zero Bridge
Robert Altman Award:
A Serious Man
Piaget Producers Award:
Karin Chien, ("The Exploding Girl," "Santa Mesa")
Larry Fessenden, ("I Sell the Dead," "The House of the Devil")
Dia Sokol, ("Beeswax," "Nights & Weekends")
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Annie Awards:
Animated Feature:
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up
Directing in an Animated Feature:
Wes Anderson for Fantastic Mr. Fox
Pete Docter for Up
Christopher Miller, Phil Lord for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Hayao Miyazaki for Ponyo
Henry Selick for Coraline
Voice Acting in an Animated Feature:
Jen Cody in The Princess and the Frog
Dawn French in Coraline
Hugh Laurie in Monsters vs. Aliens
John Leguizamo in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur
Jenifer Lewis in The Princess and the Frog
Character Animation:
Coraline
The Princess and the Frog (3)
Up
Writing in an Animated Feature:
Astro Boy
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Up
Storyboarding in an Animated Feature:
Astro Boy
Coraline
Monsters vs. Aliens
Up (2)
Production Design in an Animated Feature:
Coraline (2)
The Princess and the Frog
9
Character Design in an Animated Feature:
Coraline (2)
Up
Music in an Animated Feature:
Coraline
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ponyo
Up
Animated Effects:
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Monsters vs. Aliens
9
The Princess and the Frog
Up
Animated Short Subject:
Pups of Liberty
"Robot Chicken: Star Wars 2.5"
Santa, The Fascist Years
The Rooster, the Crocodile and the Night Sky
The Story of Walls
Winsor McCay Award: Tim Burton, Bruce Timm, Jeffrey Katzenberg
June Foray Award: Tom Sito
Ub Iwerks Award: William T. Reeves
Special Achievement: Martin Meunier and Brian McLean
Certificate of Merit: Myles Mikulic, Danny Young and Michael Woodside