Andy Samberg hosted the awards show which took place in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica on the afternoon before the Oscars.
Spirit Awards Nominees and Winners:
BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Bernie
Keep the Lights On
Moonrise Kingdom
Winner: Silver Linings Playbook
BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson – Moonrise Kingdom
Julia Loktev – The Loneliest Planet
Winner: David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Ira Sachs – Keep the Lights On
Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola – Moonrise Kingdom
Zoe Kazan – Ruby Sparks
Martin McDonagh – Seven Psychopaths
Winner: David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Ira Sachs – Keep the Lights On
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
Fill the Void – DIRECTOR: Rama Burshtein
Gimme the Loot – DIRECTOR: Adam Leon
Safety Not Guaranteed – DIRECTOR: Colin Trevorrow
Sound of My Voice – DIRECTOR: Zal Batmanglij
Winner: The Perks of Being a Wallflower – DIRECTOR: Stephen Chbosky
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Fill the Void – Rama Burshtein
Winner: Safety Not Guaranteed – Derek Connolly
Robot & Frank – Christopher Ford
Celeste and Jesse Forever – Rashida Jones & Will McCormack
Gayby – Jonathan Lisecki
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
Breakfast with Curtis
Winner: Middle of Nowhere
Mosquita y Mari
Starlet
The Color Wheel
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Linda Cardellini – Return
Emayatzy Corinealdi – Middle of Nowhere
Winner: Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Mary Elizabeth Winstead – Smashed
BEST MALE LEAD
Jack Black – Bernie
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Winner: John Hawkes – The Sessions
Thure Lindhardt – Keep the Lights On
Matthew McConaughey – Killer Joe
Wendell Pierce – Four
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Rosemarie DeWitt – Your Sister’s Sister
Ann Dowd – Compliance
Winner: Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Brit Marling – Sound of My Voice
Lorraine Toussaint – Middle of Nowhere
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Winner: Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike
David Oyelowo – Middle of Nowhere
Michael Péna – End of Watch
Sam Rockwell – Seven Psychopaths
Bruce Willis – Moonrise Kingdom
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Yoni Brook – Valley of Saints
Lol Crawley – Here
Winner: Ben Richardson – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Roman Vasyanov – End of Watch
Robert Yeoman – Moonrise Kingdom
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)
How to Survive a Plague
Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
The Central Park Five
Winner: The Invisible War
The Waiting Room
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)
Winner: Amour (France)
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia (Turkey)
Rust And Bone (France/Belgium)
Sister (Switzerland)
War Witch (Democratic Republic of Congo)
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)
Starlet
Director: Sean Baker
Casting Director: Julia Kim
Ensemble Cast: Dree Hemingway, Besedka Johnson, Karren Karagulian, Stella Maeve, James Ransone
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