29th Independent Spirit Awards

29th Independent Spirit Awards
29th Independent Spirit Awards
Awarded for	Best in independent film
Date	March 1, 2014
Site	Santa Monica Pier; Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Patton Oswalt
Highlights
Best Feature	12 Years a Slave
Most awards	12 Years a Slave (5)
Most nominations	12 Years a Slave (7)

The 29th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films of 2013, were presented on March 1, 2014.[1] The nominations were announced on November 27, 2013.[2] The ceremony was hosted by Patton Oswalt.[3]

Winners and nominees

Steve McQueen, Best Director winner

Matthew McConaughey, Best Male Lead winner

Cate Blanchett, Best Female Lead winner

Jared Leto, Best Supporting Male winner

Lupita Nyong'o, Best Supporting Female winner

John Ridley, Best Screenplay winner

Best Feature	Best Director
12 Years a Slave All Is Lost Frances Ha Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska	Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave Shane Carruth – Upstream Color J. C. Chandor – All Is Lost Jeff Nichols – Mud Alexander Payne – Nebraska
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
*Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club* as Ron Woodroof** Bruce Dern – Nebraska as Woodrow "Woody" Grant Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis as Llewyn Davis Michael B. Jordan – Fruitvale Station as Oscar Grant III Robert Redford – All Is Lost as Our Man	*Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine* as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis** Julie Delpy – Before Midnight as Céline Gaby Hoffmann – Crystal Fairy as Crystal Fairy Brie Larson – Short Term 12 as Grace Howard Shailene Woodley – The Spectacular Now as Aimee Finecky
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
*Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club* as Rayon** Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps Will Forte – Nebraska as David Grant James Gandolfini – Enough Said as Albert Lakeith Stanfield – Short Term 12 as Marcus	*Lupita Nyong'o – 12 Years a Slave* as Patsey** Melonie Diaz – Fruitvale Station as Sophina Mesa Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine as Ginger Yolonda Ross – Go for Sisters as Fontayne June Squibb – Nebraska as Kate Grant
Best Screenplay	Best First Screenplay
John Ridley – 12 Years a Slave Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, and Richard Linklater – Before Midnight Nicole Holofcener – Enough Said Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber – The Spectacular Now	Bob Nelson – Nebraska Lake Bell – In a World... Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Don Jon Jill Soloway – Afternoon Delight Michael Starrbury – The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete
Best First Feature	Best Documentary Feature
Fruitvale Station – Director: Ryan Coogler; Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker Blue Caprice – Director/Producer: Alexandre Moors; Producers: Kim Jackson, Brian O'Carroll, Isen Robbins, Will Rowbotham, Aimee Schoof, Ron Simons, and Stephen Tedeschi Concussion – Director: Stacie Passon; Producer: Rose Troche Una Noche – Director/Producer: Lucy Mulloy; Producers: Sandy Pérez Aguila, Maite Artieda, Daniel Mulloy, and Yunior Santiago Wadjda – Director: Haifaa al-Mansour; Producers: Gerhard Meixner and Roman Pau	20 Feet from Stardom – Director/Producer: Morgan Neville; Producers: Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers The Act of Killing – Director/Producer: Joshua Oppenheimer; Producers: Joram Ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Michael Uwemedimo After Tiller – Directors/Producers: Martha Shane and Lana Wilson Gideon's Army – Director/Producer: Dawn Porter; Producer: Julie Goldman The Square – Director: Jehane Noujaim; Producer: Karim Amer
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Sean Bobbitt – 12 Years a Slave Benoît Debie – Spring Breakers Bruno Delbonnel – Inside Llewyn Davis Frank G. DeMarco – All Is Lost Matthias Grunsky – Computer Chess	Nat Sanders – Short Term 12 Shane Carruth and David Lowery – Upstream Color Jem Cohen and Marc Vives – Museum Hours Jennifer Lame – Frances Ha Cindy Lee – Una Noche
Best International Film
Blue Is the Warmest Colour (France) – Director: Abdellatif Kechiche Gloria (Chile) – Director: Sebastián Lelio The Great Beauty (Italy) – Director: Paolo Sorrentino The Hunt (Denmark) – Director: Thomas Vinterberg A Touch of Sin (China) – Director: Jia Zhangke

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
7	12 Years a Slave
6	Nebraska
4	All Is Lost
3	Blue Jasmine
	Fruitvale Station
	Inside Llewyn Davis
	Short Term 12
2	Before Midnight
	Dallas Buyers Club
	Enough Said
	Frances Ha
	The Spectacular Now
	Una Noche
	Upstream Color

Films that won multiple awards
Awards	Film
5	12 Years a Slave
2	Dallas Buyers Club

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

This Is Martin Bonner – Writer/Director: Chad Hartigan; Producer: Cherie Saulter

Computer Chess – Writer/Director: Andrew Bujalski; Producers: Houston King and Alex Lipschultz
Crystal Fairy – Writer/Director: Sebastián Silva; Producers: Juan de Dios Larraín and Pablo Larraín
Museum Hours – Writer/Director: Jem Cohen; Producers: Paolo Calamita and Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Pit Stop – Writer/Director: Yen Tan; Writer: David Lowery; Producers: Jonathan Duffy, James M. Johnston, Eric Steele, and Kelly Williams

Truer Than Fiction Award

Jason Osder – Let the Fire Burn

Kalyanee Mam – A River Changes Course
Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez – Manakamana

Piaget Producers Award

Toby Halbrooks and James M. Johnston

Jacob Jaffke
Andrea Roa
Frederick Thornton

Someone to Watch Award

Newlyweeds – Director: Shaka King

The Foxy Merkins – Director: Madeleine Olnek
My Sister's Quinceañera – Director: Aaron Douglas Johnston

Robert Altman Award

(The award is given to its film director, casting director, and ensemble cast)

Mud – Jeff Nichols, Francine Maisler, Joe Don Baker, Jacob Lofland, Matthew McConaughey, Ray McKinnon, Sarah Paulson, Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard, Tye Sheridan, Paul Sparks, Bonnie Sturdivant, and Reese Witherspoon

Bright Future Award

Patrick Creadon – If You Build It

References

The Deadline Team (March 1, 2014). "Indie Spirit Awards: '12 Years A Slave' Takes Best Feature And Dominates With Five Wins; McConaughey & Blanchett Top Actors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 1, 2014.
The Deadline Team (November 26, 2013). "2014 Spirit Awards: '12 Years A Slave', 'All Is Lost', 'Frances Ha', 'Inside Llewyn Davis' & 'Nebraska' Nab Best Feature Noms". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 26, 2013.
The Deadline Team (November 19, 2013). "Spirit Awards: Patton Oswalt Set As Host". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 19, 2013.

External links

2014 Awards at IMDb

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[1] The Deadline Team (March 1, 2014). "Indie Spirit Awards: '12 Years A Slave' Takes Best Feature And Dominates With Five Wins; McConaughey & Blanchett Top Actors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 1, 2014.

[2] The Deadline Team (November 26, 2013). "2014 Spirit Awards: '12 Years A Slave', 'All Is Lost', 'Frances Ha', 'Inside Llewyn Davis' & 'Nebraska' Nab Best Feature Noms". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 26, 2013.

[3] The Deadline Team (November 19, 2013). "Spirit Awards: Patton Oswalt Set As Host". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 19, 2013.

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