Congratulations to our Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees!
And we're off! After the Gotham Awards last night (where BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD's Benh Zeitlin walked away with Breakthrough Director!), today the Film Independent Spirt Awards unveiled their nominees. Big congrats are in order for BEASTS, SOUND OF MY VOICE, THE SESSIONS and RUBY SPARKS! More info below.
Here are the full list of Searchlight nominees:
BEST FEATURE
BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
BEST DIRECTOR
Benh Zeitlin, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
BEST SCREENPLAY
Zoe Kazan, RUBY SPARKS
BEST FIRST FEATURE
SOUND OF MY VOICE
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Quvenzhané Wallis, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
BEST MALE LEAD
John Hawkes, THE SESSIONS
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Helen Hunt, THE SESSIONS
Brit Marling, SOUND OF MY VOICE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ben Richardson, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Ceremony will be held on Saturday, February 23rd. Check in for more Searchlight awards season details soon!