Awards -- Independent Spirit Award Nominations

The Independent Spirit Awards have announced their nominees for 2010. The big leaders are Winter's Bone with 7 nods, The Kids Are All Right with 5, and 4 nods collected by Greenberg, Rabbit Hole, and Black Swan. Goods showing in top 3 categories by 127 Hours also. The full nominees are......

BEST FEATURE
127 Hours
Black Swan
Greenberg
The Kids Are All Right
Winter's Bone

BEST DIRECTOR
Darren Aronofsky "Black Swan"
Danny Boyle "127 Hours"
Lisa Cholodenko "The Kids Are All Right"
Debra Granik "Winter's Bone"
John Cameron Mitchell "Rabbit Hole"

BEST ACTOR
Ronald Bronstein "Daddy Longlegs"
Aaron Eckhart "Rabbit Hole"
James Franco "127 Hours"
John C. Reilly "Cyrus"
Ben Stiller "Greenberg"

BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening "The Kids Are All Right"
Greta Gerwig "Greenberg"
Nicole Kidman "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence "Winter's Bone"
Natalie Portman "Black Swan"
Michelle Williams "Blue Valentine"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
John Hawkes "Winter's Bone"
Samuel L. Jackson "Mother and Child"
Bill Murray "Get Low"
John Ortiz "Jack Goes Boating"
Mark Ruffalo "The Kids Are All Right"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ashley Bell "The Last Exorcism"
Dale Dickey "Winter's Bone"
Allison Janney "Life During Wartime"
Daphne Rubin-Vega "Jack Goes Boating"
Naomi Watts "Mother and Child"

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Kids Are All Right -- Stuart Blumberg & Lisa Cholodenko
Life During Wartime -- Todd Solondz
Please Give -- Nicole Holofcener
Rabbit Hole -- David Lindsay-Abaire
Winter's Bone -- Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Black Swan
Greenberg
Never Let Me Go
Tiny Furniture
Winter's Bone

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The King's Speech (United Kingdom)
Kisses (Ireland)
Mademoiselle Chambon (France)
Of Gods and Men (Morocco)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Thailand)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Marwencol
Restrepo
Sweetgrass
Thunder Soul

BEST FIRST FEATURE (given to director & producer)
Everything Strange and New
Get Low
The Last Exorcism
Night Catches Us
Tiny Furniture

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Jack Goes Boating -- Bob Glaudini
Lovely, Still -- Nik Fackler
Monogamy -- Dana Adam Shapiro & Evan M. Wiener
Obselidia -- Diane Bell
Tiny Furniture -- Lena Dunham

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (feature under $500K, given to writer, director, producer)
Daddy Longlegs
The Exploding Girl
Lovers of Hate
Obselidia

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (given to 1 film's director, casting director & ensemble)
Please Give