2012 Awards -- Independent Spirit Award nominees

BEST PICTURE
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Bernie
Keep the Lights On
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook

BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson -- "Moonrise Kingdom"
Julia Loktev -- "The Loneliest Planet"
David O. Russell -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Ira Sachs -- "Keep the Lights On"
Benh Zeitlin -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"

BEST ACTOR
Jack Black -- "Bernie"
Bradley Cooper -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
John Hawkes -- "The Sessions"
Thure Lindhardt -- "Keep the Lights On"
Matthew McConaughey -- "Killer Joe"
Wendell Pierce -- "Four"

BEST ACTRESS
Linda Cardellini -- "Return"
Emayatzy Corinealdi -- "Middle of Nowhere"
Jennifer Lawrence -- "Silver Linings Playbook"
Quvenzhane Wallis -- "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Mary Elizabeth Winstead -- "Smashed"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Matthew McConaughey -- "Magic Mike"
David Oyelowo -- "Middle of Nowhere"
Michael Pena -- "End of Watch"
Sam Rockwell -- "Seven Psychopaths"
Bruce Willis -- "Moonrise Kingdom"

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rosemarie DeWitt -- "Your Sister's Sister"
Ann Dowd -- "Compliance"
Helen Hunt -- "The Sessions"
Brit Marling -- "Sound of My Voice"
Lorraine Toussaint -- "Middle of Nowhere"
 
BEST SCREENPLAY
Keep the Lights On -- Ira Sachs
Moonrise Kingdom -- Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
Ruby Sparks -- Zoe Kazan
Seven Psychopaths -- Martin McDonagh
Silver Linings Playbook -- David O. Russell

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beasts of the Southern Wild
End of Watch
Here
Moonrise Kingdom
Valley of Saints

BEST FOREIGN FILM
Amour
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
Rust and Bone
Sister
War Witch

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Central Park Five
How to Survive a Plague
The Invisible War
Marina Abramoviae: The Artist in Present
The Waiting Room

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Fill the Void
Gimme the Loot
Safety Not Guaranteed
Sound of My Voice
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Celeste and Jesse Forever -- Rashida Jones & Will McCormack
Fill the Void -- Rama Burshtein
Gayby -- Jonathan Lisecki
Robot & Frank -- Christopher Ford
Safety Not Guaranteed -- Derek Connolly


JOHN CASSAVETTES AWARD
Breakfast with Curtis -- Laura Colella (Writer/Director/Producer)
The Color Wheel -- Alex Ross Perry (Writer/Director/Producer) & Carlen Altman (Writer)
Middle of Nowhere -- Ava DuVernay (Writer/Director/Producer), Howard Barish & Paul Garnes (Producers)
Mosquita y Mari -- Aurora Guerrero (Writer/Director) & Chad Burris (Producer)
Starlet -- Sean Baker (Writer/Director), Blake Ashman-Kipevaser, Kevin Chinoy, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach & Francesca Silvestri (Producers)

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Alicia Van Couvering -- "Nobody Walks"
Mynette Louie -- "Stones in the Sun"
Derrick Tseng -- "Prince Avalanche"

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
David Fenster -- Director -- "Pincus"
Adam Leon -- Director -- "Gimme the Loot"
Rebecca Thomas -- Direction -- "Electrick Children"

STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Lucien Castaing-Taylor & Verena Paravel -- Director -- "Leviathan"
Peter Nicks -- Director -- "The Waiting Room"
Jason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims -- Director -- "Only the Young"

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (One film's director, casting director & ensemble)
Starlet