Indie Cinema 2010: Films That Matter

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)

127 Hours
Producers: Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, John Smithson
Black Swan
Producers: Scott Franklin, Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Brian Oliver
Greenberg
Producers: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Scott Rudin
The Kids Are All Right
Producers: Gary Gilbert, Philippe Hellmann, Jordan Horowitz, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray, Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Winter’s Bone
Producers: Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Anne Rosellini

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

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)
Everything Strange and New – Director: Frazer Bradshaw, Producers: A.D. Liano, Laura Techera Francia
Get Low – Director: Aaron Schneider?, Producers: David Gundlach, Dean Zanuck
Night Catches Us – Director: Tanya Hamilton?, Producers: Sean Costello, Jason Orans, Ronald Simons
The Last Exorcism – Director: Daniel Stamm?, Producers: Marc Abraham, Tom Bliss, Eric Newman, Eli Roth
Tiny Furniture – Director: Lena Dunham?, Producers: Kyle Martin, Alicia Van Couvering

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

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – Given to the best feature made for under $500,000.  Award given to the writer, director, and producer.  Executive Producers are not listed
Daddy Longlegs
Writer/Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie
Producers: Casey Neistat, Tom Scott
Lbs.
Director: Matthew Bonifacio
Writer/Producers: Matthew Bonifacio, Carmine Famiglietti
Lovers of Hate
Writer/Director: Bryan Poyser
Producer: Megan Gilbride
Obselidia
Writer/Director: Diane Bell
Producers: Chris Byrne, Mathew Medlin
The Exploding Girl
Writer/Director: Bradley Rust Gray
Producers: Karin Chien, Ben Howe, So Yong Kim

BEST FEMALE LEAD
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 MALE LEAD
Ronald Bronstein – Daddy Longlegs
Aaron Eckhart – Rabbit Hole
James Franco – 127 Hours
John C. Reilly – Cyrus
Ben Stiller – Greenberg

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
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 SUPPORTING MALE
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 CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adam Kimmel – Never Let Me Go
Matthew Libatique – Black Swan
Jody Lee Lipes – Tiny Furniture
Michael McDonough – Winter’s Bone
Harris Savides – Greenberg

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Director: Banksy
Marwencol
Director: Jeff Malmberg
Restrepo
Directors: Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
Sweetgrass
Directors: Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Thunder Soul
Director: Mark Landsman

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)
Kisses (Ireland)
Director: Lance Daly
Mademoiselle Chambon (France)
Director: Stéphane Brizé
Of Gods and Men (Morocco)
Director: Xavier Beauvois
The King’s Speech
(United Kingdom)
Director: Tom Hooper
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Thailand)
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul

ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – The 17th annual Acura Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.  The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Acura.
Hossein Keshavarz
Dog Sweat
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The Wolf Knife
Mike Ott
Littlerock

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD – The 14th annual Piaget Producers Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality, independent films.  The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.
In-Ah Lee
Au Revoir Taipei
Adele Romanski
The Myth of the American Sleepover
Anish Savjani
Meek’s Cutoff

AVEENO® TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The 16th annual AVEENO® Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.  The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by AVEENO®.
Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor – Sweetgrass
Jeff Malmberg – Marwencol
Lynn True, Nelson Walker – Summer Pasture

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)
Please Give
Director: Nicole Holofcener; Casting Director: Jeanne McCarthy; Ensemble Cast: Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Lois Smith, Sarah Steele

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FILM TITLE(S)
# OF NOMINATIONS

Focus Features – 9
Greenberg, The Kids Are All Right

Fox Searchlight 9
127 Hours, Black Swan, Cyrus, Never Let Me Go

IFC Films – 9
Daddy Longlegs, Life During Wartime, Lovers of Hate, the Myth of the American Sleepover, Tiny Furniture

Roadside Attractions – 8
Thunder Soul, Winter’s Bone

Sony Pictures Classics – 7
Get Low, Mother and Child, Of Gods and Men, Please Give

Lionsgate – 6
The Last Exorcism, Rabbit Hole

The Cinema Guild – 4
Marwencol, Sweetgrass

Oscilloscope Laboratories – 4
The Exploding Girl, Kisses, Meek’s Cutoff, Monogamy

Overture Films – 3
Jack Goes Boating

The Weinstein Company – 2
Blue Valentine, The King’s Speech

Indiepix – 1
Everything Strange and New

Lorber Films – 1
Mademoiselle Chambon

Magnolia Pictures – 1
Night Catches Us

Monterey Media, Inc. – 1
Lovely, Still

National Geographic Entertainment – 1
Restrepo

Producers Distribution Agency – 1
Exit Through the Gift Shop

Strand Releasing – 1
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Truly Indie – 1
Lbs.

No Distributor – 1
Au Revoir Taipei

No Distributor – 1
Dog Sweat

No Distributor – 1
Littlerock

No Distributor – 1
Obselidia

No Distributor – 1
Summer Pasture

No Distributor – 1
The Wolf Knife

FILM TITLE # OF NOMINATIONS
Winter’s Bone
7
The Kids Are All Right
5
Black Swan
4
Greenberg
4
Rabbit Hole
4
127 Hours
3
Jack Goes Boating
3
Tiny Furniture
3
Daddy Longlegs
2
Get Low
2
Life During Wartime
2
Marwencol
2
Mother and Child
2
Please Give
2
Sweetgrass
2
The Last Exorcism
2
Au Revoir Taipei
1
Blue Valentine
1
Cyrus
1
Dog Sweat
1
Everything Strange and New
1
Exit Through the Gift Shop
1
Kisses
1
Lbs.
1
Littlerock
1
Lovely, Still
1
Lovers of Hate
1
Mademoiselle Chambon
1
Meek’s Cutoff
1
Monogamy
1
Never Let Me Go
1
Night Catches Us
1
Obselidia
1
Of Gods and Men
1
Restrepo
1
Summer Pasture
1
The Exploding Girl
1
The King’s Speech
1
The Myth of the American Sleepover
1
The Wolf Knife
1
Thunder Soul
1
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
1