Come da tradizione, il 25 febbraio 2012 torna a Los Angeles il Film Independent Spirit Awards, un giorno prima dei tanto agognati Academy Awards. Questa premiazione dedicata ai film indipendenti – o nello specifico alle pellicole con budget generalmente inferiore ai 20 milioni di dollari – contiene nomination importanti come Drive, diretto da Nicolas Winding Refn e interpretato da Ryan Gosling, e 50/50 con Joseph Gordon Levitt, selezionati tra ben 277 produzioni. A uscire vittorioso dall’edizione dell’anno scorso è stato Il Cigno Nero di Darren Aronofsky con 4 premi, mentre nel 2009 a vincere è stato The Wrestler, diretto sempre dallo stesso Aronofsky.

Sotto, la lista completa delle nomination del Film Independent Spirit Awards 2012:

MIGLIOR FILM
50/50 – Producers: Evan Goldberg, Ben Karlin, Seth Rogen
Beginners – Producers: Miranda de Pencier, Lars Knudsen, Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Jay Van Hoy
Drive – Producers: Michel Litvak, John Palermo, Marc Platt, Gigi Pritzker, Adam Siegel
Take Shelter – Producers: Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin
The Artist – Producer: Thomas Langmann
The Descendants – Producers: Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

MIGLIOR REGISTA
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Mike Mills – Beginners
Jeff Nichols – Take Shelter
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Nicolas Winding Refn – Drive

MIGLIOR SCENEGGIATURA
Joseph Cedar – Footnote
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Tom McCarthy – Win Win
Mike Mills – Beginners
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash – The Descendants

MIGLIORE ATTRICE
Lauren Ambrose – Think of Me
Rachael Harris – Natural Selection
Adepero Oduye – Pariah
Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams – My Week with Marilyn

MIGLIOR ATTORE
Demián Bichir – A Better Life
Jean Dujardin – The Artist
Ryan Gosling – Drive
Woody Harrelson – Rampart
Michael Shannon – Take Shelter

MIGLIORE ATTRICE NON PROTAGONISTA
Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter
Anjelica Huston – 50/50
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs
Harmony Santana – Gun Hill Road
Shailene Woodley – The Descendants

MIGLIOR ATTORE NON PROTAGONISTA
Albert Brooks – Drive
John Hawkes – Martha Marcy May Marlene
Christopher Plummer – Beginners
John C. Reilly – Cedar Rapids
Corey Stoll – Midnight in Paris

MIGLIOR PRIMO FILM
Another Earth – Director: Mike Cahill
In the Family – Director: Patrick Wang
Margin Call – Director: J.C. Chandor
Martha Marcy May Marlene – Director: Sean Durkin
Natural Selection – Director: Robbie Pickering

MIGLIOR PRIMA SCENEGGIATURA
Mike Cahill, Brit Marling – Another Earth
J.C. Chandor – Margin Call
Patrick deWitt – Terri
Phil Johnston – Cedar Rapids
Will Reiser – 50/50

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – miglior film costato meno di $500,000.
Bellflower – Writer/Director: Evan Glodell
Circumstance – Writer/Director: Maryam Keshavarz
Hello Lonesome – Writer/Director/Producer: Adam Reid
Pariah – Writer/Director: Dee Rees
The Dynamiter – Writer: Brad Inglesby, Director: Matthew Gordon

MIGLIOR FOTOGRAFIA
Joel Hodge – Bellflower
Benjamin Kasulke – The Off Hours
Darius Khondji – Midnight in Paris
Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist
Jeffrey Waldron – The Dynamiter

MIGLIOR DOCUMENTARIO
An African Election – Director/Producer: Jarreth Merz
Bill Cunningham New York – Director: Richard Press
Producer: Philip Gefter
The Interrupters – Director/Producer: Steve James
Producer: Alex Kotlowitz
The Redemption of General Butt Naked – Director/Producers: Eric Strauss, Daniele Anastasion
We Were Here – Director/Producer: David Weissman

MIGLIOR FILM STRANIERO
A Separation
(Iran) Director: Asghar Farhadi
Melancholia
(Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany) Director: Lars von Trier
Shame
(UK) Director: Steve McQueen
The Kid With a Bike
(Belgium/France/Italy) Directors: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
Tyrannosaur
(UK) Director: Paddy Considine

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Chad Burris – Mosquita y Mari
Sophia Lin – Take Shelter
Josh Mond – Martha Marcy May Marlene

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Simon Arthur – Silver Tongues
Mark Jackson – Without
Nicholas Ozeki – Mamitas

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Heather Courtney – Where Soldiers Come From
Danfung Dennis – Hell and Back Again
Alma Har’el – Bombay Beach

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Margin Call – Director: J.C. Chandor
Casting Director: Tiffany Little Canfield, Bernard Telsey
Ensemble Cast: Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, Stanley Tucci