The Academy Awards will be held tomorrow night but today the better award show, the Independent Spirit Awards were held, honouring the best in independent film from 2010. Black Swan was the big winner taking home four awards, including the ceremony’s most coveted prize, Best Feature. Darren Aronofsky walked away with Best Director, Natalie Portman won Best Actress and cinematographer
Matthew Libatique won for his work on the psychological ballet thriller. Meanwhile, Oscar nominee / host James Franco won Best Male Lead for his performance in the Danny Boyle drama 127 Hours, and Winter’s Bone swept the Best Supporting categories with Dale Dickey and John Hawkes taking home Best Supporting Actress and Actor, respectively. The Kids Are All Right picked up Best Screenplay, while Exit Through the Gift Shop won Best Documentary with Mr. Brainwash accepting the award. Also worth noting was Jeff Malmberg’s Marwencol winning the Truer Than Fiction Award. Hit the jump to check out the complete list of winners.
Best Film
Black Swan
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Best Actress
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Actor
James Franco, 127 Hours
Best Supporting Actress
Dale Dickey, Winter’s Bone
Best Supporting Actor
John Hawkes, Winter’s Bone
Best Screenplay
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Bloomberg, The Kids are All Right
Best Cinematography
Matthew Libatique, Black Swan
Best Documentary
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Best Foreign Film
The King’s Speech
Best First Feature
Get Low
Best First Screenplay
Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture
Truer Than Fiction Award
Jeff Malmberg, Marwencol
Someone to Watch Award
Mike Ott, Littlerock
Producer’s Award
Anish Savjani, Meek’s Cutoff
Robert Altman Award (Ensemble)
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