The biggest shocks this year: Woody Allen’s Best Screenplay nomination for the shoddy Vicky Christina Barcelona, and Summer Bishil’s Best Female Lead nod for her flat performance in the lurid coming-of-age drama Towelhead.
The awards will be broadcast live on IFC on February 21st.
The complete nominations:
Best Feature
- Ballast
Producers: Lance Hammer, Nina Parikh - Frozen River
Producers: Chip Hourihan, Heather Rae - Rachel Getting Married
Producers: Neda Armian, Jonathan Demme, Marc Platt - Wendy and Lucy
Producers: Larry Fessenden, Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani - The Wrestler
Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin
Best Director
- Ramin Bahrani, Chop Shop
- Jonathan Demme, Rachel Getting Married
- Lance Hammer, Ballast
- Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
- Thomas McCarthy, The Visitor
Best First Feature
- Afterschool
Director: Antonio Campos
Producers: Sean Durkin, Josh Mond - Medicine for Melancholy
Director: Barry Jenkins
Producer: Justin Barber - Sangre de Mi Sangre
Director: Christopher Zalla
Producers: Per Melita, Benjamin Odell - Sleep Dealer
Director: Alex Rivera
Producer: Anthony Bregman - Synecdoche, New York Director: Charlie Kaufman
Producers: Anthony Bregman, Spike Jonze, Charlie Kaufman, Sidney Kimmel
John Cassavetes Award (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
- In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Writer/Director: Alex Holdridge
Producers: Seth Caplan and Scoot McNairy - Prince of Broadway
Director: Sean Baker
Writers: Sean Baker, Darren Dean
Producer: Darren Dean - The Signal
Writer/Directors: David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry
Producers: Jacob Gentry and Alexander Motiagh - Take Out
Writer/Directors/Producers: Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou - Turn the River
Writer/Director: Chris Eigeman
Producer: Ami Armstrong
Best First Screenplay
- Dustin Lance Black, Milk
- Lance Hammer, Ballast
- Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
- Jenny Lumet, Rachel Getting Married
Best Screenplay
- Woody Allen, Vicky Christina Barcelona
- Anna Fleck and Ryan Boden, Sugar
- Charlie Kaufman, Synecdoche, New York
- Howard A. Rodman, Savage Grace
- Christopher Zalla, Sangre de Mi Sangre
Best Female Lead
- Summer Bishil, Towelhead
- Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
- Melissa Leo, Frozen River
- Tarra Riggs, Ballast
- Michelle Williams, Wendy and Lucy
Best Male Lead
- Javier Bardem, Vicky Christina Barcelona
- Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
- Sean Penn, Milk
- Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
- Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Supporting Female
- Penelope Cruz, Vicky Christina Barcelona
- Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
- Rosie Perez, The Take
- Misty Upham, Frozen River
- Debra Winger, Rachel Getting Married
Best Supporting Male
- James Franco, Milk
- Anthony Mackie, The Hurt Locker
- Charlie McDermott, Frozen River
- JimMyron Ross, Ballast
- Haaz Sleiman, The Visitor
Best Cinematography
- Maryse Alberti, The Wrestler
- Lol Crowley, Ballast
- James Laxton, Medicine for Melancholy
- Harris Savides, Milk
- Michael Simmonds, Chop Shop
Best Documentary
- The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Director: Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath - Encounters at the End of the World
Director: Werner Herzog - Man on Wire
Director: James Marsh - The Order of Myths
Director: Margaret Brown - Up the Yangtze
Director: Yang Chung
Best Foreign Film
- The Class (France)
Director: Laurent Cantet - Gomorrah (Italy)
Director: Matteo Garrone - Hunger (UK/Ireland)
Director: Steve McQueen - Secret of the Grain (France)
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche - Silent Light (Mexico/France/Netherlands/Germany)
Director: Carlos Reygadas
Robert Altman Award (Given to one film's director, casting director and ensemble cast)
- Synecdoche, New York
Director: Charlie Kaufman Casting Director: Jeanne McCarthy
Ensemble Cast: Hope Davis, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Tom Noonan, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams
Someone to Watch Award
- Barry Jenkins, Medicine for Melancholy
- Nina Paley, Sita Sings the Blues
- Lynn Shelton, My Effortless Brilliance
Truer Than Fiction Award
- Margaret Brown, The Order of Myths
- Sacha Gervasi, Anvil! The Story of Anvil
- Darius Marder, Loot
Producers Award
- Lars Knudsen and Joy Van Hoy, Tireless Mountain and I'll Come Running
- Jason Orans, Goodbye Solo and Year of the Fish
- Heather Rae, Frozen River and Ibid
