Indie Spirit Award Nominations Analysis- 'Moonrise Kingdom,' 'Silver Linings Playbook' Lead Noms (UPDATED)

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• "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"
• Martin McDonagh, "Seven Psychopaths"

BEST FEMALE LEAD:

• 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 MALE LEAD:

• Jack Black, "Bernie"
• Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
• John Hawkes, "The Sessions"
• Thur Lindhardt, "Keep the Lights On"
• Matthew McConaughey, "Killer Joe"
• Wendell Pierce, "Four"

BEST SCREENPLAY:

• Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola, "Moonrise Kingdom"
• Zoe Kazan, "Ruby Sparks"
• Martin McDonagh, "Seven Psychopaths"
• David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
• Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias, "Keep the Lights On"

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:

• Rama Burshtein, "Fill the Void"
• Derek Connolly, "Safety Not Guaranteed"
• Christopher Ford, "Robot & Frank"
• Rashida Jones, Will McCormack, "Celeste and Jesse Forever"
• Jonathan Lisecki, "Gayby"

BEST SUPPORTING MALE:

• Matthew McConaughey, "Magic Mike"
• David Oyelowo, "Middle of Nowhere"
• Sam Rockwell, "Seven Psychopaths"
• Bruce Willis, "Moonrise Kingdom"
• Michael Pena, "End of Watch"

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE:

• Rosemarie Dewitt, "Your Sister's Sister"
• Ann Dowd, "Compliance"
• Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
• Brit Marling, "The Sound of My Voice"
• Lorraine Toussaint, "The Middle of Nowhere"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

• Yoni Brook, "Valley of Saints"
• Lol Crowley, "Here"
• Ben Richardson, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
• Roman Vasyanov, "End of Watch"
• Robert Yeoman, "Moonrise Kingdom"

BEST DOCUMENTARY:

• "How to Survive a Plague"
• "Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present"
• "The Central Park Five"
• "The Invisible War"
• "The Waiting Room"

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM:

• "Amour"
• "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia"
• "Rust and Bone"
• "Sister"
• "War Witch"

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD:

• "Breakfast with Curtis"
• "Middle of Nowhere"
• "Mosquita y Mari"
• "Starlet"
• "The Color Wheel"

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD:

• "Nobody Walks," Alicia Van Couvering
• "Stones in the Sun," Mynette Louie
• "Prince Avalanche," Derek Tseng

STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD:

• "Leviathan," dirs. Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel
• "The Waiting Room," dir. Peter Nicks
• "Only the Young," dirs. Jasonyyee Tippet, Elizabeth Mimms

19TH ANNUAL SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD:

• David Fenster, "Pincus"
• Adam Leon, "Gimme the Loot"
• Rebecca Thomas, "Electrick Children"

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film's director, ensemble cast and casting director):

"Starlet"