26th Independent Spirit Awards

26th Independent Spirit Awards
26th Independent Spirit Awards
Date	February 26, 2011
Site	U.S.
Hosted by	Joel McHale
Highlights
Best Film	Black Swan
Most awards	Black Swan (4)
Most nominations	Winter's Bone (7)
	← 25th; Independent Spirit Awards; 27th →;

The 26th Independent Spirit Awards announced its nominees in November 2010.^[1]^[2] The winners were announced on February 26, 2011.^[3]^[4]^[5] It was hosted by Joel McHale.

Winners and nominees[]

Darren Aronofsky, Best Director winner

James Franco, Best Male Lead winner

Natalie Portman, Best Female Lead winner

John Hawkes, Best Supporting Male winner

Best Feature	Best Director
Black Swan 127 Hours Greenberg The Kids Are All Right Winter's Bone	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 Male Lead	Best Female Lead
James Franco – 127 Hours Ronald Bronstein – Daddy Longlegs Aaron Eckhart – Rabbit Hole John C. Reilly – Cyrus Ben Stiller – Greenberg	Natalie Portman – Black Swan Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right Greta Gerwig – Greenberg Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
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	Dale Dickey – Winter's Bone Ashley Bell – The Last Exorcism Allison Janney – Life During Wartime Daphne Rubin-Vega – Jack Goes Boating Naomi Watts – Mother and Child
Best Screenplay	Best First Screenplay
The Kids Are All Right – Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko Life During Wartime – Todd Solondz Please Give – Nicole Holofcener Rabbit Hole – David Lindsay-Abaire Winter's Bone – Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini	Tiny Furniture – Lena Dunham Jack Goes Boating – Robert Glaudini Lovely, Still – Nik Fackler Monogamy – Dana Adam Shapiro and Evan M. Wiener Obselidia – Diane Bell
Best First Feature	Best Documentary
Get Low Everything Strange and New The Last Exorcism Night Catches Us Tiny Furniture	Exit Through the Gift Shop Marwencol Restrepo Sweetgrass Thunder Soul
Best Cinematography	Best Foreign Film
Black Swan – Matthew Libatique Greenberg – Harris Savides Never Let Me Go – Adam Kimmel Tiny Furniture – Jody Lee Lipes Winter's Bone – Michael McDonough	The King's Speech • UK Kisses • Ireland Mademoiselle Chambon • France Of Gods and Men • Morocco/France Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives • Thailand

Films with multiple nominations and awards[]

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
7	Winter's Bone
5	The Kids Are All Right
4	Black Swan
4	Rabbit Hole
3	127 Hours
	Greenberg
	Jack Goes Boating
	Tiny Furniture
2	Get Low
	The Last Exorcism
	Life During Wartime
	Mother and Child

Films that won multiple awards
Awards	Film
4	Black Swan
2	Winter's Bone

Special Awards[]

John Cassavetes Award[]

Daddy Longlegs

The Exploding Girl
Lbs.
Lovers of Hate
Obselidia

Truer Than Fiction Award[]

Marwencol

Summer Pasture
Sweetgrass

Producers Award[]

Anish Savjani – Meek's Cutoff

In-Ah Lee – Au Revoir Taipei
Adele Romanski – The Myth of the American Sleepover

Someone to Watch Award[]

Mike Ott – Littlerock

Hossein Keshavarz – Dog Sweat
Laurel Nakadate – The Wolf Knife

Robert Altman Award[]

Please Give — Nicole Holofcener, Jeanne McCarthy, Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt and Sarah Steele

References[]

^ "Independent Spirit Nominations: Winter's Bone, Black Swan, The Kids Are All Right Head for Oscars". indieWire. 2010-11-30. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
^ "'Winter's Bone' and 'The Kids Are All Right' top the Spirit Award nominations". The Envelope. 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
^ "'Black Swan' sweeps Film Independent Spirit Awards". USA Today. 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
^ ""Black Swan" Lead Spirit Award Winners". indieWire. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
^ "'Black Swan' wins four Spirit Awards, including best feature and best actress". Los Angeles Times. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2012-08-25.

External links[]

[1] "Independent Spirit Nominations: Winter's Bone, Black Swan, The Kids Are All Right Head for Oscars". indieWire. 2010-11-30. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2012-08-25.

[2] "'Winter's Bone' and 'The Kids Are All Right' top the Spirit Award nominations". The Envelope. 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2012-08-25.

[3] "'Black Swan' sweeps Film Independent Spirit Awards". USA Today. 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2011-02-28.

[4] ""Black Swan" Lead Spirit Award Winners". indieWire. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2012-08-25.

[5] "'Black Swan' wins four Spirit Awards, including best feature and best actress". Los Angeles Times. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2012-08-25.

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