28th Independent Spirit Awards

28th Independent Spirit Awards
28th Independent Spirit Awards
Awarded for	Best in independent film
Date	February 23, 2013
Site	Santa Monica Pier; Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Andy Samberg
Highlights
Best Feature	Silver Linings Playbook
Most awards	Silver Linings Playbook (4)
Most nominations	Silver Linings Playbook and Moonrise Kingdom (5)
	← 27th; Independent Spirit Awards; 29th →;

The 28th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films of 2012, were presented on February 23, 2013.^[1] The nominations were announced on November 27, 2012.^[2] The ceremony was hosted by Andy Samberg.^[3]

Winners and nominees[]

David O. Russell, Best Director and Best Screenplay winner

John Hawkes, Best Male Lead winner

Jennifer Lawrence, Best Female Lead winner

Matthew McConaughey, Best Supporting Male winner

Helen Hunt, Best Supporting Female winner

Best Feature	Best Director
Silver Linings Playbook Beasts of the Southern Wild Bernie Keep the Lights On Moonrise Kingdom	David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook Wes Anderson – Moonrise Kingdom Julia Loktev – The Loneliest Planet Ira Sachs – Keep the Lights On Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
John Hawkes – The Sessions Jack Black – Bernie Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook Thure Lindhardt – Keep the Lights On Matthew McConaughey – Killer Joe Wendell Pierce – Four	Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook Linda Cardellini – Return Emayatzy Corinealdi – Middle of Nowhere Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild Mary Elizabeth Winstead – Smashed
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
Matthew McConaughey – Magic Mike David Oyelowo – Middle of Nowhere Michael Peña – End of Watch Sam Rockwell – Seven Psychopaths Bruce Willis – Moonrise Kingdom	Helen Hunt – The Sessions Rosemarie DeWitt – Your Sister's Sister Ann Dowd – Compliance Brit Marling – Sound of My Voice Lorraine Toussaint – Middle of Nowhere
Best Screenplay	Best First Screenplay
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola – Moonrise Kingdom Zoe Kazan – Ruby Sparks Martin McDonagh – Seven Psychopaths Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias – Keep the Lights On	Derek Connolly – Safety Not Guaranteed Rama Burshtein – Fill the Void Christopher Ford – Robot & Frank Rashida Jones and Will McCormack – Celeste and Jesse Forever Jonathan Lisecki – Gayby
Best First Feature	Best Documentary Feature
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Fill the Void Gimme the Loot Safety Not Guaranteed Sound of My Voice	The Invisible War The Central Park Five How to Survive a Plague Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present The Waiting Room
Best Cinematography	Best International Film
Ben Richardson – Beasts of the Southern Wild Yoni Brook – Valley of Saints Lol Crawley – Here Roman Vasyanov – End of Watch Robert Yeoman – Moonrise Kingdom	Amour • Austria / France / Germany Once Upon a Time in Anatolia • Bosnia and Herzegovina / Turkey Rust and Bone • Belgium / France Sister • France / Switzerland War Witch • Canada

Films with multiple nominations and awards[]

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
5	Silver Linings Playbook
5	Moonrise Kingdom
4	Beasts of the Southern Wild
4	Keep the Lights On
3	Middle of Nowhere
2	Bernie
	End of Watch
	Fill the Void
	Safety Not Guaranteed
	The Sessions
	Seven Psychopaths
	Sound of My Voice

Films that won multiple awards
Awards	Film
4	Silver Linings Playbook
2	The Sessions

Special awards[]

John Cassavetes Award[]

Middle of Nowhere

Truer Than Fiction Award[]

Peter Nicks – The Waiting Room

Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel – Leviathan
Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims – Only the Young

Piaget Producers Award[]

Mynette Louie – Stones in the Sun

Derrick Tseng – Prince Avalanche
Alicia Van Couvering – Nobody Walks

Someone to Watch Award[]

Adam Leon – Gimme the Loot

David Fenster – Pincus
Rebecca Thomas – Electrick Children

Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore – Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives
John Mitchell and Jeremy Kipp Walker – The History of Future Folk

References[]

^ THR Staff (February 23, 2013). "Independent Spirit Awards 2013: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
^ Knegt, Peter (November 27, 2012). "'Silver Linings,' 'Moonrise Kingdom' Lead Spirit Award Nominations". IndieWire. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^ Kaufman, Amy (December 11, 2012). "Andy Samberg to host 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 11, 2012.

External links[]

2013 Awards at IMDb

[1] THR Staff (February 23, 2013). "Independent Spirit Awards 2013: Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 23, 2013.

[2] Knegt, Peter (November 27, 2012). "'Silver Linings,' 'Moonrise Kingdom' Lead Spirit Award Nominations". IndieWire. Retrieved November 27, 2012.

[3] Kaufman, Amy (December 11, 2012). "Andy Samberg to host 2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 11, 2012.

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