5 Surprising Snubs Among the Independent Spirit Award Nominees

The full list of nominees:

BEST FEATURE

"(500) Days Of Summer"

"Amreeka"

"Precious"

"Sin Nombre"

"The Last Station"

BEST DIRECTOR

Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, "A Serious Man"

Lee Daniels, "Precious"

Cary Joji Fukunaga, "Sin Nombre"

James Gray, "Two Lovers"

Michael Hoffman, "The Last Station"

BEST SCREENPLAY

Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman, "The Messenger"

Michael Hoffman, "The Last Station"

Lee Toland Krieger, "The Vicious Kind"

Greg Mottola, "Adventureland"

Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber, "(500) Days Of Summer"

BEST FIRST FEATURE

"A Single Man"

"Crazy Heart"

"Easier With Practice"

"Paranormal Activity"

"The Messenger"

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Sophie Barthes, "Cold Souls"

Scott Cooper, "Crazy Heart"

Cherien Dabis, "Amreeka"

Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious"

Tom Ford, David Scearce, "A Single Man"

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD - Given to the best feature made for under $500,000

"Big Fan"

"Humpday"

"The New Year Parade"

"Treeless Mountain"

"Zero Bridge"

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Maria Bello, "Downloading Nancy"

Nisreen Faour, "Amreeka"

Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"

Gwyneth Paltrow, "Two Lovers"

Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious"

BEST MALE LEAD

Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"

Colin Firth, "A Single Man"

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, "(500) Days Of Summer"

Souléymane Sy Savané, "Goodbye Solo"

Adam Scott, "The Vicious Kind"

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Dina Korzun, "Cold Souls"

Mo'Nique, "Precious"

Samantha Morton, "The Messenger"

Natalie Press, "Fifty Dead Men Walking"

Mia Wasikowska, "That Evening Sun"

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Jemaine Clement, "Gentlemen Broncos"

Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"

Christian McKay, "Me and Orson Welles"

Raymond McKinnon "That Evening Sun"

Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Roger Deakins, "A Serious Man"

Adriano Goldman, "Sin Nombre"

Anne Misawa, "Treeless Mountain"

Andrij Parekh, "Cold Souls"

Peter Zeitlinger, "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans"

BEST DOCUMENTARY

"Anvil! The Story of Anvil"

"Food, Inc."

"More Than A Game"

"October Country"

"Which Way Home"

BEST FOREIGN FILM

"A Prophet"

"An Education"

"Everlasting Moments"

"Mother"

"The Maid"

ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

Kyle Patrick Alvarez, "Easier With Practice"

Asiel Norton, "Redland"

Tariq Tapa, "Zero Bridge"

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

Natalia Almada, "El General"

Jessica Oreck, "Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo"

Bill Ross, Turner Ross, "45365"

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD

Karin Chien, "The Exploding Girl, Santa Mesa"

Larry Fessenden, "I Sell the Dead, The House of the Devil"

Dia Sokol, "Beeswax, Nights & Weekends"

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

"A Serious Man"

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