Silver Linings Playbook Cleans Up at 2013 Independent Spirit Awards

Although there rarely seems to be much (if any) overlap between the Independent Spirit Awards and the Oscars when it comes to the winners, it’s always nice to see some of these movies getting recognition when they will likely be ignored by the Academy. Silver Linings Playbook does not seem to have much of a shot at winning anything tonight (with the exception of Jennifer Lawrence for Best Actress), but it dominated the competition last night winning 4 out of the 5 categories it was nominated in including Best Picture. Jennifer Lawrence also won for Best Female Lead and David O. Russell won Best Director and Best Screenplay.

Other winners included The Sessions co-stars John Hawkes for Best Male Lead and Helen Hunt for Best Supporting Female, while Matthew McConaughey won Best Supporting Male for his performance in Magic Mike. Amour took home the Best Foreign Film Award and The Invisible War won Best Documentary. What do you think of this year’s Spirit Award winners? Check out the full list of nominees and winners after the jump.

BEST FEATURE

  • 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
  • Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST FIRST FEATURE

  • Fill the Void
  • Gimme the Loot
  • Safety Not Guaranteed
  • Sound of My Voice
  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Best feature made for under $500,000)

  • Breakfast With Curtis
  • Middle of Nowhere
  • Mosquita Y Mari
  • The Color Wheel
  • Starlet

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 SCREENPLAY

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

BEST FEMALE LEAD

  • Linda Cardellini, Return
  • Emayatzy Corinealdo, Middle of Nowhere
  • Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
  • Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed
  • Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST MALE LEAD

  • Jack Black, Bernie
  • Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
  • John Hawkes, The Sessions
  • Thure Lindhart, Keep the Lights on
  • Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe
  • Wendell Pierce, Four

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

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

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

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

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

  • Yoni Brook, Valley of Saints
  • Lol Crawley, 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 FOREIGN FILM

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

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

  • Starlet

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD

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

ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

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

STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

  • Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel, Leviathan
  • Peter Nicks, The Waiting Room
  • Jason Yee Tippet and Elizabeth Mimms, Only the Young


  • Gerry

    Fingers crossed for David O Russel to repeat his wins tonight at the oscars.

    Silver Linings is my joint favourite film of 2012.