Some of the best movies from this year are being celebrated on Feb. 23 at the Independent Spirit Awards — and HollywoodLife.com is live streaming the red carpet just for you!
Andy Samberg will host the Independent Spirit Awards on Feb. 23, the awards show that celebrates the artistic vision of independent filmmakers and strives to expose the best of the year to a wider audience. While some A-Listers are such as Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper are nominated, other actors and films that are also nominated will surely be added to your must-see list! Keep reading to watch the live red carpet now!
The Independent Spirit Awards air on Feb. 23 at 10PM ET on IFC. See the full list of nominations below:
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 (Award given to the director and producer)
Fill the Void
Gimme the Loot
Safety Not Guaranteed
Sound of My Voice
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the 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
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