Pada tanggal 26 November 2013 pagi waktu setempat, diumumkan para nominasi untuk ajang anugerah khusus film-film indpendent, Spirit Awards ke 29 yang akan dilaksanakan sekitar awal tahun 2014 mendatang.
Meski film Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave merupakan film yang cukup dikenal luas dan banyak diperbincangkan di komunitas penikmat film yang lebih besar, akan tetapi ternyata film yang diproduseri oleh Brad Pitt ini mendapatkan atensi yang cukup besar dari festival yang pertama kali diadakan pada tahun 1984 ini.
Ada 7 nominasi dari berbagai kategori yang disematkan di film yang dibintangi oleh Fassbender tersebut, termasuk untuk FIlm Terbaik, Sutradara Terbaik, dan Aktor (pendukung dan utama).
Sementara itu Nebraska, film terbaru dari Alexander Payne, menyusul dengan 6 nominasi termasuk untuk film dan sutradara. Beberapa judul yang mendapat nominasi juga tidak terlalu mengejutkan karena judul-judul seperti All Is Lost, Francis Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis, Blue Jasmine, Dallas Buyers Club, atau Fruitvale Station memang sudah banyak diperbincangkan.
Yang juga menarik adalah pada kategori Best International Film, karena judul-judul yang masuk ke dalamnya juga film-film yang relatif populer seperti Blue is the Warmest Color (Perancis), The Great Beauty (Italia) dan yang baru saja tayang di JiFFest 2013 lalu, A Touch of Sin (China).
Berikut daftar lengkap nominasinya:
BEST FEATURE
12 Years a Slave
PRODUCERS: Dede Gardner, Anthony Katagas, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad
All Is Lost
PRODUCERS: Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb
Frances Ha
PRODUCERS: Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Rodrigo Teixeira, Lila Yacoub
Inside Llewyn Davis
PRODUCERS: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
Nebraska
PRODUCERS: Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa
BEST DIRECTOR
Shane Carruth Upstream Color
J.C. Chandor All Is Lost
Steve McQueen 12 Years a Slave
Jeff Nichols Mud
Alexander Payne Nebraska
BEST SCREENPLAY
Woody Allen for Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard Linklater for Before Midnight
Nicole Holofcener for Enough Said
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber for The Spectacular Now
John Ridley for 12 Years a Slave
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Blue Caprice
Concussion
Fruitvale Station
Una Noche
Wadjda
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Lake Bell for In A World
Joseph Gordon-Levitt for Don Jon
Bob Nelson for Nebraska
Jill Soloway for Afternoon Delight
Michael Starrbury for The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Given to the best feature made for under $500,000.
Computer Chess
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Andrew Bujalski
PRODUCERS: Houston King & Alex Lipschultz
Crystal Fairy
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Sebastiàn Silva
PRODUCERS: Juan de Dios Larraín & Pablo Larraín
Museum Hours
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Jem Cohen
PRODUCERS: Paolo Calamita & Gabriele Kranzelbinder
Pit Stop
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Yen Tan
WRITER: David Lowery
PRODUCERS: Jonathan Duffy, James M. Johnston, Eric Steele, Kelly Williams
This is Martin Bonner
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Chad Hartigan
PRODUCER: Cherie Saulter
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy for Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffmann for Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson for Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley for The Spectacular Now
BEST MALE LEAD
Bruce Dern for Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave
Oscar Isaac for Inside Llewyn Davis
Michael B. Jordan for Fruitvale Station
Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford for All Is Lost
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Melonie Diaz for Fruitvale Station
Sally Hawkins for Blue Jasmine
Lupita Nyong’o for 12 Years a Slave
Yolonda Ross for Go For Sisters
June Squibb for Nebraska
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Michael Fassbender for 12 Years a Slave
Will Forte for Nebraska
James Gandolfini for Enough Said
Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club
Keith Stanfield for Short Term 12
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sean Bobbitt for 12 Years a Slave
Benoit Debie for Spring Breakers
Bruno Delbonnel for Inside Llewyn Davis
Frank G. DeMarco for All Is Lost
Matthias Grunsky for Computer Chess
BEST EDITING
Shane Carruth & David Lowery for Upstream Color
Jem Cohen & Marc Vives for Museum Hours
Jennifer Lame for Frances Ha
Cindy Lee for Una Noche
Nat Sanders for Short Term 12
BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Feet From Stardom
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Morgan Neville
PRODUCERS: Gil Friesen & Caitrin Rogers
After Tiller
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Martha Shane & Lana Wilson
Gideon’s Army
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Dawn Porter
PRODUCER: Julie Goldman
The Act of Killing
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Joshua Oppenheimer
PRODUCERS: Joram Ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Signe Byrge Sørensen, Michael Uwemedimo
The Square
DIRECTOR: Jehane Noujaim
PRODUCER: Karim Amer
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
A Touch of Sin
(China)
DIRECTOR: Jia Zhang-Ke
Blue is the Warmest Color
(France)
DIRECTOR: Abdellatif Kechiche
Gloria
(Chile)
DIRECTOR: Sebastián Lelio
The Great Beauty
(Italy)
DIRECTOR: Paolo Sorrentino
The Hunt
(Denmark)
DIRECTOR: Thomas Vinterberg
Spirit Awards rencananya akan dilaksanakan pada tanggal 1 Maret 2014.