Precursor: 29th Spirit Awards Nominations (2013)

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Precursor: 29th Spirit Awards Nominations (2013)

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November 26, 2013

Precursors

Wesley Lovell

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The Spirit Award nominations have been announced, kicking off this year’s Oscar season.

Topping this year’s nominations was 12 Years a Slave picking up seven nominations followed closely by Alexander Payne’s Nebraska. Frances Ha manages only two nominations but captures a coveted Best Feature slot while Fruitvale Station finds a place in the First Feature category (which typically never overlaps with Bets Feature). Before Midnight and Blue Jasmine are both expected to compete for a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars, but suffered from the lack of recognition here. Apart from Frances Ha, there has been chatter about all four of the other Best Feature nominees also carrying over to Oscar. For that matter, a lot of Oscar contenders appear on the below list.

What’s additionally interesting is that some names we’d been talking about as possible nominees for the below films didn’t make the list such as Carey Mulligan and John Goodman for Inside Llewyn Davis, Octavia Spencer for Fruitvale Station, and Matthew McConaughey for Mud. But the successes outweight the failures in this list, which is largely indicative of where the Academy stands regarding this year’s independent slate of films.

Nomination Tallies

(7) 12 Years a Slave
(6) Nebraska
(4) All Is Lost
(3) Blue Jasmine, Fruitvale Station, Inside Llewyn Davis, Short Term 12

The Nominations

Best Feature

12 Years a Slave
All Is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska

Best First Feature

Blue Caprice
Concussion
Fruitvale Station
Una Noche
Wadjda

John Cassavetes Award

Computer Chess
Crystal Fairy
Museum Hours
Pit Stop
This Is Martin Bonner

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 Female Lead

Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy – Before Midnight
Gaby Hoffmann – Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson – Short Term 12
Shailene Woodley – The Spectacular Now

Best Male Lead

Bruce Dern – Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis
Michael B. Jordan – Fruitvale Station
Matthew McConaughey – Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford – All Is Lost

Best Supporting Female

Melonie Diaz – Fruitvale Station
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
Yolonda Ross – Go for Sisters
June Squibb – Nebraska

Best Supporting Male

Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
Will Forte – Nebraska
James Gandolfini – Enough Said
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
Keith Stanfield – Short Term 12