29th Independent Spirit Awards (2014)
Best Feature
12 Years a Slave
All Is Lost
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis
Nebraska
Best Director
Steve McQueen - 12 Years a Slave
Shane Carruth - Upstream Color
J. C. Chandor - All Is Lost
Jeff Nichols - Mud
Alexander Payne - Nebraska
Best Male Lead
Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof
Bruce Dern - Nebraska as Woodrow "Woody" Grant
Chiwetel Ejiofor - 12 Years a Slave as Solomon Northup
Oscar Isaac - Inside Llewyn Davis as Llewyn Davis
Michael B. Jordan - Fruitvale Station as Oscar Grant III
Robert Redford - All Is Lost as Our Man
Best Female Lead
Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine as Jeanette "Jasmine" Francis
Julie Delpy - Before Midnight as Céline
Gaby Hoffmann - Crystal Fairy as Crystal Fairy
Brie Larson - Short Term 12 as Grace Howard
Shailene Woodley - The Spectacular Now as Aimee Finecky
Best Supporting Male
Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club as Rayon
Michael Fassbender - 12 Years a Slave as Edwin Epps
Will Forte - Nebraska as David Grant
James Gandolfini - Enough Said as Albert
Lakeith Stanfield - Short Term 12 as Marcus
Best Supporting Female
Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave as Patsey
Melonie Diaz - Fruitvale Station as Sophina Mesa
Sally Hawkins - Blue Jasmine as Ginger
Yolonda Ross - Go for Sisters as Fontayne
June Squibb - Nebraska as Kate Grant
Best Screenplay
John Ridley - 12 Years a Slave
Woody Allen - Blue Jasmine
Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, and Richard Linklater - Before Midnight
Nicole Holofcener - Enough Said
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber - The Spectacular Now
Best Editing
Nat Sanders - Short Term 12
Shane Carruth and David Lowery - Upstream Color
Jem Cohen and Marc Vives - Museum Hours
Jennifer Lame - Frances Ha
Cindy Lee - Una Noche
Best Cinematography
Sean Bobbitt - 12 Years a Slave
Benoît Debie - Spring Breakers
Bruno Delbonnel - Inside Llewyn Davis
Frank G. DeMarco - All Is Lost
Matthias Grunsky - Computer Chess
Best International Film
Blue Is the Warmest Colour (France) - Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Gloria (Chile) - Director: Sebastián Lelio
The Great Beauty (Italy) - Director: Paolo Sorrentino
The Hunt (Denmark) - Director: Thomas Vinterberg
A Touch of Sin (China) - Director: Jia Zhangke
Best Documentary Feature
20 Feet from Stardom - Director/Producer: Morgan Neville; Producers: Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers
The Act of Killing - Director/Producer: Joshua Oppenheimer; Producers: Joram Ten Brink, Christine Cynn, Anne Köhncke, Signe Byrge Sørensen, and Michael Uwemedimo
After Tiller - Directors/Producers: Martha Shane and Lana Wilson
Gideon's Army - Director/Producer: Dawn Porter; Producer: Julie Goldman
The Square - Director: Jehane Noujaim; Producer: Karim Amer
Best First Feature
Fruitvale Station - Director: Ryan Coogler; Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi and Forest Whitaker
Blue Caprice - Director/Producer: Alexandre Moors; Producers: Kim Jackson, Brian O'Carroll, Isen Robbins, Will Rowbotham, Aimee Schoof, Ron Simons, and Stephen Tedeschi
Concussion - Director: Stacie Passon; Producer: Rose Troche
Una Noche - Director/Producer: Lucy Mulloy; Producers: Sandy Pérez Aguila, Maite Artieda, Daniel Mulloy, and Yunior Santiago
Wadjda - Director: Haifaa al-Mansour; Producers: Gerhard Meixner and Roman Pau
Best First Screenplay
Bob Nelson - Nebraska
Lake Bell - In a World...
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Don Jon
Jill Soloway - Afternoon Delight
Michael Starrbury - The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete