# 29th Independent Spirit Awards

The 29th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films of 2013, were presented on March 1, 2014. The nominations were announced on November 27, 2013. The ceremony was hosted by Patton Oswalt.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Feature | Best Director |
| 12 Years a Slave All Is Lost Frances Ha Inside Llewyn Davis Nebraska | 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 | Best Female 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 | 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 | Best Supporting Female |
| 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 | 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 | Best First 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 | 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 |
| Best First Feature | Best Documentary 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 | 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 Cinematography | Best Editing |
| 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 | 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 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 ||

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 7 | 12 Years a Slave |
| 6 | Nebraska |
| 4 | All Is Lost |
| 3 | Blue Jasmine |
| 3 | Fruitvale Station |
| 3 | Inside Llewyn Davis |
| 3 | Short Term 12 |
| 2 | Before Midnight |
| 2 | Dallas Buyers Club |
| 2 | Enough Said |
| 2 | Frances Ha |
| 2 | The Spectacular Now |
| 2 | Una Noche |
| 2 | Upstream Color |
Films that won multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 5 | 12 Years a Slave |
| 2 | Dallas Buyers Club |

## Special awards
### John Cassavetes Award

This Is Martin Bonner – Writer/Director: Chad Hartigan; Producer: Cherie Saulter
* Computer Chess – Writer/Director: Andrew Bujalski; Producers: Houston King and Alex Lipschultz
* Crystal Fairy – Writer/Director: Sebastián Silva; Producers: Juan de Dios Larraín and Pablo Larraín
* Museum Hours – Writer/Director: Jem Cohen; Producers: Paolo Calamita and Gabriele Kranzelbinder
* Pit Stop – Writer/Director: Yen Tan; Writer: David Lowery; Producers: Jonathan Duffy, James M. Johnston, Eric Steele, and Kelly Williams

### Truer Than Fiction Award

Jason Osder – Let the Fire Burn
* Kalyanee Mam – A River Changes Course
* Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez – Manakamana

### Piaget Producers Award

Toby Halbrooks and James M. Johnston
* Jacob Jaffke
* Andrea Roa
* Frederick Thornton

### Someone to Watch Award

Newlyweeds – Director: Shaka King
* The Foxy Merkins – Director: Madeleine Olnek
* My Sister's Quinceañera – Director: Aaron Douglas Johnston

### Robert Altman Award

(The award is given to its film director, casting director, and ensemble cast)
* Mud – Jeff Nichols, Francine Maisler, Joe Don Baker, Jacob Lofland, Matthew McConaughey, Ray McKinnon, Sarah Paulson, Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard, Tye Sheridan, Paul Sparks, Bonnie Sturdivant, and Reese Witherspoon

### Bright Future Award

Patrick Creadon – If You Build It