# 26th Independent Spirit Awards

The 26th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films of 2010, were presented on February 26, 2011. The nominations were announced on November 30, 2010. The ceremony was hosted by Joel McHale.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Feature | Best Director |
| Black Swan 127 Hours Greenberg The Kids Are All Right Winter's Bone | Darren Aronofsky – Black Swan Danny Boyle – 127 Hours Lisa Cholodenko – The Kids Are All Right Debra Granik – Winter's Bone John Cameron Mitchell – Rabbit Hole |
| Best Male Lead | Best Female Lead |
| James Franco – 127 Hours Ronald Bronstein – Daddy Longlegs Aaron Eckhart – Rabbit Hole John C. Reilly – Cyrus Ben Stiller – Greenberg | Natalie Portman – Black Swan Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right Greta Gerwig – Greenberg Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine |
| Best Supporting Male | Best Supporting Female |
| John Hawkes – Winter's Bone Samuel L. Jackson – Mother and Child Bill Murray – Get Low John Ortiz – Jack Goes Boating Mark Ruffalo – The Kids Are All Right | Dale Dickey – Winter's Bone Ashley Bell – The Last Exorcism Allison Janney – Life During Wartime Daphne Rubin-Vega – Jack Goes Boating Naomi Watts – Mother and Child |
| Best Screenplay | Best First Screenplay |
| Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko – The Kids Are All Right Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini – Winter's Bone Nicole Holofcener – Please Give David Lindsay-Abaire – Rabbit Hole Todd Solondz – Life During Wartime | Lena Dunham – Tiny Furniture Diane Bell – Obselidia Nik Fackler – Lovely, Still Robert Glaudini – Jack Goes Boating Dana Adam Shapiro and Evan M. Wiener – Monogamy |
| Best First Feature | Best Documentary Feature |
| Get Low Everything Strange and New The Last Exorcism Night Catches Us Tiny Furniture | Exit Through the Gift Shop Marwencol Restrepo Sweetgrass Thunder Soul |
| Best Cinematography | Best Foreign Film |
| Matthew Libatique – Black Swan Adam Kimmel – Never Let Me Go Jody Lee Lipes – Tiny Furniture Michael McDonough – Winter's Bone Harris Savides – Greenberg | The King's Speech • United Kingdom Kisses • Ireland Mademoiselle Chambon • France Of Gods and Men • France Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives • Thailand |

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 7 | Winter's Bone |
| 5 | The Kids Are All Right |
| 4 | Black Swan |
| 4 | Greenberg |
| 4 | Rabbit Hole |
| 3 | 127 Hours |
| 3 | Jack Goes Boating |
| 3 | Tiny Furniture |
| 2 | Daddy Longlegs |
| 2 | Get Low |
| 2 | The Last Exorcism |
| 2 | Life During Wartime |
| 2 | Marwencol |
| 2 | Mother and Child |
| 2 | Obselidia |
| 2 | Sweetgrass |
Films that won multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 4 | Black Swan |
| 2 | Winter's Bone |

## Special awards
### John Cassavetes Award

Daddy Longlegs
* The Exploding Girl
* Lbs.
* Lovers of Hate
* Obselidia

### Truer Than Fiction Award

Jeff Malmberg – Marwencol
* Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor – Sweetgrass
* Lynn True and Nelson Walker III – Summer Pasture

### Piaget Producers Award

Anish Savjani – Meek's Cutoff
* In-Ah Lee – Au Revoir Taipei
* Adele Romanski – The Myth of the American Sleepover

### Someone to Watch Award

Mike Ott – Littlerock
* Hossein Keshavarz – Dog Sweat
* Laurel Nakadate – The Wolf Knife

### Robert Altman Award

* Please Give – Nicole Holofcener, Jeanne McCarthy, Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Lois Smith, and Sarah Steele