Awards season is kicking off, and all the various ceremonies are beginning to get their lists out there. Today sees the turn of the Spirit Awards, which honours films made for less than $20 million by US producers.
And from the looks of the list, the teams behind Drive, Take Shelter, 50/50 and The Artist all look to be in with a chance of going home with a gong or two.
The awards will be handed out at the usual beach locale in LA on February 25, the day before the Oscars. Check out a list of the major categories below.
BEST FEATURE
**50/50
Beginners
Drive
Take Shelter
The Artist
The Descendants**
BEST DIRECTOR
Mike Mills, Beginners
Nicholas Winding Refn, Drive
Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
BEST FIRST FEATURE
**Another Earth
In The Family
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Natural Selection**
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
**Bellflower
Circumstance
Hello Lonesome
Pariah
The Dynamiter**
BEST SCREENPLAY
Joseph Cedar, Footnote
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Tom McCarthy, Win Win
Mike Mills, Beginners
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, The Descendants
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Mike Cahill & Brit Marling, Another Earth
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Patrick DeWitt, Terri
Phil Johnston,** Cedar Rapids**
Will Reiser, 50/50
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Lauren Ambrose, Think Of Me
Rachel Harris, Natural Selection
Adepero Oduye, Pariah
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
BEST MALE LEAD
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Ryan Gosling, Drive
Woody Harrelson, Rampart
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter
Angelica Huston, 50/50
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Harmony Santana, Gun Hill Road
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Albert Brooks, Drive
John Hawkes, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
John C. Reilly, Cedar Rapids
Corey Stoll, Midnight In Paris
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Joel Hodge, Bellflower
Benjamin Kasulke, The Off Hours
Darius Khondji, Midnight In Paris
Guillaume Schiffman, The Artist
Jeffrey Waldron, The Dynamiter
BEST DOCUMENTARY
**An African Election
Bill Cunningham New York
The Interrupters
The Redemption Of General Butt Naked
We Were Here**
BEST FOREIGN FILM
**A Separation
Melancholia
Shame
The Kid With A Bike
Tyrannosaur**
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Margin Call