It was a good night for David O. Russell and star Jennifer Lawrence as **Silver Linings Playbook **won a batch of awards at the 28th annual Independent Spirit Awards, held as always on Santa Monica Beach.
Playbook scored Best Feature, Best Director, Best Female Lead and Best Screenplay, though John Hawkes – snubbed, for some reason by the Oscar nominations – won Best Male Lead and his co-star in The Sessions, Helen Hunt, got Best Supporting Female.
Matthew McConaughey was a surprise and much-cheered winner as he took home Best Supporting Male for Magic Mik****e. All those years of shirtless acting – vindicated!
Take a look at the complete list of winners below.
BEST FEATURE
**Silver Linings Playbook **
Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Bernie
Keep The Lights On
Moonrise Kingdom
BEST DIRECTOR
**David O. Russell - **Silver Linings Playbook
Wes Anderson – Moonrise Kingdom
Julia Loktev - The Loneliest Planet
Ira Sachs -* Keep The Lights On*
Benh Zeitlin - Beasts Of The Southern Wild
BEST MALE LEAD
John Hawkes - The Sessions
Jack Black - Bernie
Bradley Cooper -* Silver Linings Playbook *
Matthew McConaughey - Killer Joe
Wendell Pierce -* Four*
Thure Lindhardt - Keep The Lights On
BEST FEMALE LEAD
**Jennifer Lawrence - **Silver Linings Playbook
Linda Cardinelli - Return
Emayatzy Corinealdi - *Middle Of Nowhere *
Quvenzhané Wallis - Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Mary Elizabeth Winstead – Smashed
**BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE **
**Helen Hunt - **The Sessions
Rosemarie DeWitt - Your Sister's Sister
Ann Dowd - Compliance
Brit Marling - Sound Of My Voice
Lorraine Toussaint - Middle Of Nowhere
**BEST SUPPORTING MALE **
**Matthew McConaughey - **Magic Mike
David Oyelowo - Middle Of Nowhere
Michael Pena - End Of Watch
Sam Rockwell - Seven Psychopaths
Bruce Willis - Moonrise Kingdom
BEST SCREENPLAY
**David O. Russell - **Silver Linings Playbook
Wes Anderson - *Moonrise Kingdom *
Ira Sachs - Keep The Lights On
Zoe Kazan - Ruby Sparks
Martin McDonagh - Seven Psychopaths
**BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY **
**Derek Connolly - **Safety Not Guaranteed
Rama Burshstein - Fill The Void
Christopher Ford - Robot & Frank
Rashida Jones and Will McCormack - Celeste And Jesse Forever
Jonathan Lisecki – Gayby
BEST FIRST FEATURE
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower** - Director: Stephen Chbosky**
Fill The Void - Director: Rama Burshtein
Gimme The Loot - Director: Adam Leon
Safety Not Guaranteed -Director: Colin Trevorrow
Sound Of My Voice - Director: Zal Batmanglij
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
**Middle Of Nowhere **
Breakfast With Curtis
Mosquita y Mari
Starlet
The Color Wheel
**BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY **
Ben Richardson - Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Yoni Brook - Valley Of Saints
Lol Crawley - Here
Roman Vasyanov - End Of Watch
Robert Yeoman - Moonrise Kingdom
**BEST DOCUMENTARY **
The Invisible War
How To Survive A Plague
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present
The Central Park Five
The Waiting Room
**BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
****Amour **
Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
Rust And Bone
Sister
War Witch
**PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD **
Stones In The Sun** - Producer: Mynette Louie**
*Nobody Walks *- Producer: Alicia Van Couvering
Prince Avalanche - Producer: Derrick Tseng
**SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD **
Gimme The Loot** - Director: Adam Leon**
Pincus - Director: David Fenster
Electrick Children - Director: Rebecca Thomas
**TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD **
**The Waiting Room
**Leviathan
Only The Young
**ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD **
**Starlet **