2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominees Announced

After Winter's Bone won Best Feature at the first award ceremony of the season Monday, it kept its momentum up Tuesday by getting seven nominations at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. That's more nominations than any other film on the list, beating out fellow Best Feature nominees 127 Hours, Black Swan, Greenberg, and The Kids Are All Right.

These nominations are only given to films which were produced for under $20 million, so other big award contenders like Inception, The Social Network and Toy Story 3 don't qualify. The awards will be handed out on February 26 live on IFC with host Joel McHale. Check out the full list of nominations after the jump.

Here are all the nominees.

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)

127 Hours

Black Swan

Greenberg

The Kids Are All Right

Winter's Bone

BEST DIRECTOR

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 FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)

Everything Strange and New

Get Low

The Last Exorcism

Night Catches Us

Tiny Furniture

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)

Daddy Longlegs

The Exploding Girl

Lbs.

Lovers of Hate

Obsedila

BEST SCREENPLAY

Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right

Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini, Winter's Bone

Nicole Holofcener, Please Give

David Lindsay-Abaire, Rabbit Hole

Todd Solondz, Life During Wartime

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Diane Bell, Obselidia

Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture

Nik Fackler, Lovely, Still

Bob Glaudini, Jack Goes Boating

Dana Adam Shapiro, Evan M. Wiener, Monogamy

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Annette Bening, The Kids Are All Right

Greta Gerwig, Greenberg

Nicole Kidman, Rabbit Hole

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone

Natalie Portman, Black Swan

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

BEST MALE LEAD

Ronald Bronstein, Daddy Longlegs

Aaron Eckhart, Rabbit Hole

James Franco, 127 Hours

John C. Reilly, Cyrus

Ben Stiller, Greenberg

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Ashley Bell, The Last Exorcism

Dale Dickey, Winter's Bone

Allison Janney, Life During Wartime

Daphne Rubin-Vega, Jack Goes Boating

Naomi Watts, Mother and Child

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

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

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Adam Kimmel, Never Let Me Go

Matthew Libatique, Black Swan

Jody Lee Lipes, Tiny Furniture

Michael McDonough, Winter's Bone

Harris Savides, Greenberg

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director)

Exit Through The Gift Shop

Marwencol

Restrepo

Sweetgrass

Thunder Soul

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director)

Kisses

Mademoiselle Chambon

Of Gods and Men

The King's Speech

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

(Given to one film's director, casting director, and its ensemble cast)

Please Give

Director: Nicole Holofcener

Casting Director: Jeanne McCarthy

Ensemble Cast: Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Lois Smith, Sara Steele

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD

In-Ah Lee, Au Revoir Taipei

Adele Romanski, The Myth of the American Sleepover

Anish Savjani, Meek's Cutoff

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

Hossein Keshavarz, Dog Sweat

Laurel Nakadate, The Wolf Knife

Mike Ott, Littlerock

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Sweetgrass

Jeff Malmberg, Marwencol

Lynn True, Nelson Walker, Summer Pasture

Which of these nominations excite or surprise you the most? Some of my initial thoughts are that I'm happy The Kids Are All Right – which came out over the summer – is still getting some love but am surprised The King's Speech only got a Best Foreign Film nod. Greenburg? Really? Also, it's cool to see the awesome Thunder Soul – which will be out next year – as one of the Best Documentary nominees. Finally, how does Bill Murray get a nomination for Get Low but Robert Duvall get snubbed?

What do you think? What stands out?