'Black Swan' Leads Independent Spirit Awards!

Black Swan was the big winner at today's Independent Spirit Awards taking four prizes — Best Feature, Best Female Lead, Best Director, and Best Cinematography. The Kids are All Right's writers Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko.


The awards honor independent (mostly) American film made for under $20 million.

Full list of winners,
BEST FEATURE 

Black Swan

BEST DIRECTOR 

Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan

BEST SCREENPLAY 

Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko- The Kids Are All Right

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)

Get Low
Director: Aaron Schneider
Producers: David Gundlach, Dean Zanuck

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY 

Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD - Given to the best feature made for under $500,000.
Daddy Longlegs
Writer/Directors: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie

Producers: Casey Neistat, Tom Scott

BEST FEMALE LEAD 

Natalie Portman- Black Swan

BEST MALE LEAD

James Franco, 127 Hours

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Dale Dickey- Winter's Bone

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

John Hawkes- Winter's Bone

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Matthew Libatique- Black Swan

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director) 

Exit Through the Gift Shop
Director: Banksy

BEST FOREIGN FILM (Award given to the director) 

The King's Speech (United Kingdom)
Director: Tom Hooper