Shocker! Does the outcome of this award have the potential to derail Jennifer Lawrence’s Oscar chances? I expect an Indie Spirit nom and win, but a showing of confidence in this first award show would have certainly helped with the bandwagon. Instead the winning actor comes from a microscopic indie film picked up by IFC Films. When the Safdie bros. preemed their debut feature in Cannes (film formerly known as Go Get Some Rosemary), I was sort of shocked and admired by what I saw. Daddy Longlegs counts as a strong indication that Ronnie Bronstein might have opened the door to an unexpected extra career to that of filmmaking (his Frownland won at the Gotham awards in 2007).
Other Noms:
Prince Adu in Prince of Broadway (Elephant Eye Films)
Greta Gerwig in Greenberg (Focus Features)
Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions)
John Ortiz in Jack Goes Boating (Overture Films)
Previous Winners
2009: Catalina Saavedra in The Maid (La nana)
2008: Melissa Leo in Frozen River
2007: Ellen Page in Juno
2006: Tie: Rinko Kikuchi in Babel and Shareeka Epps in Half Nelson
