The Oscars donât take place until tomorrow night, but today the Independent Spirit Awards were held, honoring the best in independent film from 2010. Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan walked away with four prizes: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Cinematography. James Franco won Best Actor for his work in 127 Hours and Winter's Bone swept the Best Supporting categories with Dale Dickey and John Hawkes taking home Best Supporting Actress and Actor, respectively. The Kids Are All Right picked up Best Screenplay, while Exit Through the Gift Shop won Best Documentary (No, Banksy wasn't there. Mr. Brainwash accepted the award). Hit the jump to check out the complete list of winners. Don't forget to check back here tomorrow night when Matt live blogs the Oscars.
Here are the winners of the 2011 Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Film
Black Swan
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan
Best Actress
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
Best Actor
James Franco, 127 Hours
Best Supporting Actress
Dale Dickey, Winterâs Bone
Best Supporting Actor
John Hawkes, Winterâs Bone
Best Screenplay
Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Bloomberg, The Kids are All Right
Best Cinematography
Matthew Libatique, Black Swan
Best Documentary
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Best Foreign Film
The Kingâs Speech
Best First Feature
Get Low
Best First Screenplay
Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture
Truer Than Fiction Award
Jeff Malmberg, Marwencol
Someone to Watch Award
Mike Ott, Littlerock
Producerâs Award
Anish Savjani, Meekâs Cutoff
Robert Altman Award (Ensemble)
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