About the 2011
Film Independent
Spirit Awards

Another year of remarkable independent film has created an exciting lineup for the 2011 Spirit Awards. See all this year's nominees and learn more about the directors, actors - male and female - and the groundbreaking films that were selected for consideration in the 2011 Spirit Award honors. This year's awards will be hosted by Joel McHale, star of Community and host of The Soup.

The Spirit Awards will air on IFC on Saturday, February 26th, 2011 at 10:00 pm E/P.

The Nominees

Best Male Lead

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Best Feature

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Best Female Lead

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Best Supporting Male

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Best Director

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Best Supporting Female

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2010 Red Carpet Gallery

Spirit Awards Highlights

Latest Updates

Making the Cut: A Celebration of Genre Films at the Spirit Awards

One of the ways the Spirit Awards has continued to celebrate what's new and next...

Funny Ladies

Christopher Hitchens once courted controversy by penning an article entitled "Why Women Aren't Funny"...

That Was Then, This is Now

As directors who have continually proven themselves to be at the cutting edge of what's...

First-Time Nominees, Longtime Excellence

It's hard to imagine such veterans of the stage and screen as Natalie Portman, Nicole...