26th Independent Spirit Awards

The 26th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films of 2010, were presented on February 26, 2011. The nominations were announced on November 30, 2010. The ceremony was hosted by Joel McHale.

Winners and nominees

Best Feature	Best Director
Black Swan127 HoursGreenbergThe Kids Are All RightWinter's Bone	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 Male Lead	Best Female Lead
James Franco – 127 Hours Ronald Bronstein – Daddy Longlegs Aaron Eckhart – Rabbit Hole John C. Reilly – Cyrus Ben Stiller – Greenberg	Natalie Portman – Black Swan Annette Bening – The Kids Are All Right Greta Gerwig – Greenberg Nicole Kidman – Rabbit Hole Jennifer Lawrence – Winter's Bone Michelle Williams – Blue Valentine
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
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	Dale Dickey – Winter's Bone Ashley Bell – The Last Exorcism Allison Janney – Life During Wartime Daphne Rubin-Vega – Jack Goes Boating Naomi Watts – Mother and Child
Best Screenplay	Best First Screenplay
Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko – The Kids Are All Right Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini – Winter's Bone Nicole Holofcener – Please Give David Lindsay-Abaire – Rabbit Hole Todd Solondz – Life During Wartime	Lena Dunham – Tiny Furniture Diane Bell – Obselidia Nik Fackler – Lovely, Still Robert Glaudini – Jack Goes Boating Dana Adam Shapiro and Evan M. Wiener – Monogamy
Best First Feature	Best Documentary Feature
Get LowEverything Strange and NewThe Last ExorcismNight Catches UsTiny Furniture	Exit Through the Gift ShopMarwencolRestrepoSweetgrassThunder Soul
Best Cinematography	Best Foreign Film
Matthew Libatique – Black Swan Adam Kimmel – Never Let Me Go Jody Lee Lipes – Tiny Furniture Michael McDonough – Winter's Bone Harris Savides – Greenberg	The King's Speech • United KingdomKisses • IrelandMademoiselle Chambon • FranceOf Gods and Men • FranceUncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives • Thailand

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Nominations	Film
7	Winter's Bone
5	The Kids Are All Right
4	Black Swan
4	Greenberg
4	Rabbit Hole
3	127 Hours
3	Jack Goes Boating
3	Tiny Furniture
2	Daddy Longlegs
2	Get Low
2	The Last Exorcism
2	Life During Wartime
2	Marwencol
2	Mother and Child
2	Obselidia
2	Sweetgrass

Awards	Film
4	Black Swan
2	Winter's Bone

Special awards

[Independent Spirit [John Cassavetes Award|John Cassavetes Award]]

Daddy LonglegsThe Exploding GirlLbs.Lovers of Hate

''Obselidia''

Truer Than Fiction Award

Jeff Malmberg – Marwencol

Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor – Sweetgrass
Lynn True and Nelson Walker III – ''Summer Pasture''

Piaget Producers Award

Anish Savjani – Meek's Cutoff

In-Ah Lee – Au Revoir Taipei
Adele Romanski – ''The Myth of the American Sleepover''

Someone to Watch Award

Mike Ott – Littlerock

Hossein Keshavarz – Dog Sweat
Laurel Nakadate – ''The Wolf Knife''

[Independent Spirit [Robert Altman Award|Robert Altman Award]]

Please Give – Nicole Holofcener, Jeanne McCarthy, Ann Guilbert, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Lois Smith, and Sarah Steele