Led by Martin Scorsese’s Hugo independents garnered 60 nominations in feature categories for the 84th Academy Awards according to the Independent Film & Television Alliance. For more than 30 years IFTA members have produced distributed and financed many of the world's most prominent films 19 of which have won the Academy Award for Best Picture since 1980 most recently The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company) The Hurt Locker (Voltage Pictures and Summit Entertainment) and Slumdog Millionaire (Pathé International). This year IFTA member companies captured 44 nominations in total – Hugo (GK Films) leads the race with 11 followed by The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company) with 10 and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal Focus Features) and The Tree of Life (Summit Entertainment) each with three nominations. Here is the complete list of independent films and filmmakers nominated for Oscars this year: Best Picture The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company) Hugo (GK Films) Midnight in Paris The Tree of Life (Summit Entertainment) Directing Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company) Martin Scorsese – Hugo (GK Films) Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (Summit Entertainment) Actor in a Leading Role Demián Bichir – A Better Life (Wild Bunch Summit Entertainment) Jean Dujardin – The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company) Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal Focus Features) Actress in a Leading Role Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady (Pathé International Goldcrest Pictures U.K. Film Council The Weinstein Company) Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn (The Weinstein Company U.K. Film Council) Actor in a Supporting Role Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn (The Weinstein Company U.K. Film Council) Nick Nolte – Warrior (Lionsgate Mandate Pictures) Christopher Plummer – Beginners (Focus Features) Actress in a Supporting Role Berenice Bejo – The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company) Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs Writing (Original Screenplay) Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company) J.C. Chandor – Margin Call (Myriad Pictures Lionsgate) Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris Asghar Farhadi – A Separation Writing (Adapted Screenplay) John Logan – Hugo (GK Films) George Clooney Grant Heslov Beau Willimon – The Ides of March (Exclusive Films International Ltd. Comerica Bank) Bridget O’Connor and Peter Straughan – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal Focus Features) Foreign Language Film Bullhead Footnote In Darkness Monsieur Lazhar A Separation Animated Feature Film A Cat in Paris Chico & Rita (Hanway Films) Rango (GK Films) Art Direction The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company) – Production Design: Laurence Bennett; Set Decoration: Robert Gould Hugo (GK Films) – Production Design: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo Midnight In Paris – Production Design: Ann Seibel; Set Decoration: Hélène Dubreuil Cinematography Guillaume Schiffman – The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company) Robet Richardson – Hugo (GK Films) Emmanuel Lubezki – The Tree of Life (Summit Entertainment) Costume Design Mark Bridges – The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company) Sandy Powell – Hugo (GK Films) Michael O’Connor – Jane Eyre (Focus Features) Arianne Phillips – W.E. (The Weinstein Company IM Global) Documentary (Feature) Hell and Back Again If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (HBO) Pina (Hanway Films) Undefeated (The Weinstein Company) Film Editing Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company) Thelma Schoonmaker – Hugo (GK Films) Makeup Martial Corneville Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle – Albert Nobbs Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland – The Iron Lady (Pathé International Goldcrest Pictures U.K. Film Council The Weinstein Company) Music (Original Score) Ludovic Bource – The Artist (Wild Bunch The Weinstein Company) Howard Shore – Hugo (GK Films) Alberto Iglesias – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (StudioCanal Focus Features) Sound Editing Lon Bender and Victor Ray Ennis – Drive (Sierra/Affinity) Philip Stockton and Eugene Gearty – Hugo (GK Films) Sound Mixing Tom Fleischman and John Midgley – Hugo (GK Films) Visual Effects Rob Legato Joss Williams Ben Grossman and Alex Henning – Hugo (GK Films) The Independent Film & Television Alliance www.ifta-online.org
