'Black Swan' Wins Big at Independent Spirit Awards

By Moviefone Editors Posted Feb 27th 2011 11:06AM

'Black Swan' was the big winner at the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The ballet drama won four awards at the event in Los Angeles on Saturday, including the ceremony's most coveted prize, Best Feature.

The film also snagged the awards for Best Director (Darren Aronofsky), Best Female Lead (Natalie Portman) and Best Cinematography (Matthew Libatique).

Portman, who has been sweeping awards all season, is a strong favorite to win Best Actress headed into tonight's Oscar telecast.

Meanwhile, Oscar nominee James Franco won Best Male Lead for his performance in the Danny Boyle drama '127 Hours,' in which he plays real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston, who was forced to amputate his own arm after it became trapped by a boulder in 2003.

Franco, who will be co-hosting the Oscars along with Anne Hathaway, previously won Best Supporting Male Actor at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards for 'Milk.' More winners after the jump.

In the supporting categories, Dale Dickey was awarded Best Supporting Female for 'Winter's Bone,' while co-star and Oscar-nominated actor John Hawkes won Best Supporting Male.

For Best Documentary, 'Exit Through the Gift Shop' triumphed over fellow Oscar nominee 'Restrepo.' And speaking of Oscar, Best Foreign Film went to, of all movies, 'The King's Speech.'

Best First Feature and Best Screenplay went to 'Get Low' and 'The Kids Are All Right,' respectively.

Lena Dunham won Best First Screenplay, for her criticially acclaimed film 'Tiny Furniture.'

The 2011 Independent Spirit Awards aired Saturday on iFC, with Joel McHale hosting.

WINNERS LIST

Best Feature: 'Black Swan'

Best Director: Darren Aronofsky, 'Black Swan'

Best Female Lead: Natalie Portman, 'Black Swan'

Best Male Lead: James Franco, '127 Hours'

Best Supporting Male: John Hawkes, 'Winter's Bone'

Best Supporting Female: Dale Dickey, 'Winter's Bone'

Best Screenplay: 'The Kids Are All Right'

Best Documentary: 'Exit Through the Gift Shop'

Best Cinematography: Matthew Libatique, 'Black Swan'

Best Foreign Film: 'The King's Speech'

Best First Feature: 'Get Low'

Best First Screenplay: Lena Dunham, 'Tiny Furniture'

John Cassavetes Award: 'Daddy Longlegs'

Robert Altman Award: 'Please Give'

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Tags: black swan, Independent Spirit Awards, James Franco, natalie Portman

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Sunday 27 February

By billbhen

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This movie SUCKED!! But im sure it will win. For some reason hollwood cant make any good movies anymore and the really bad ones seem to win awards now. There will be blood was awfull and didnt make anysense really. It was a STUPID movie. I couldnt even sit through half of it!! No country for old men was the same. It SUCKED!!! Another movie that looked like someone wrote it while they where on the toliet!! I watched about 20min of it and couldnt take it anymore. And the list goes on. Movies suck now because they just want to make money and dont care about quality!!! I think this applies to just about everymovie made in about the last 10 or 12 years.

By Ted Bundy

Are you trying to say you didn't like the movie?

By teri

I'm 100 percent positive Natalie won these awards because she's pregnant and played the sympathy card by saying she almost died doing this part. Always helps to play the pity me card I guess. Certainly failed at the box office.

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