Congrats are in order for Andre 3000, Justin Simien, David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Ava DuVernay and so many more! 

Actor Diego Luna and “Top Five” Star Rosario Dawson attended the 30th Film Independent Nominations press conference at W Hollywood on November 25, 2014 in Hollywood, California to announce the 2014  Spirit Award nominees. “Selma” was nominated for Best Picture. Ava DuVernay was nominated for Best Director. Justin Simien’s “Dear White People,” was nominated for best first feature and best first screenplay.  André “3000″ Benjamin was nominated for best actor in “Jimi: All Is By My Side” and David Oyelowo was also nominated in that category for playing Dr. Martin Luther King in “Selma.” The always stellar Carmen Ejogo was nominated for best supporting actress for gracefully playing Coretta Scott King. Last, but not least another nomination that we want to highlight is Bradford Young who was nominated for  best cinematography in “Selma.”

Here’s the complete list of the nominees for the 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The awards will be given on Feb. 21.

Best Feature

• Birdman
• Boyhood
• Love Is Strange
• Selma
• Whiplash

Best Director

• Damien Chazelle, Whiplash
• Ava DuVernay, Selma
• Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Birdman
• Richard Linklater, Boyhood
• David Zellner, Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter

Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski, Big Eyes
J.C. Chandor, A Most Violent Year
Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Jim Jarmusch, Only Lovers Left Alive
Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias, Love is Strange

Best First Feature

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Dear White People 
Nightcrawler 
Obvious Child 
She’s Lost Control

Best First Screenplay

Desiree Akhavan, Appropriate Behavior
Sara Colangelo, Little Accidents
Justin Lader, The One I Love
Anja Marquardt, She’s Lost Control
Justin Simien, Dear White People

John Cassavetes Award

Blue Ruin
It Felt Like Love
Land Ho!
Man From Reno
Test

Best Female Lead

Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant
Rinko Kikuchi, Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
Tilda Swinton, Only Lovers Left Alive

Best Male Lead

André Benjamin, Jimi: All Is By My Side
Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton, Birdman
John Lithgow, Love is Strange
David Oyelowo, Selma

Best Supporting Female

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Carmen Ejogo, Selma
Andrea Suarez Paz, Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
Emma Stone, Birdman

Best Supporting Male

Riz Ahmed, Nightcrawler
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Alfred Molina, Love is Strange
Edward Norton, Birdman
J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Cinematography

Darius Khondji, The Immigrant
Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
Sean Porter, It Felt Like Love
Lyle Vincent, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Bradford Young, Selma

Best Editing

Sandra Adair, Boyhood
Tom Cross, Whiplash
John Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Ron Patane, A Most Violent Year
Adam Wingard, The Guest

Best Documentary

20,000 Days on Earth
CITIZENFOUR
Stray Dog
The Salt of the Earth 
Virunga

Robert Altman Award:

Inherent Vice