Kate Beckinsale and Anthony Mackie were up early this morning to present the nominees for the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The Artist and Take Shelter lead the pack with five nominations apiece. Right behind it was Drive, which picked up four nods, including one for leading man Ryan Gosling. The Descendants also scored four nominations, though George Clooney was left off the list this time. Though two of our favorite movies of the year didn't pick up quite as many nods, I was happy to see that Beginners and 50/50 got some love, including nominations for best feature.

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BEST FEATURE

50/50

Beginners

Drive

Take Shelter

The Artist

The Descendants

BEST DIRECTOR

Mike Mills, Beginners

Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive

Jeff Nichols, Take Shelter

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Alexander Payne, The Descendants

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)

Another Earth

In the Family

Margin Call

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Natural Selection

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JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)

Bellflower

Circumstance

Hello Lonesome

Pariah

The Dynamiter

BEST SCREENPLAY

Joseph Cedar, Footnote

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Tom McCarthy, Win Win

Mike Mills, Beginners

Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash, The Descendants

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Mike Cahill and Brit Marling, Another Earth

J.C. Chandor, Margin Call

Patrick DeWitt, Terri

Phil Johnston, Cedar Rapids

Will Reiser, 50/50

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Lauren Ambrose, Think of Me

Rachel Harris, Natural Selection

Adepero Oduye, Pariah

Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene

Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

BEST MALE LEAD

Demian Bichir, A Better Life

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Ryan Gosling, Drive

Woody Harrelson, Rampart

Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter

Anjelica Huston, 50/50

Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs

Harmony Santana, Gun Hill Road

Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Albert Brooks, Drive

John Hawkes, Martha Marcy May Marlene

Christopher Plummer, Beginners

John C. Reilly, Cedar Rapids

Corey Stoll, Midnight in Paris

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Joel Hodge, Bellflower

Benjamin Kuh-Sulk, The Off Hours

Darius Kond-Jee, Midnight in Paris

Gui-omme Shiffman, The Artist

Jeffrey Waldron, The Dynamiter

BEST DOCUMENTARY

An African Election

Bill Cunningham New York

The Interrupters

The Redemption of General Butt Naked

We Were Here

BEST FOREIGN FILM

A Separation

Melancholia

Shame

The Kid With a Bike

Tyrannosaur

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film's director, casting director and its ensemble cast)

Margin Call

PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD

Chad Burris, Mosquita y Mari

Sophia Lin, Take Shelter

Josh Mond, Martha Marcy May Marlene

ACURA SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

Simon Arthur, Silver Tongues

Mark Jackson, Without

Nicholas Ozek, Mamitas

AVEENO TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

Heather Courtney, Where Soldiers Came From

Danfung Dennis, Hell and Back Again

Alma Har'El, Bombay Beach