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29th Independent Spirit Awards (2014)
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Spirit Awards 2014 Winners & Nominees

The 29th Independent Spirit Awards (2014) took place on March 1, 2014. 12 Years a Slave won Best Feature and 4 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 13 categories is below.

All 13 categories Most wins
categories
13
nominations
64
films nominated
35
winners
12
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Best Feature
12 Years a Slave
Headline winners

Spirit Awards 2014: The Winners

12 Years a Slave won Best Feature against 4 other nominees. Steve McQueen (Best Director), Matthew McConaughey (Best Male Lead) and Cate Blanchett (Best Female Lead) took the main individual prizes.

12 Years a Slave (2013) movie poster Best Feature

Best Feature

12 Years a Slave

2013 · Biography, Drama, History · $188M worldwide

5 wins from 7 nominations at the 29th Independent Spirit Awards (2014)

  • Best Director
  • Best Supporting Female
  • Best Screenplay
  • Best Cinematography

A free man living with his family in the North, Solomon Northup is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Deep South. Stripped of his name and identity, he endures horrific conditions and faces brutal treatment while struggling to survive and maintain hope. Through perseverance and unexpected alliances, he fights to reclaim his freedom and return to his loved ones.

About 12 Years a Slave
Scoreboard

Spirit Awards 2014: Which Films Won the Most

12 Years a Slave won 5 awards from 7 nominations. 7 films won at least once, while All Is Lost went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. 12 Years a Slave (2013) movie poster
    12 Years a Slave 5 / 7
    2013 · Biography, Drama · 5 wins from 7 nominations
  2. Dallas Buyers Club (2013) movie poster
    Dallas Buyers Club 2 / 2
    2013 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  3. Nebraska (2013) movie poster
    Nebraska 1 / 6
    2013 · Adventure, Drama · 1 win from 6 nominations
  4. Blue Jasmine (2013) movie poster
    Blue Jasmine 1 / 3
    2013 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 3 nominations
  5. Fruitvale Station (2013) movie poster
    Fruitvale Station 1 / 3
    2013 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 3 nominations
  6. Short Term 12 (2013) movie poster
    Short Term 12 1 / 3
    2013 · Drama · 1 win from 3 nominations
  7. 20 Feet from Stardom (2013) movie poster
    20 Feet from Stardom 1 / 1
    2013 · Documentary · 1 win from 1 nomination
  8. All Is Lost (2013) movie poster
    All Is Lost 0 / 4
    2013 · Action, Adventure · 0 wins from 4 nominations
  9. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) movie poster
    Inside Llewyn Davis 0 / 3
    2013 · Drama, Music · 0 wins from 3 nominations
  10. Frances Ha (2013) movie poster
    Frances Ha 0 / 2
    2013 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 2 nominations
Full results

All 13 Spirit Awards 2014 Categories: Winners & Nominees

13 categories and 64 nominations; Best Male Lead had the most nominees (6). The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

13 categories · 64 nominations

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By genre

The Genres Behind the Spirit Awards 2014 Winners

Drama led with 55 nominations across 27 films and won 11. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 11 wins · 55 nominations · 20%
  2. Comedy 1 win · 20 nominations · 5%
  3. Biography 8 wins · 13 nominations · 62%
  4. Adventure 1 win · 12 nominations · 8%
  5. History 7 wins · 11 nominations · 64%
  6. Documentary 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
  7. Romance 0 wins · 5 nominations · 0%
  8. Action 0 wins · 4 nominations · 0%
  9. Music 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
  10. Crime 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
2014 season

How the Rest of the 2014 Awards Season Voted

The other 12 ceremonies of 2014, with the winner of each top prize. 12 Years a Slave also won the top prize at 4 of them.

All 2014 awards
Earlier years

Previous Spirit Awards Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Spirit Awards page has every year back to 1986.

Every Spirit Awards ceremony

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Spirit Awards 2014: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 29th Independent Spirit Awards (2014), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Feature at the 29th Independent Spirit Awards (2014)?

12 Years a Slave (2013) won Best Feature. The other nominees were All Is Lost, Frances Ha, Inside Llewyn Davis and Nebraska.

About 12 Years a Slave

Which film won the most awards at the 29th Independent Spirit Awards (2014)?

12 Years a Slave (2013) won the most: 5 awards from 7 nominations. Dallas Buyers Club was next with 2 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 29th Independent Spirit Awards (2014)?

12 Years a Slave (2013) led with 7 nominations and won 5 of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 29th Independent Spirit Awards (2014)?

Best Director: Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave. Best Male Lead: Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club. Best Female Lead: Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine. Best Supporting Male: Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club. Best Supporting Female: Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave.

When was the 29th Independent Spirit Awards (2014)?

The 29th Independent Spirit Awards (2014) took place on March 1, 2014. The database has 13 categories and 64 nominations for it.