Τα φετινά Indipendent Spirit Awards, ακολούθησαν την γνωστή τους πορεία από το 1984 έως σήμερα και ανέδειξαν ως μεγάλο νικητή τον Darren Aronofsky και το "Black Swan" του και φυσικά ο σκηνοθέτης έχει κάθε λόγο να είναι χαρούμενος αφού σε όσες κατηγορίες προτάθηκε η ταινία του υπερτέρησε όλων των άλλων. Αναλυτικά οι νικητές έχουν ως εξής:

Best Feature:
"Black Swan"
"127 Hours"
"Greenberg"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"Winter's Bone"

Best Director:
Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan"
Danny Boyle, "127 Hours"
Lisa Cholodenko, "The Kids Are All Right"
Debra Granik, "Winter's Bone"
John Cameron Mitchell, "Rabbit Hole"

Best Screenplay:
Stuart Blumberg & Lisa Cholodenko, "The Kids Are All Right"
Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini, "Winter's Bone"
Nicole Holofcener, "Please Give"
David Lindsay-Abaire, "Rabbit Hole"
Todd Solondz, "Life During Wartime"

Best Female Lead:
Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
Annette Bening, "The Kids Are All Right"
Greta Gerwig, "Greenberg"
Nicole Kidman, "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"
Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine"

Best Male Lead:
James Franco, "127 Hours"
Ronald Bronstein, "Daddy Longlegs"
Aaron Eckhart, "Rabbit Hole"
John C. Reilly, "Cyrus"
Ben Stiller, "Greenberg"

Best Supporting Female:
Dale Dickey, "Winter's Bone"
Ashley Bell, "The Last Exorcism"
Allison Janney, "Life During Wartime"
Daphne Rubin-Vega, "Jack Goes Boating"
Naomi Watts, "Mother and Child"

Best Supporting Male:
John Hawkes, "Winter's Bone"
Samuel L. Jackson, "Mother and Child"
Bill Murray, "Get Low"
John Ortiz, "Jack Goes Boating"
Mark Ruffalo, "The Kids Are All Right"

Best Documentary:
"Exit Through the Gift Shop"
"Marwencol"
"Sweetgrass"
"Restrepo"
"Thunder Soul"

Best Foreign Film:
"The King's Speech" (United Kingdom)
"Kisses" (Ireland)
"Mademoiselle Chambon" (France)
"Of Gods and Men" (Morocco)
"Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" (Thailand)

Best Cinematography:
Matthew Libatique, "Black Swan"
Adam Kimmel, "Never Let Me Go"
Jody Lee Lipes, "Tiny Furniture"
Michael McDonough, "Winter's Bone"
Harris Savides, "Greenberg"

Best First Feature:
"Get Low"
"Everything Strange and New"
"Night Catches Us"
"The Last Exorcism"
"Tiny Furniture"

Best First Screenplay:
Lena Dunham, "Tiny Furniture"
Diane Bell, "Obselidia"
Nik Fackler, "Lovely, Still"
Bob Glaudini, "Jack Goes Boating"
Dana Adam Shapiro, Evan M. Wiener, "Monogamy"

John Cassavetes Award:
"Daddy Longlegs"
"Lbs."
"Lovers of Hate"
"Obselidia"
"The Exploding Girl"

Acura Someone to Watch Award:
Mike Ott, "Littlerock"
Hossein Keshavarz, "Dog Sweat"
Laurel Nakadate, "The Wolf Knife"

Piaget Producers Award:
Anish Savjani, "Meek's Cutoff"
In-Ah Lee, "Au Revoir Taipei"
Adele Romanski, "The Myth of the American Sleepover"

Aveeno Truer Than Fiction Award:
Jeff Malmberg, "Marwencol"
Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Castaing-Taylor, "Sweetgrass"
Lynn True, Nelson Walker, "Summer Pasture"

Robert Altman Award:
"Please Give"