Film Independent's Spirit Awards Nominations Are Out

December means the start of the awards season for Hollywood, and the nominations for the Spirit Awards are now up over at The Hollywood Reporter. Rachel Getting Married, Ballast, and Frozen River lead all nominees with six nominations apiece. All three were nominated for Best Feature, alongside Wendy and Lucy and The Wrestler. One notable film missing from the list of nominees is Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, which has been earning high marks from critics and doing strong business at the box office. Many more awards will be handed out before the February 21 broadcast of the Spirit Awards (taking place, as usual, the day before the Oscars inside a tent on the beach in Santa Monica), though, so Slumdog should be seeing some love from other groups at some point this month.