Independent Spirit Awards 2015 Nominations Announced: See the List of Nominees Including Emma Stone, Jake Gyllenhaal, Birdman, and More

It's that time of year again! Nominations for the 2015 Independent Spirit Awards were announced Tuesday, Nov. 25, by Rosario Dawson and Diego Luna.

Leading this year's pack of nominees is Birdman (starring Emma Stone , Michael Keaton, and Edward Norton ), which received a total of six nods. The Alejandro G. Iñárritu directed flick will go head-to-head in the Best Feature category with Selma, Love Is Strange, and Boyhood.

Other notable movies nominated in five categories include Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal , Richard Linklater's Boyhood featuring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette , and Ava DuVernay's Selma. Meanwhile, the biggest snubs of the year included The Imitation Game and Wild.

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Big-budget films (and projected Oscar contenders) like Unbroken and Interstellar were ineligible, as the Film Independent imposes a $20 million budget maximum limit for its feature nominees.

As per tradition, the Spirit Awards will be held at a beach-front luncheon in Santa Monica, Calif., on Feb. 21, the day before the 87th Academy Awards. The ceremony serves as a prelude to Oscars Sunday. Last year, 12 Years a Slave, Matthew McConaughey , Cate Blanchett , Jared Leto , and Lupita Nyong'o all won in their respective categories at the Independent Spirit Awards before taking home their Academy Awards the following day.

Check out the complete list of nominees below!

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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

BEST SCREENPLAY

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

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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

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BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Riz Ahmed, Nightcrawler

Ethan Hawke, Boyhood

Alfred Molina, Love is Strange

Edward Norton, Birdman

J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

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

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JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

Blue Ruin

It Felt Like Love

Land Ho!

Man From Reno

Test

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

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BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Force Majeure (Sweden)

Ida (Poland)

Leviathan (Russia)

Mommy (Canada)

Norte, the End of History (Philippines)

Under the Skin (United Kingdom)

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

Inherent Vice

SPECIAL DISTINCTION AWARD

Foxcatcher

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