`` Birdman '' earns six Independent Spirit Award nominations . `` Whiplash '' and `` Love Is Strange . '' Birdman , '' `` Boyhood , '' `` Nightcrawler '' all receive five . Independent Spirit Awards go to Oscar films with budgets below $ 20 million . Many of last year 's winners won Oscars .
`` Birdman '' earns six Independent Spirit Award nominations . Birdman , '' `` Boyhood , '' `` Nightcrawler '' all receive five . Independent Spirit Awards go to Oscar films with budgets below $ 20 million . Many of last year 's winners won Oscars .