`` Birdman '' earns six Independent Spirit Award nominations . The other nominees for best feature are `` Boyhood , '' `` Love Is Strange , '' `` Selma '' and `` Whiplash . '' ``` The film is nominated for Best Picture, Director and Screenplay. Independent Spirit Awards go to American films with budgets below $ 20 million . Many of last year 's winners won Oscars .
`` Birdman '' earns six Independent Spirit Award nominations . ``` The film is nominated for Best Picture, Director and Screenplay. Independent Spirit Awards go to American films with budgets below $ 20 million . Many of last year 's winners won Oscars .