` ` Birdman '' receives six Independent Spirit Award nominations . ` ` ' , '' ` ` Selma , '' ` ` , '' all receive five . 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 . `` Boyhood , '' `` Selma , '' `` Nightcrawler '' all receive five . Independent Spirit Awards go to American films with budgets below $ 20 million . Many of last year 's winners won Oscars .