Nina is a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her obsessive former ballerina mother Erica who exerts a suffocating control over her. When artistic director Thomas Leroy decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice. But Nina has competition: a new dancer, Lily, who impresses Leroy as well. Swan Lake requires a dancer who can play both the White Swan with innocence and grace, and the Black Swan, who represents guile and sensuality. Nina fits the White Swan role perfectly but Lily is the personification of the Black Swan. As the two young dancers expand their rivalry into a twisted friendship, Nina begins to get more in touch with her dark side - a recklessness that threatens to destroy her.

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Black Swan wins big at the Independent Spirit Awards [27th February 2011 06:27:12]

There's still time to cram in one more lot of awards before the movie calendar's main event, the Oscars, takes place tonight.

The Independent Spirit Awards were handed out yesterday, and Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan was the big winner, scooping four awards including Best Feature, Best Director and Best Actress for Natalie Portman.

Oscar host James Franco was named Best Actor for his performance in 127 Hours, and Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop won Best Documentary (though the elusive artist apparently didn't turn up to collect the award).

The full list of winners is as follows:

Feature: Black Swan
Best Director: Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)
Best Screenplay: Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko (The Kids Are All Right)
Best Male Lead: James Franco (127 Hours)
Best Supporting Male: John Hawkes (Winter's Bone)
Best Female Lead: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Best Supporting Female: Dale Dickey (Winter's Bone)
Best Cinematography: Matthew Libatique (Black Swan)
Robert Altman Award: Please Give
Best First Screenplay: Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture)
Best First Feature: Get Low
Best Documentary: Exit Through the Gift Shop
Best Foreign Film: The King's Speech
John Cassavetes Award (best feature made for under $500,000): Daddy Longlegs
Piaget Producers Award: Anish Savjani (Meek's Cutoff)
Someone To Watch Award: Mike Ott (Littlerock)
Truer Than Fiction Award: Jeff Maimberg (Marwencol)
After the Oscars are handed out tonight, expect things to go quiet on the movie awards front for the next 10 months or so. Source: www.totalfilm.com