From IFTA press release:

Los Angeles, CA — Independents captured 60 nominations in feature categories during this morning’s announcement of contenders for the 84th Academy Awards®, according to the Independent Film & Television Alliance® (IFTA®).

(*Please note, companies listed include Independent companies involved in the film which are also IFTA Member companies)

Best Picture
The Artist (Wild Bunch, The Weinstein Company)
Hugo (GK Films)
Midnight in Paris
The Tree of Life (Summit Entertainment)

Directing
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (Wild Bunch, The Weinstein Company)
Martin Scorsese – Hugo (GK Films)
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life (Summit Entertainment)

Actor in a Leading Role
Demián Bichir – A Better Life (Wild Bunch, Summit Entertainment)
Jean Dujardin – The Artist (Wild Bunch, The Weinstein Company)
Gary Oldman – Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Studio Canal, Focus Features)

Actress in a Leading Role
Glenn Close – Albert Nobbs
Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady (Pathé International, Goldcrest Pictures, U.K. Film Council, The Weinstein Company) 
Michelle Williams – My Week With Marilyn (The Weinstein Company, U.K. Film Council)

Actor in a Supporting Role
Kenneth Branagh – My Week With Marilyn (The Weinstein Company, U.K. Film Council)
Nick Nolte – Warrior (Lionsgate, Mandate Pictures)
Christopher Plummer – Beginners (Focus Features)

Actress in a Supporting Role
Berenice Bejo – The Artist (Wild Bunch, The Weinstein Company)
Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs

Writing (Original Screenplay)
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist (Wild Bunch, The Weinstein Company)
Woody Allen – Midnight In Paris
Asghar Farhadi – A Separation

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
John Logan – Hugo (GK Films)
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon – The Ides of March (Exclusive Films International Ltd., Comerica Bank)

Foreign Language Film
Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation

Animated Feature Film
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Rango (GK Films)

For more than 30 years, IFTA Members have produced, distributed and financed many of the world's most prominent films, 19 of which have won the Academy Award® for “Best Picture” since 1980, most recently The King’s Speech (The Weinstein Company), The Hurt Locker (Voltage Pictures and Summit Entertainment) and Slumdog Millionaire (Pathé International).

About The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA)
The Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) is the global trade association of the independent motion picture and television programming industry.  Headquartered in Los Angeles, the organization represents and provides significant entertainment industry services to more than 150 member companies from 23 countries, consisting of independent production and distribution companies, sales agents, television companies, studio-affiliated companies, and financial institutions engaged in content finance.