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“Past Lives” & “The Holdovers” Win Big at the 2024 Indie Spirit Awards

Nikoleta P — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 06:12:00 +0000

Past Lives and The Holdovers are two of the most beloved indie movies to come out last year, and it wasn’t a shocker to see them dominate the Independent Spirit Awards. The Holdovers topped the list of winners with three trophies, while Past Lives collected the coveted best feature prize.

All of Us Strangers, American Fiction, May December, Passages, and We Grown Now were in the running for the best feature at the Indie Spirit Awards, but Past Lives managed to beat them all. It was also a big night for Celine Song, who collected an award for directing this project.

The Holdovers walked away with three trophies, and it owes two of them to its stars Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa. American Fiction also took a notable spot on the winners’ list with two prizes, for its leading man Jeffrey Wright and screenwriter Cord Jefferson.

The Indie Spirit Awards also handed out several trophies in the TV categories, and Beef led the way with two wins – best new scripted series and best lead performance (Ali Wong). The Last of Us was also honored with two awards, collected by guest stars Nick Offerman and Keivonn Montreal Woodard.

The 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards returned to the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California on February 25, with Aidy Bryant serving as the host.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT THE 2024 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS:

BEST FEATURE
 (Given to the producer)

Past Lives
Producers: David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

Jeffrey Wright
American Fiction

BEST DIRECTOR

Celine Song
Past Lives

BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to director and producer)

A Thousand and One
Director: A.V. Rockwell
Producers: Julia Lebedev, Rishi Rajani, Eddie Vaisman, Lena Waithe, Brad Weston

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Dominic Sessa
The Holdovers

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to best feature made for under $1,000,000; award given to writer, director and producer)

Fremont
Director/Writer: Babak Jalali
Writer: Carolina Cavalli
Producers: Rachael Fung, Chris Martin, Marjaneh Moghimi, George Rush, Sudnya Shroff, Laura Wagner

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Eigil Bryld
The Holdovers

BEST EDITING

Daniel Garber
How to Blow Up a Pipeline

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
(Given to the creator, executive producer, co-executive producer)

Beef
Creator/Executive Producer: Lee Sung Jin
Executive Producers: Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Jake Schreier, Ravi Nandan, Alli Reich
Co-Executive Producers: Alice Ju, Carrie Kemper

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Ali Wong
Beef

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
(Award given to creator, executive producer, co-executive producer)

Dear Mama
Executive Producers: Lasse Järvi, Quincy ‘QD3’ Jones III, Staci Robinson, Nelson George, Charles D. King, Peter Nelson, Adel ‘Future’ Nur, Jamal Joseph, Ted Skillman, Allen Hughes, Steve Berman, Marc Cimino, Jody Gerson, John Janick, Nicholas Ferrall, Nigel Sinclair

BEST SCREENPLAY

Cord Jefferson
American Fiction

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik
May December

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
(Given to the director)

Anatomy of a Fall
France
Director: Justine Triet

BEST BREAKTRHOUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Keivonn Montreal Woodard
The Last of Us

BEST DOCUMENTARY
 (Given to the director and producer)

Four Daughters
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania
Producer: Nadim Cheikhrouha

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Nick Offerman
The Last of Us

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The Holdovers

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD 
(Presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition)

Set Hernandez
Director: Unseen

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)

Showing Up
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Casting Director: Gayle Keller
Ensemble Cast: André Benjamin, Hong Chau, Judd Hirsch, Heather Lawless, James Le Gros, John Magaro, Matt Malloy, Amanda Plummer, Maryann Plunkett, Denzel Rodriguez, Michelle Williams

PRODUCERS AWARD
(Honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films)

Monique Walton

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
(Recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition)

Monica Sorelle
Director: Mountains

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Jury Duty
Ensemble Cast: Alan Barinholtz, Susan Berger, Cassandra Blair, David Brown, Kirk Fox, Ross Kimball, Pramode Kumar, Trisha LaFache, Mekki Leeper, James Marsden, Edy Modica, Kerry O’Neill, Rashida Olayiwola, Whitney Rice, Maria Russell, Ishmel Sahid, Ben Seaward, Ron Song, Evan Williams

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2024 Indie Spirit Awards: “May December” & “Past Lives” Among Main Contenders

Greg H — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 06:56:00 +0000

The Independent Spirit Awards are returning to the Santa Monica Pier in less than three months, and the list of nominees is as impressive as it gets. American Fiction, May December, and Past Lives emerged as the main contenders at this ceremony with five nods each.

All three films will be in the running for the best feature award, along with All of Us Strangers, We Grown Now, and Passages. The later film scored a total of nine nominations alongside The Holdovers, which surprisingly missed out on the best feature nod.

Celine Song received two nods for writing and directing Past Lives, while its stars Greta Lee and Teo Yoo were both nominated for the best lead performance. May December stars Natalie Portman and Charles Melton also received acting nods in their respective performances, helping Todd Haynes’s drama score five nods.

As for American Fiction, the winner of TIFF’s People’s Choice Award is also in the running for the best lead performance (Jeffrey Wright), the best supporting performance (Erika Alexander and Sterling K. Brown), and the best screenplay (Cord Jefferson).

When it comes to the television field, I’m a Virgo and The Last of Us led the way with four nods each. I’m a Virgo was nominated for the best new scripted series, alongside Beef, Dreaming Whilst Black, Jury Duty, and Slip, while The Last of Us scored all of its nominations in acting categories.

The 39th Independent Spirit Awards will take place on February 25, 2024, with Joel Kim Booster and Natalie Morales hosting the show.

FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2024 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS:

BEST FEATURE

All of Us Strangers
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey

American Fiction
Producers: Cord Jefferson, Jermaine Johnson, Nikos Karamigios, Ben LeClair

May December
Producers: Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Grant S. Johnson, Pamela Koffler, Tyler W. Konney, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman, Christine Vachon

Passages
Producers: Michel Merkt, Saïd Ben Saïd

Past Lives
Producers: David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon

We Grown Now
Producers: Minhal Baig, Joe Pirro

BEST FIRST FEATURE

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Director: Raven Jackson
Producers: Maria Altamirano, Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski

Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
Director: Tomás Gómez Bustillo
Producers: Gewan Brown, Amanda Freedman

Earth Mama
Director/Producer: Savanah Leaf
Producers: Sam Bisbee, Shirley O’Connor, Medb Riordan, Cody Ryder

A Thousand and One
Director: A.V. Rockwell
Producers: Julia Lebedev, Rishi Rajani, Eddie Vaisman, Lena Waithe, Brad Weston

Upon Entry
Directors: Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez
Producers: Sergio Adrià, Carlos Juárez, Alba Sotorra, Carles Torras, Xosé Zapata

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD 

The Artifice Girl
Director/Writer: Franklin Ritch
Producers: Aaron B. Koontz, Ashleigh Snead

Cadejo Blanco
Director/Writer/Producer: Justin Lerner
Producers: Mauricio Escobar, Ryan Friedkin, Jack Patrick Hurley

Fremont
Director/Writer: Babak Jalali
Writer: Carolina Cavalli
Producers: Rachael Fung, Chris Martin, Marjaneh Moghimi, George Rush, Sudnya Shroff, Laura Wagner

Rotting in the Sun
Director/Writer: Sebastián Silva
Writer: Pedro Peirano
Producer: Jacob Wasserman

The Unknown Country
Director/Writer/Producer: Morrisa Maltz
Writer: Lily Gladstone
Writers/Producers: Lainey Bearkiller Shangreaux, Vanara Taing
Producers: Katherine Harper, Laura Heberton, Tommy Heitkamp
 

BEST DIRECTOR

Andrew Haigh
All of Us Strangers

Todd Haynes
May December

William Oldroyd
Eileen

Ira Sachs
Passages

Celine Song
Past Lives

 
BEST SCREENPLAY

David Hemingson
The Holdovers

Cord Jefferson
American Fiction

Laura Moss, Brendan J. O’Brien
Birth/Rebirth

Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott
Bottoms

Celine Song
Past Lives

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik
May December

Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, Ben Platt
Theater Camp

Tomás Gómez Bustillo
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint

Laurel Parmet
The Starling Girl

Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez
Upon Entry

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

Jessica Chastain
Memory

Greta Lee
Past Lives

Trace Lysette
Monica

Natalie Portman
May December

Judy Reyes
Birth/Rebirth

Franz Rogowski
Passages

Andrew Scott
All of Us Strangers

Teyana Taylor
A Thousand and One

Jeffrey Wright
American Fiction

Teo Yoo
Past Lives

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

Erika Alexander
American Fiction

Sterling K. Brown
American Fiction

Noah Galvin
Theater Camp

Anne Hathaway
Eileen

Glenn Howerton
BlackBerry

Marin Ireland
Eileen

Charles Melton
May December

Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The Holdovers

Catalina Saavedra
Rotting in the Sun

Ben Whishaw
Passages

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Marshawn Lynch
Bottoms

Atibon Nazaire
Mountains

Tia Nomore
Earth Mama

Dominic Sessa
The Holdovers

Anaita Wali Zada
Fremont

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Katelin Arizmendi
Monica

Eigil Bryld
The Holdovers

Jomo Fray
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Pablo Lozano
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint

Pat Scola
We Grown Now

 
BEST EDITING

Santiago Cendejas, Gabriel Díaz, Sofía Subercaseaux
Rotting in the Sun

Stephanie Filo
We Grown Now

Daniel Garber
How to Blow Up a Pipeline

Jon Philpot
Theater Camp

Emanuele Tiziani
Upon Entry

 
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD 

Showing Up
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Casting Director: Gayle Keller
Ensemble Cast: André Benjamin, Hong Chau, Judd Hirsch, Heather Lawless, James Le Gros, John Magaro, Matt Malloy, Amanda Plummer, Maryann Plunkett, Denzel Rodriguez, Michelle Williams
 

BEST DOCUMENTARY 

Bye Bye Tiberias
Director: Lina Soualem
Producer: Jean-Marie Nizan

Four Daughters
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania
Producer: Nadim Cheikhrouha

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Directors/Producers: Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
Producer: Tommy Oliver

Kokomo City
Director: D. Smith
Producers: Bill Butler, Harris Doran

The Mother of All Lies
Director/Producer: Asmae El Moudir

 
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Anatomy of a Fall
France
Director: Justine Triet

Godland
Denmark/Iceland
Director: Hlynur Pálmason

Mami Wata
Nigeria
Director: C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi

Tótem
Mexico
Director: Lila Avilés

The Zone of Interest
United Kingdom, Poland, USA
Director: Jonathan Glazer
 

PRODUCERS AWARD

Rachael Fung

Graham Swon

Monique Walton

 SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

Joanna Arnow
Director of The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

Laura Moss
Director of Birth/Rebirth

Monica Sorelle
Director of Mountains
 

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD 

Set Hernandez
Director of unseen

Jesse Short Bull, Laura Tomaselli
Director of Lakota Nation vs. United States

Sierra Urich
Director of Joonam

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Executive Producers: Vinnie Malhotra, Aaron Saidman, Eli Holzman, Dawn Porter

Dear Mama
Executive Producers: Lasse Järvi, Quincy ‘QD3’ Jones III, Staci Robinson, Nelson George, Charles D. King, Peter Nelson, Adel ‘Future’ Nur, Jamal Joseph, Ted Skillman, Allen Hughes, Steve Berman, Marc Cimino, Jody Gerson, John Janick, Nicholas Ferrall, Nigel Sinclair

Murder in Big Horn
Executive Producers: Matthew Galkin, Vinnie Malhotra
Co-Executive Producers: Lisa Kalikow, Joshua Levine

Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Executive Producers: Mindy Goldberg, Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, Jon Bardin, Zach Heinzerling, Krista Parris, Daniel Barban Levin, Felicia Rosario
Co-Executive Producer: Julie Gaither

Wrestlers
Executive Producers: Greg Whiteley, Ryan O’Dowd
Co-Executive Producers: Alejandro Melendez, Adam Leibowitz

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Beef
Creator/Executive Producer: Lee Sung Jin
Executive Producers: Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Jake Schreier, Ravi Nandan, Alli Reich
Co-Executive Producers: Alice Ju, Carrie Kemper

Dreaming Whilst Black
Creator/Executive Producer: Adjani Salmon
Creators: Maximilian Evans, Natasha Jatania, Laura Seixas
Executive Producers: Tanya Qureshi, Dhanny Joshi, Bal Samra, Thomas Stogdon

I’m a Virgo
Creator/Executive Producer: Boots Riley
Executive Producers: Tze Chun, Michael Ellenberg, Lindsey Springer, Jharrel Jerome, Rebecca Rivo
Co-Executive Producers: Marcus Gardley, Carver Karaszewski

Jury Duty
Creators/Executive Producers: Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky
Executive Producers: David Bernad, Ruben Fleischer, Nicholas Hatton, Cody Heller, Todd Schulman, Jake Szymanski, Andrew Weinberg

Slip
Creator/Executive Producer: Zoe Lister-Jones
Executive Producers: Ro Donnelly, Dakota Johnson, Katie O’Connell Marsh, David Fortier, Ivan Schneeberg

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Emma Corrin
A Murder at the End of the World

Dominique Fishback
Swarm

Betty Gilpin
Mrs. Davis

Jharrel Jerome
I’m a Virgo

Zoe Lister-Jones
Slip

Bel Powley
A Small Light

Bella Ramsey
The Last of Us

Ramón Rodríguez
Will Trent

Ali Wong
Beef

Steven Yeun
Beef

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Murray Bartlett
The Last of Us

Billie Eilish
Swarm

Jack Farthing
Rain Dogs

Nick Offerman
The Last of Us

Adina Porter
The Changeling

Lewis Pullman
Lessons in Chemistry

Benny Safdie
The Curse

Luke Tennie
Shrinking

Olivia Washington
I’m a Virgo

Jessica Williams
Shrinking

BEST BREAKTRHOUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Clark Backo
The Changeling

Aria Mia Loberti
All the Light We Cannot See

Adjani Salmon
Dreaming Whilst Black

Keivonn Montreal Woodard
The Last of Us

Kara Young
I’m a Virgo

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Jury Duty
Ensemble Cast: Alan Barinholtz, Susan Berger, Cassandra Blair, David Brown, Kirk Fox, Ross Kimball, Pramode Kumar, Trisha LaFache, Mekki Leeper, James Marsden, Edy Modica, Kerry O’Neill, Rashida Olayiwola, Whitney Rice, Maria Russell, Ishmel Sahid, Ben Seaward, Ron Song, Evan Williams

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“Everything Everywhere” & “The Bear” Among Top Winners at the 2023 Independent Spirit Awards

Joan H — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 06:55:00 +0000

Independent Spirit Awards returned to Santa Monica on Saturday night and gave us another unforgettable ceremony. Everything Everywhere All at Once made history as the most-awarded show in the ceremony’s history, while The Bear dominated the TV field.

Everything Everywhere came into the night with a total of eight nominations, and it managed to sweep every category it was nominated for, taking home a total of seven awards, including best feature.

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won trophies for directing the film and writing its screenplay, while Paul Rogers was rewarded for his editing work. The cast of Everything Everywhere did pretty great, with Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu all winning awards in their respective categories.

This essentially means that this film won in all the categories it was nominated for since Jamie Lee Curtis lost best supporting performance to her co-star Ke Huy Quan.

As for the television field, it was a big night for The Bear, and the culinary drama ended up winning the best new scripted series and best supporting performance for Ayo Edebiri. The list of winners also included Quinta Brunson (best lead performance for Abbott Elementary), Pachinko (best ensemble), and The Rehearsal (best new non-scripted or documentary series).

The 38th Independent Spirit Awards took place on March 4 at the Santa Monica Pier, California, with Hasan Minhaj serving as a host.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT THE 2023 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS:

Best Feature

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Lead Performance

Michelle Yeoh
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series

Quinta Brunson
Abbott Elementary

Best Director

Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Everything Everywhere All at Once

John Cassavetes Award

The Cathedral
Writer/Director: Ricky D’Ambrose
Producer: Graham Swon

Best First Feature

Aftersun
Director: Charlotte Wells
Producers: Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski

Robert Altman Award

Women Talking
Director: Sarah Polley
Casting Directors: John Buchan, Jason Knight
Ensemble Cast: Shayla Brown, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Kira Guloien, Kate Hallett, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Sheila McCarthy, Frances McDormand, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, Ben Whishaw, August Winter

Producers Award

Tory Lenosky

Best Breakthrough Performance

Stephanie Hsu
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Someone To Watch Award

Nikyatu Jusu
Nanny

Best Cinematography

Florian Hoffmeister
Tár

Best Editing

Paul Rogers
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

The Rehearsal
Creator/Executive Producer: Nathan Fielder
Executive Producers: Dave Paige, Dan McManus, Christie Smith
Co-Executive Producers: Carrie Kemper, Eric Notarnicola

Truer Than Fiction Award

Reid Davenport
I Didn’t See You There

Best New Scripted Series

The Bear
Creator/Executive Producer: Christopher Storer
Executive Producers: Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Hiro Murai
Co-Executive Producer: Rene Gube

Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series

Pachinko
Ensemble Cast: Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, Yuh-jung Youn

Best Screenplay

Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best First Screenplay

John Patton Ford
Emily the Criminal

Best International Film

Joyland
Pakistan/USA
Director: Saim Sadiq

Best Supporting Performance In a New Scripted Series

Ayo Edebiri
The Bear

Best Documentary

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Director/Producer: Laura Poitras
Producers: Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons

Best Supporting Performance (Film)

Ke Huy Quan
Everything Everywhere All at Once

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2022 Independent Spirit Awards: “The Lost Daughter” Takes Top Prizes

Amanda B — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:56:37 +0000

The Lost Daughter was one of the front-runners at this year’s Independent Spirit Awards, and it ended up taking top prizes by the end of Sunday night. It topped the list of winners with a total of three awards, including the best feature.

The Lost Daughter was competing against A Chiara, C’mon C’mon, The Novice, and Zola for the best feature, but it eventually managed to come out victorious. Maggie Gyllenhaal took home two awards for directing and writing this intriguing drama.

When it comes to the acting categories, Simon Rex took home the award for the best male lead in Red Rocket, while Taylour Paige was named the best female lead for Zola. Troy Kotsur (CODA) and Ruth Negga (Passing) came out victorious in the supporting acting categories.

This year’s ceremony marks the second time that the Independent Spirit Awards honored television series in addition to movies. Reservation Dogs was the biggest winner of the night, taking home the awards for the best new scripted series and the best ensemble cast.

The 2022 Independent Spirit Awards took place on March 6th at the Santa Monica Pier, with power couple Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman hosting the festivities.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS 2022 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS:

BEST FEATURE
The Lost Daughter

BEST MALE LEAD
Simon Rex, Red Rocket

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Taylour Paige, Zola

BEST DIRECTOR
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Troy Kotsur, Coda

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Drive My Car (Japan)

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Shiva Baby

BEST DOCUMENTARYSummer of Soul

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski, Pig

BEST FIRST FEATURE
7 Days

BEST EDITING
Joi McMillon, Zola

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal.

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Ruth Negga, Passing

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Edu Grau, Passing

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Mass

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Reservation Dogs

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Reservation Dogs

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Black and Missing

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Thuso Mbedu, The Underground Railroad

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Independent Spirit Awards: “Zola” Leads with Seven Nods

Nikoleta P — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 06:06:00 +0000

If the awards season happens to be your favorite time of the year, you’re probably excited about all the nomination announcements making headlines this week. After the Golden Globes, the Independent Spirit Awards also unveiled their list of contenders, with Zola leading the way.

The Viral Twitter thread-turned successful indie comedy scored a total of seven nominations, including best feature. A Chiara, C’mon C’mon, The Lost Daughter, and The Novice also received nods in this category.

Zora is in the running for six more awards—best director and screenplay for Janicza Bravo, best female lead for Taylour Paige, best-supporting male for Colman Domingo, best editing, and best cinematography. The list of major contenders also includes The Novice with five nods and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut The Lost Daughter with four.

The Independent Spirt Awards also announced nominations in several TV categories. Blindspotting, It’s a Sin, Reservation Dogs, The Underground Railroad, and We Are Lady Parts have been nominated for the best new scripted series. Reservation Dogs is also expected to be honored with the award for the best ensemble cast.

The 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards will take place on March 6th, 2022 marking a major date shift after years of being held on the Saturday before the Academy Awards.

FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS FOR 2022 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS:

Best Feature

“A Chiara”

“C’mon C’mon”

“The Lost Daughter”

“The Novice”

“Zola”

Best Director

Janicza Bravo, “Zola”

Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter”

Lauren Hadaway, “The Novice”

Mike Mills, “C’mon C’mon”

Ninja Thyberg, “Pleasure”

Best Male Lead

Clifton Collins Jr., “Jockey”

Frankie Faison, “Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain”

Michael Greyeyes, “Wild Indian”

Udo Kier, “Swan Song”

Simon Rex, “Red Rocket”

Best Female Lead

Isabelle Fuhrman, “The Novice”

Brittany S. Hall, “Test Pattern”

Patti Harrison, “Together Together”

Taylour Paige, “Zola”

Kali Reis, “Catch the Fair One”

Best Supporting Female

Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”

Amy Forsyth, “The Novice”

Ruth Negga, “Passing”

Revika Reustle, “Pleasure”

Suzanna Son, “Red Rocket”

Best Supporting Male

Colman Domingo, “Zola”

Meeko Gattuso, “Queen of Glory”

Troy Kotsur, “CODA”

Will Patton, “Sweet Thing”

Chaske Spencer, “Wild Indian”

Best Screenplay

Nikole Beckwith, “Together Together”

Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris, “Zola”

Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter”

Mike Mills, “C’mon C’mon”

Todd Stephens, “Swan Song”

Best First Screenplay

Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr., “Wild Indian ”

Matt Fifer; Story by Sheldon D. Brown, “Cicada”

Shatara Michelle Ford, “Test Pattern ”

Fran Kranz, “Mass”

Michael Sarnoski; Story by Vanessa Block, Michael Sarnoski, “Pig”

Best First Feature

“7 Days”

“Holler”

“Queen of Glory”

“Test Pattern”

“Wild Indian”

John Cassavetes Award (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)

“Cryptozoo”

“Jockey”

“Shiva Baby”

“Sweet Thing”

“This is Not a War Story”

Best Cinematography

“A Chiara”

“Blue Bayou”

“The Humans”

“Passing”

“Zola”

Best Documentary

“Ascension”

“Flee”

“In The Same Breath”

“Procession”

“Summer of Soul”

Best Editing

“A Chiara”

“The Nowhere Inn”

“The Novice”

“Zola”

“The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain”

Robert Altman Award (Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)

“Mass”

Best International Film

“Compartment No. 6”

“Drive My Car”

“Parallel Mothers”

“Pebbles”

“Petite Maman”

“Prayers for the Stolen”

Producers Award

Brad Becker-Parton

Pin-Chun Liu

Lizzie Shapiro

Someone to Watch Award

Alex Camilleri, “Luzzu”

Michael Sarnoski, “Pig”

Gillian Wallace Horvat, “I Blame Society”

“The Truer Than Fiction Award”

Angelo Madsen Minax, “North By Current”

Jessica Beshir, “Faya Dayi”

Debbie Lum, “Try Harder!”

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

“Black and Missing”

“The Choe Show”

“The Lady and The Dale”

“Nuclear Family”

“Philly D.A.”

Best New Scripted Series

“Blindspotting”

“It’s a Sin”

“Reservation Dogs”

“The Underground Railroad”

“We Are Lady Parts”

Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series

Thuso Mbedu, “The Underground Railroad”

Anjana Vasan, “We Are Lady Parts”

Jana Schmieding, “Rutherford Falls”

Jasmine Cephas Jones, “Blindspotting”

Deborah Ayorinde, “THEM: Covenant”

Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series

Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Game”

Olly Alexander, “It’s a Sin”

Michael Greyeyes, “Rutherford Falls”

Murray Bartlett, “The White Lotus”

Ashley Thomas, “THEM: Covenant”

Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series

“Reservation Dogs”

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“Never Rarely Sometimes Always” Tops Indie Spirit Nominations

Greg H — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 05:34:12 +0000

This year’s award season is in full steam, and one of the major ceremonies just unveiled their list of award contenders. The nominations for the Independent Spirit Awards are in, and Never Rarely Sometimes Always is leading the way with a total of seven nods.

Eliza Hittman’s latest film will be in the running for the best feature award, but it will have a tough competition in First Cow, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Minari, and Nomadland. The best director nominations mostly mirrored the best film category, with Promising Young Woman replacing Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and four out of five nominations going to female directors.

Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari is also a major contender with nominations in six separate categories. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Nomadland were right behind, with five nominations each.

What makes this year’s Independent Spirit Awards unique is the introduction of television categories. Some of the shows that scored nominations in this field are Unorthodox, I May Destroy You, and Little America. The 36th Independent Spirit Awards will take place on April 22nd, with the live broadcast on IFC.

Full List of 2021 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations:

Best Feature
“First Cow”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Minari”
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
“Nomadland”

Best Director
Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”
Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
Eliza Hittman,” Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow”
Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland”

Best First Feature
“I Carry You With Me”
“The 40 Year Old Version”
“The Sound of Metal”
“Miss Juneteenth”
“Nine Days”

Best Female Lead
Nicole Beharie, “Miss Juneteenth”
Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Julia Garner, “The Assistant”
Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”

Best Male Lead
Riz Ahmed, “The Sound of Metal”
Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Rob Morgan, “Bull”
Steven Yeun, “Minari”
Adarsh Gourav, “The White Tiger”

Best Supporting Female
Alexis Chikaeze, “Miss Juneteenth”
Yeri Han, “Minari”
Valerie Mahaffey, French Exit”
Talia Ryder, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Yuh-jung Youn, “Minari”

Best Supporting Male
Colman Domingo, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Orion Lee, “First Cow”
Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal”
Glynn Turmann, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Benedict Wong, “Nine Days”

Best Screenplay
“Bad Education”
“Minari”
“The Half of It”
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
“Promising Young Woman”

Best First Screenplay
Kitty Green, “The Assistant”
Noah Hutton, “Lapsis”
Channing Godfrey Peoples, “Miss Juneteenth”
Andy Siara, “Palm Springs”
James Sweeney, “Straight Up”

Best Cinematography
Jay Keitel, “She Dies Tomorrow”
Shabier Kirchner, “Bull”
Michael Latham, “The Assistant”
Hélène Louvart, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Joshua James Richards, “Nomadland”

Best Editing
“I Carry You With Me”
“The Invisible Man”
“Residue”
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
“Nomadland”

Robert Altman Award
“One Night in Miami”

Best Documentary
“Collective”
“Crip Camp”
“Dick Johnson Is Dead”
“Time”
“The Mole Agent”

Best International Film
“Bacurau”
“The Disciple”
“Night of the Kings”
“Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time”
“Quo Vadis, Aida?”

Piaget Producers Award
Kara Durrett
Lucas Joaquin
Gerry Kim

Someone to Watch Award
David Midell, “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain”
Ekwa Msangi, “Farewell Amor”
Annie Silverstein, “Bull”

Truer Than Fiction Award
Cecilia Aldarondo, “Landfall”
Elegance Bratton, “Pier Kids”
Elizabeth Lo, “Stray”

John Cassavetes Awards
“The Killing of Two Lovers”
“La Leyenda Negra”
“Lingua Franca”
“Residue”
“Saint Frances”

Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
“Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children”
“City So Real”
“Immigration Nation”
“Love Fraud”
“We’re Here”

Best Scripted Series
“I May Destroy You”
“Little America”
“Small Axe”
“A Teacher”
“Unorthodox”

Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series
Elle Fanning, “The Great”
Shira Haas, “Unorthodox”
Abby McEnany, “Work in Progress
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, “Never Have I Ever”
Jordan Kristine Seamón, “We Are Who We Are”

Best Male Performance in a Scripted Series
Conphidance, “Little America”
Adam Ali, “Little America”
Nicco Annan, “P-Valley”
Amit Rahav, “Unorthodox”
Harold Torres, “Zero, Zero, Zero”

Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
“I May Destroy You”
Ensemble Cast: Michaela Coel, Paapa Essiedu, Wruche Opia,
Stephen Wight

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Independent Spirit Awards: “The Farewell” Takes Top Honor

Nikoleta P — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 08:01:00 +0000

The Farewell was snubbed at this year’s Oscar race, but that didn’t stop it from winning big at the Independent Spirit Awards. It took home the award for the best feature of the year.

Lulu Wang’s heartfelt drama managed to beat the likes of Clemency, A Hidden Life, Marriage Story, and Uncut Gems to win the top honor at this ceremony. This wasn’t The Farewell’s only major award. Zhao Shu-zhen picked up the best supporting actress trophy.

Uncut Gems was also one of the biggest winners of the night, and it came out victorious in three categories – best director (Josh and Benny Safdie), best male lead (Adam Sandler), and best editing (Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie).

The Independent Spirit Awards took place on February 8th at Santa Monica Pier, with Aubrey Plaza serving as a host.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT 20020 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS:

BEST FEATURE

The Farewell

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Booksmart

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Renee Zellweger, Judy

BEST MALE LEAD

Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems

BEST DIRECTOR

Benny and Josh Safdie – Uncut Gems

BEST DOCUMENTARY

American Factory

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell

BEST SCREENPLAY

Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

See You Yesterday,Fredrica Bailey, Stefon Bristol

BEST EDITING

Uncut Gems – Benny Safdie, Ronald Bronstein

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Parasite,Bong Joon Ho

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

Marriage Story

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

Give Me Liberty

PRODUCERS AWARD

Mollye Asher

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

Rashaad Ernesto Green, director of Premature

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

Nadia Shihab, director of Jabboland

THE BONNIE AWARD

Kelly Reichardt

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Full List of 2019 Independent Spirit Awards Winners

Nikoleta P — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 08:17:46 +0000

This year’s awards season is finally wrapping up, and Spirit Awards celebrated the best that independent film had to offer in 2018. If Beale Street Could Talk came out swinging and collected a total of three awards by the end of the night.

Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s classic novel came out victorious in several major categories, including best feature and best director. Regina King collected the award for her critically acclaimed supporting turn in this film, but this wasn’t much of a surprise since she’s always been a front runner in this category.

If Beale Street Could Talk is a harrowing tale of a young woman living in Harlem, who’s trying to prove her fiance has been wrongly accused of a violent crime before the birth of their child. In addition to King, it also stars KiKi Layne and Stephan James.

Full List of Winners:

Best Feature
If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Director
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Screenplay
Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Female Lead
Glenn Close, The Wife

Best Male Lead
Ethan Hawke, First Reformed

Best Supporting Female
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Supporting Male
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Producers Award
Shrihari Sathe

Best Cinematography
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Suspiria

Best Documentary
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Robert Altm Award
Suspiria

Best First Feature
Sorry to Bother You
Best Editing
Joe Bini, You Were Never Really Here

Truer Than Fiction Award
Bing Liu, Director of Minding the Gap

Best International Film
Roma (Mexico)

Bonnie Award
Debra Granik

John Cassavetes Award
En El Septimo Dia

Best First Screenplay
Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade

Someone To Watch Award
Alex Moratto, Director of Sócrates

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Independent Spirit Awards Unveil List Of Nominees For 2019

Nikoleta P — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 16:58:49 +0000

Award season is slowly heating up and one of the major ceremonies just unveiled its list of nominations for this year. The Independent Spirit Awards will celebrate diversity at the upcoming ceremony, and movie buffs are hoping Oscars will follow suit.

The small indie drama We the Animals received five nods this year, leading the way, but it’s too ambitious to say it dominated the list. Most of these nominations were in technical categories, while the nods in the main ones went to more expected choices.

Eighth Grade, First Reformed and You Were Never Really Here all received four nominations, including the one for the best feature. Competition is pretty tough in this category, since critically acclaimed dramas If Beale Street Could Talk and Leave No Trace also got a nod.

In order to qualify for a Spirit Award, a film must have a budget under $20 million, and that’s why many Academy Award hopefuls usually don’t make a cut. Despite this fact, many of the nominees at this award ceremony went to receive nods and even win Oscars in the past. The next addition of Independent Spirit Awards will take place on February 23, 2019 with Nick Kroll and John Mulaney returning as hosts.

Full List Of 2019 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

Best Feature
If Beale Street Could Talk
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
You Were Never Really Here
Leave No Trace

Best Director
Debra Granik (Leave No Trace)
Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Tamara Jenkins (Private Life)
Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here)
Paul Schrader (First Reformed)

Best First Feature
Hereditary
Sorry to Bother You
The Tale
We the Animals
Wildlife

Best Female Lead
Glenn Close (The Wife)
Toni Collette (Hereditary)
Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade)
Regina Hall (Support the Girls)
Helena Howard (Madeline’s Madeline)
Carey Mulligan (Wildlife)

Best Male Lead
John Cho (Searching)
Daveed Diggs (Blindspotting)
Ethan Hawke (First Reformed)
Christian Malheiros (Sócrates)
Joaquin Phoenix (You Were Never Really Here)

Best Supporting Female
Kayli Carter (Private Life)
Tyne Daly (A Bread Factory)
Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk)
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (Leave No Trace)
J. Smith-Cameron (Nancy)

Best Supporting Male
Raúl Castillo (We the Animals)
Adam Driver (BlackKklansman)
Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)
Josh Hamilton (Eighth Grade)
John David Washington (Monsters and Men)

Best Screenplay
Collete (Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Wash Westmoreland; Story By: Richard Glatzer)
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty)
Private Life (Tamara Jenkins)
Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley)
First Reformed (Paul Schrader)

Best First Screenplay
Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham)
Nancy (Christina Choe)
Thoroughbreds (Cory Finley)
The Tale (Jennifer Fox)
Blame (Writer and Story By: Quinn Shephard; Story By: Laurie Shephard)

Best Cinematography
Madeline’s Madeline (Ashley Connor)
Wildlife (Diego Garcia)
Mandy (Benjamin Loeb)
Suspiria (Sayombhu Mukdeeprom)
We the Animals (Zak Mulligan)

Best Editing
You Were Never Really Here (Joe Bini)
We the Animals (Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates, and Jeremiah Zagar)
American Animals (Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill, and Julian Hart)
The Tale (Anne Fabini, Alex Hall, and Gary Levy)
Mid90s (Nick Houy)

John Cassavetes Award
A Bread Factory
En El Séptimo Día
Never Goin’ Back
Sócrates
Thunder Road

Robert Altman Award
The director and cast of Suspiria

Best Documentary
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
On Her Shoulders
Shirkers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Best International Film
Burning (South Korea)
The Favourite (United Kingdom)
Happy As Lazarro (Italy)
Roma (Mexico)
Shoplifters (Japan)

Piaget Producers Award
Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams
Gabrielle Nadig
Shrihari Sathe

Annual Kiehl’s Someone to Watch Award
Alex Moratto (Sócrates)
Ioana Uricaru (Lemonade)
Jeremiah Zagar (We the Animals)

Truer Than Fiction Award
On Her Shoulders (Alexandria Bombach)
Minding the Gap (Bing Liu)
Hale Country This Morning, This Evening (RaMell Ross)

Annual Bonnie Award
Debra Granik
Tamara Jenkins
Karyn Kusama

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