Most notable for honouring smaller movies that sometimes slip through the cracks at awards time, particularly when it comes to Oscars, the Independent Spirit Awards have announced their nominations. And it's a good year for films including Hereditary, First Reformed and Eighth Grade.
We The Animals topped the nomination count with five, with movies such as You Were Never Really Here, and the aforementioned First Reformed snapping at its heels with four apiece. But we're also pleased to see Mandy sneak in with a cheeky cinematography and interested to find out whether Moonlight director Barry Jenkins can repeat the success with his latest, If Beale Street Could Talk.
The ceremony for next year's awards is on the schedule for 23 February 23, in the traditional pre-Oscars slot. The main winners are below, and you can find the full list at the Film Independent site.
BEST FEATURE
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
You Were Never Really Here
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Hereditary
Sorry To Bother You
The Tale
We The Animals
Wildlife
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
A Bread Factory
En el Séptimo Día
Never Goin' Back
Sócrates
Thunder Road
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 SCREENPLAY
Richard Glatzer (Writer/Story By), Rebecca Lenkiewicz & Wash Westmoreland, Colette
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Tamara Jenkins, Private Life
Boots Riley, Sorry To Bother You
Paul Schrader First Reformed
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade
Christina Choe, Nancy
Corey Finley, Thoroughbreds
Jennifer Fox, The Tale
Quinn Shephard (Writer/Story By), Laurie Shephard (Story By),
Blame
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ashley Connor, Madeline's Madeline
Diego Garcia, Wildlife
Benjamin Loeb, Mandy
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Suspiria
Zak Mulligan, We The Animals
BEST EDITING
Joe Bini, You Were Never Really Here
Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates, Jeremiah Zagar, We The Animals
Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill, Julian Hart, American Animals
Anne Fabini, Alex Hall, Gary Levy, The Tale
Nick Houy, Mid90s
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
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
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
The Favourite
Happy As Lazzaro
Roma
Shoplifters
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