Hereditary And You Were Never Really Here Among The Indie Spirit Award Nominees

Hereditary

by James White |
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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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