28 Film Independent Spirit of the Year Award will be awarded on Saturday afternoon.
Ke Huy Quan added another award to add to his haul, taking home the first award handed out during the show for
Everything Everywhere All at Once. The film’s writers and directors, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Schneider, won the Spirit Award for Best Screenplay, while Stephanie Hsu won Best Breakthrough Performance. Everything Everywhere also won for Paul Rogers’ editing work.
The Bear was named Best New Screenplay Series, with Ayo Edebiri for Best Supporting Actor in the series Acting in a new scripted series.
Traditionally, the show was held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica. The awards ceremony hosted by Hasan Minhaj will be streamed live on Film Independent’s YouTube channel as well as on IMDb’s YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter . (Check out the star-studded red carpet arrival here.)
Enter the show, all at the same time led the ) movie Nominated with eight nominations, including Best Feature Film and Best Director. Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis were also nominated for performances.
On TV, Abbott Elementary, The Bear, Severance and Station Eleven is the tied for most nominations , three each.
This year, Film Independent eliminated gender-specific acting categories and awarded best male /Actress and Actor/Supporting Actress are replaced by gender-neutral categories with the same number of nominations. New Category, Best Lead Performance and Best Support Performance, Nominated per Feature .
Also at the ceremony, Sarah Polley’s Women Talking will receive the Robert Altman Award, awarded to Film director, casting director and ensemble cast. Pachinko won Best Ensemble Actor in a New Screenplay Series.
The list of nominees below will be updated as they are announced live. Find all our awards season coverage here .
BEST FEATURES
(BONUS TO Producer)
bones and all
1235340848 Producers: Timothee Chalamet, Francesco Melzi d’Arriel, Luca Guadagnino, David Kaganich, Lorenzo Mieli, Marco Morabito, Gabriele Moratti, Theresa Park, Peter Spears
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE
Producers: Daniel Kwan, Mike Larocca, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang
Our Father, the Devil
Producers: Ellie Foumbi, Joseph Mastantuono
Asphalt
12353408481235340685 Producers: Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alex andra Milchan
woman talking
Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Frances McDormand
Best First Feature
(Awards to director and producer)
After the Sun
Director: Charlotte Wells 1235281061
Producers: Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski
CRIMINAL EMILY
Director: John Barton Ford
1235340848 Producers: Taylor Davidson, Aubrey Plaza, Drew Sykes
examine
Director: Grace Bratton
Producers: Effie T. Brown, Chester Aljnar Gordon
Murina
Director: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
Producer: Danijel Pek, Rodrigo Teixeira
palm trees and power lines
Director/Producer: Jamie Dack
Producer: Leah Chen Baker
John Cassavetes Award
for the best film made under $1 million (the award goes to screenwriters, Director and Producer)
African Despair
Writer/Director/Producer: Martine Syms
Writer/Producer: Rocket Caleshu
1235340685 Producer: Vic Brooks
A love song
Writer/Director/Producer: Max Walker-Silverman
Producers: Jesse Hope, Dan Jan Victoria
Cathedral
1235340685 Writer/Director: Ricky D’Ambrose
1235281061 Producer: Graham Swon
St. Emmie
Writer/Director: Araceli Lemos
Writer/Producer: Giulia Caruso
Producers: Mathieu Bompoint, Ki Jin Kim, Konstantinos Vassilaros
Something is in the dirt
Screenwriter/ Director/Producer: Justin Benson
Director/Producer: Aaron Moorhead
1235340848 Producer: David Lawson Jr.
Best Director
Todd Field, Tár(
Kogonada, After Yang
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything is everywhere
Sarah Polley, Women Talk
Halina Reijn, BODY BODY BODY
BEST SCREENPLAY
Lena Dunham, Catherine Called Birdy
Todd Field,
Tár(
Kogonada, Empress Yang
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, all at the same time (WINNER)
Sarah Polley, Women talk
best Female Screenplay
Joel Kim Booster, Fire Island
Lena Dunham, Catherine Called Birdy
Todd Field,
Tár(
Kogonada, Empress Yang
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, all at the same time (WINNER)
Sarah Polley, Women talk
best Female Screenplay
Joel Kim Booster, Fire Island
Jamie Dack, Audrey Findlay, story by Jamie Dack, palm trees and power lines
KD Dávila , Emergency
Sarah DeLappe, Kristen Roupenian’s story, Bodies Bodies Bodies
John Patton Ford, Emily the Criminal (WINNER)
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Cate Blanchett Tár (
Dell Dickey, A Love Song
Mia Goth, Pearl
Regina Hall, Mingle for Jesus trumpet. Save your soul.
Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal
Jeremy Pope, check
Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
Taylor Russell, Bones and All
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All Once
Best Supporting Actor
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everywhere
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Nina Hoss, Tár
Brian d’Arcy James, Cathedral
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere (WINNER)
Trevante Rhodes, Bruiser
Theo Rossi, Emily the Criminal
Mark Rylance, bones and all
Jonathan Tucker, Palm Trees and Power Lines
Gabrielle Union, The Inspection
Best Breakthrough Performance
(New Award)
Frankie Corio, Aftersun
Gracija Filipović, Murina
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All Once(WINNER)
Lily McInerny, Palm trees and power lines
Daniel Zolghadri, interesting page
Best Cinematography
Florian Hoffmeister, Tár (winner)
Hélène Louvart, Murina
Gregory Oke, Aftersun
Eliot Rockett, Pearl
Anisia Uzeyman,
Neptune Frost
Best Cut
Ricky D’Ambrose, The Cathedral
Dean Fleischer Camp, Nick Paley, Marcel the Shell with Shoes
Blair McClendon, Aftersun
Paul Rogers, All at the same time (winner)
Monika Willi, Tár(
Robert Altman Award
(To the director, casting director and cast of a film)
woman talking
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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
Best Documentary Mental
(for director and producer)
everything that breathes
1235340848 Director/Producer: Shaunak Sen
Producers: Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann
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: Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann
All the Beauty and Bleeding (winner)
1235281061 Director/Producer: Laura Poitras
1235340685 Producers: Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons
House made of debris
1235268096 Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont Producer: Monica Hellström
Midwife
1235340848 Director/Producer: Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing
Producers: Mila Aung-Thwin, Ulla Lehmann, Bob Moore
Ritzville,USA
Director: Sierra Pettengill
Producer: Sara Archambault , Jamila Wignot
Best International Film
(for the director)
corsage (Austria/Luxembourg/France/Belgium/Italy/United Kingdom)
Director: Marie Kruse
Joyland(Pakistan/USA)(WINNER )
Director: Saim Sadiq
Leonor Will Never Die(the Philippines)
1235340848 Director: Matica Ramirez Escobar
back to Seoul (Korea/France/Belgium/Romania)
Director: David Chow
Saint Omer
(France)
Director : Alice Diop
Robert Altman Award
woman 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
by Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Awarded Producer Award
is now at 29th year, the awards honor emerging filmmakers who, despite very limited resources, have demonstrated the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce high-quality independent films.
Liz Cardenas
Tory Lenosky
David Grove Churchill Viste
Someone is watching the prize
This year is the This award honors a talented and visionary filmmaker who has yet to be properly recognized.
Adamma Ebo, whistle for Jesus. Save your soul.
Nikyatu Jusu, nanny
(winner)
Araceli Lemos, St. Emmy Award True Than Fiction Award
Now in it’s 26 This year, the award goes to an emerging non-fiction director who has yet to receive major recognition.
Isabel Castro Mia
Reed Davenport, I didn’t see you there (winner)
Rebecca Hunt, Beba
BEST NEW UNSCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
(Awards to Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)
Dungeon Kids
Executive Producers: Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, Jon Bardin, Ted Gesing , Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Kate Barry; Co-Executive Producer: Julie Gaither
Mind Over Murder
Executive Producers: Marc Smerling, Nanfu Wang, Max Heckman, Chad Mumm, Mark W. Olsen, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller , Sara Rodriguez
Pepsi where is my jet ?
Executive Producers: Nick Boak, Andrew Renzi, Andrew D. Corkin, Theo James, Andrew Fried, Jordan Wynn, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma; Co-Executive Producer: Jeremiah Murphy
The Rehearsal (winner)
creator/executive Producer: Nathan Field; Executive Producers: Dave Paige, Dan McManus, Christie Smith; Co-Executive Producers: Carrie Kemper, Eric Notarnicola
We need to talk about Cosby
1235281061 Executive Producers: W. Kamau Bell, Andrew Fried, Katie A. King, Vinnie Malhotra, Dane Liller Gard, Selina Roman, Jordan Wayne; Co-Executive Producer: Geraldine L. Porras
Best New Screenplay Series
Director: David Chow
(France)
Director : Alice Diop
Robert Altman Award
woman 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
by Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Awarded Producer Award
is now at 29th year, the awards honor emerging filmmakers who, despite very limited resources, have demonstrated the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce high-quality independent films.
Liz Cardenas
Tory Lenosky
David Grove Churchill Viste
Someone is watching the prize
This year is the This award honors a talented and visionary filmmaker who has yet to be properly recognized.
Adamma Ebo, whistle for Jesus. Save your soul.
Nikyatu Jusu, nanny
(winner)
Araceli Lemos, St. Emmy Award True Than Fiction Award
Now in it’s 26 This year, the award goes to an emerging non-fiction director who has yet to receive major recognition.
Isabel Castro Mia
Reed Davenport, I didn’t see you there (winner)
Rebecca Hunt, Beba
BEST NEW UNSCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
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
Executive Producers: Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, Jon Bardin, Ted Gesing , Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Kate Barry; Co-Executive Producer: Julie Gaither
Executive Producers: Marc Smerling, Nanfu Wang, Max Heckman, Chad Mumm, Mark W. Olsen, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller , Sara Rodriguez
creator/executive Producer: Nathan Field; Executive Producers: Dave Paige, Dan McManus, Christie Smith; Co-Executive Producers: Carrie Kemper, Eric Notarnicola
(Awards for Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)
Bear (winner)
Creator/Executive Producer: Christopher Storer; Executive Producer: Joanna Calo , Josh Senior, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson; Co-Executive Producer: Rene Gube
Pachinko
1235340685 Creator/Executive Producer: Soo Hugh; Executive Producers: Michael Ellenberg, Lindsey Springer, Theresa Kang-Lowe, Richard Middleton, Justin Chon, Kogonada; Co-Executive Producers: Dani Gorin, Sebastian Lee, David Kim, Ethan Kuperberg
Porter
Creators/Executive Producers: Marsha Greene, Annmarie Morais, Arnold Pinnock; Creators/Co-Executive Producers: Bruce Ramsay; Creators: Aubrey Nealon; Executive Producers: Ian Dimerman, Jennifer Kawaja, Charles Officer, RT Thorne, Aml Ameen, Bruno Dubé, Alfre Woodard, Rose Catherine Pinkney, Devin Griffin; Co-Executive Producers: Elise Cousineau, Andrea Glinski, Steve Cochrane, Daphne Park
Severance pay
Creator/Executive Producer: Dan Erickson; Executive Producers: Ben Stiller, Nicholas Weinstock, Jackie Cohen, Mark Friedman, Andrew Colville, Chris Black, John Cameron; Co-Executive Producers: Jill Footlick, Kari Drake
Station Eleven
Creator/Executive Producer 😛 atrick Somerville; Executive Producers: Jessica Rhoades, Scott Steindorff, Dylan Russell, Scott Delman, Jeremy Podeswa, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson; Co-Executive Producers: David Nicksay, Nick Cuse
Best Lead Performance in a New Screenplay Series
Aml Ameen, The Porter
Mohammed Amer, Mo
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary School
Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere
KaMillion, Rap Sh!t
Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
Himesh Patel, Station 11
Sue Ann Pien, As we see it
Adam Scott, Severance
Ben Whishaw, THIS WILL HURT
The best of the new scripted series Best Supporting Performance
Danielle Deadwyler, Station 11
Ayo Edebiri, The Bear ( Winner)
Jeff Hiller, someone so mewhere
Gbemisola Ikumelo , A League of Their Own
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary School
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Bear
Frankie Quiñones, This Fool
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary School
Molly Shannon, I love you
Tramell Tillman, Severance
Best of new scripted series Ensemble
marbles machine
Ensemble Cast: Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, Yuh-jung Youn
