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Film Independent Spirit Awards 2021 Nominations
Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Little America, Minari, and the other nominations for the 36th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced. The 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards “are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films…The Independent Spirit Awards are presented by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers.” The full listing of the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations is below.
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Film Independent Spirit Awards 2021 Nominations
BEST FEATURE First Cow Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Minari Never Rarely Sometimes Always Nomadland BEST FIRST FEATURE I Carry You With Me The Forty-Year-Old Version Miss Juneteenth Nine Days Sound of Metal Nomadland Nomadland Fox Searchlight 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, Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Adarsh Gourav, The White Tiger Rob Morgan, Bull Steven Yeun, Minari Carey Mulligan and Bo Burnham in ‘Promising Young Woman’ Promising Young Woman Focus Features BEST DIRECTOR Lee Isaac Chung, Minari Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always Kelly Reichardt, First Cow Chloé Zhao, Nomadland BEST DOCUMENTARY Collective Director/Producer: Alexander Nanau Producers: Hanka Kastelicová, Bernard Michaux, Bianca Oana Crip Camp Directors/Producers: Jim LeBrecht, Nicole Newnham Producer: Sara Bolder Dick Johnson is Dead Director/Producer: Kirsten Johnson Producers: Katy Chevigny, Marilyn Ness The Mole Agent Director: Maite Alberdi Producer: Marcela Santibáñez Time Director/Producer: Garrett Bradley Producers: Lauren Domino, Kellen Quinn BEST SUPPORTING MALE Colman Domingo, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Orion Lee, First Cow Paul Raci, Sound of Metal Glynn Turman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Benedict Wong, Nine Days 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 SCREENPLAY
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Mike Makowsky, Bad Education Lee Isaac Chung, Minari Alice Wu, The Half Of It Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always Emerald Fennell, 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 EDITING: Andy Canny, The Invisible Man Scott Cummings, Never Rarely Sometimes Always Merawi Gerima, Residue Enat Sidi, I Carry You With Me Chloé Zhao, Nomadland BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Jay Keitel, She Dies Tomorrow Shabier Kirchner, Bull Michael Latham, The Assistant Hélène Louvart, Never Rarely Sometimes Always Joshua James Richards, Nomadland Sônia Braga in ‘Bacurau’ Photo by Victor Jucá BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM Bacurau Brazil Directors: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho The Disciple India Director: Chaitanya Tamhane Night of the Kings Ivory Coast Director: Philippe Lacôte Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time Hungary Director: Lili Horvát ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast One Night in Miami… Director: Regina King Casting Directors: Kimberly R. Hardin Ensemble Cast: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr. JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD Given to the best feature made for under $500,000 (Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.) The Killing of Two Lovers Writer/Director/Producer: Robert Machoian Producers: Scott Christopherson, Clayne Crawford La Leyenda Negra Writer/Director: Patricia Vidal Delgado Producers: Alicia Herder, Marcel Perez Lingua Franca Writer/Director/Producer: Isabel Sandoval Producers: Darlene Catly Malimas, Jhett Tolentino, Carlo Velayo Residue Writer/Director: Merawi Gerima Saint Frances Director/Producer: Alex Thompson Writer: Kelly O’Sullivan Producers: James Choi, Pierce Cravens, Ian Keiser, Eddie Linker, Raphael Nash, Roger Welp PRODUCERS AWARD The Producers Award, now in its 24th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films. Kara Durrett Lucas Joaquin Gerry Kim The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Frankie Faison in ‘The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain’ Revelations SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 27th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. David Midell Director of The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Ekwa Msangi Director of Farewell Amor Annie Silverstein Director of Bull TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 26th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. Cecilia Aldarondo Director of Landfall Elegance Bratton Director of Pier Kids Elizabeth Lo Director of Stray TV CATEGORIES BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer) Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children Executive Producers: Jeff Dupre, Joshua Bennett, Sam Pollard, Maro Chermayeff, John Legend, Mike Jackson, Ty Stiklorius City So Real Produced by: Zak Piper, Steve James Executive Producers: Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Alex Kotlowitz, Gordon Quinn, Betsy Steinberg, Jolene Pinder Immigration Nation Executive Producers: Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz, Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Brandon Hill, Christian Thompson Co-Executive Producers: Andrey Alistratov, Jay Arthur Sterrenberg, Lauren Haber Love Fraud Executive Producers: Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing, Amy Goodman Kass, Vinnie Malhotra, Jihan Robinson, Michael Bloom, Maria Zuckerman We’re Here Creators/Executive Producers: Stephen Warren, Johnnie Ingram Executive Producers: Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Peter LoGreco Co-Executive Producers: Erin Haglund, Sabrina Mar BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer) I May Destroy You Creator/Executive Producer: Michaela Coel Executive Producers: Phil Clarke, Roberto Troni Little America Executive Producers: Lee Eisenberg, Joshuah Bearman, Joshua Davis, Arthur Spector, Alan Yang, Siân Heder, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon Small Axe Executive Producers: Tracey Scoffield, David Tanner, Steve McQueen A Teacher Creator/Executive Producer: Hanna Fidell Executive Producers: Michael Costigan, Kate Mara, Louise Shore, Jason Bateman, Danny Brocklehurst Co-Executive Producer: Daniel Pipski Unorthodox Creator/Executive Producer: Anna Winger Creator: Alexa Karolinski Executive Producer: Henning Kamm BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW 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 NEW 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 Leave your thoughts on the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations below in the comments section. 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