36th INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS 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

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 SCREENPLAY
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Mike Makowsky, Bad Education
Alice Wu, The Half of It

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Kitty Green, The Assistant
Noah Hutton, Lapsis
Channing Godfrey Peoples, Juneteenth
Andy Siara, Palm Springs
James Sweeney, Straight Up

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS
LA LEYENDA NEGRA
LINGUA FRANCA
RESIDUE
SAINT FRANCES

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

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 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
Yu-jung Youn, Minari

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
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 INTERNATIONAL FILM
BACURAU (Brazil)
THE DISCIPLE (India)
NIGHT OF THE KINGS (Ivory Coast)
PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME (Hungary)
QUO VADIS, AIDA? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
COLLECTIVE
CRIP CAMP
DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD
THE MOLE AGENT
TIME

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
Director: Regina King
Casting Directors: Kimberly R. Hardin
Ensemble Cast: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr.

PRODUCERS AWARD
Lucas Joaquin
Gerry Kim
Kara Durrett

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

DAVID MIDELL - Director of The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
EKWA MSANGI - Director of Farewell Amor
ANNIE SILVERSTEIN - Director of Bull

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
CECILIA ALDARONDO - Director of Landfall
ELEGANCE BRATTON - Director of Pier Kids
ELIZABETH LO - Director of Stray1