Wednesday, December 3, 2025

The 41st INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS Nominations!

Hey, these feel actually indie this year! I do wonder, though, what Ira Sachs has on this group. His films always go over huge. There's quite a few things I still have to catch up on, as so many of these films don't get any physical release anymore. 

BEST FEATURE
PETER HUJAR'S DAY
THE PLAGUE
SORRY, BABY
TRAIN DREAMS
TWINLESS

BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Bentley - Train Dreams
Mary Bronstein - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Lloyd Lee Choi - Lucky Lu
Ira Sachs - Peter Hujar's Day
Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby

BEST FIRST FEATURE
Blue Sun Palace
Dust Bunny 
East of Wall
Lurker
One of Them Days 

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
The Baltimorons
Boys Go To Jupiter
Eephus
Esta Island (This Island)
Familiar Touch

BEST SCREENPLAY
A Little Prayer
Sorry, Baby
Sovereign
Splitsville
Twinless

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Blue Sun Palace
Friendship
Lurker
One of Them Days
Outerlands

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Everett Blunck - The Plague
Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Kathleen Chalfant - Familiar Touch
Chang Chen - Lucky Lu
Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams
Dylan O'Brien - Twinless
Keke Palmer - One of Them Days
Théodore Pellerin - Lurker
Tessa Thompson - Hedda
Ben Whishaw- Peter Hujar’s Day

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Naomi Ackie - Sorry, Baby
Zoey Deutch - Nouvelle Vague
Kirsten Dunst - Roofman
Rebecca Hall - Peter Hujar’s Day
Nina Hoss - Hedda
Jane Levy - A Little Prayer
Archie Madekwe - Lurker
Kali Reis - Rebuilding
Jacob Tremblay - Sovereign
Haipeng Xu - Blue Sun Palace

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Liz Larsen - The Baltimorons
Misha Osherovich - She’s the He
Kayo Martin - The Plague
SZA - One of Them Days
Tabatha Zimiga - East of Wall 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Alex Ashe - Peter Hujar’s Day
Norm Li - Blue Sun Palace
David J. Thompson - Warfare
Adolpho Veloso - Train Dreams
Nicole Hirsch Whitaker - Dust Bunny

BEST EDITING
Ben Leonberg - Good Boy
Carson Lund - Eephus
Fin Oates - Warfare
Sara Shaw - Splitsville
Sofía Subercaseaux - The Testament of Ann Lee

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD - The Long Walk
Director: Francis Lawrence
Casting Director: Rich Delia
Ensemble Cast: Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Tut Nyuot, Joshua Odjick, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Garrett Wareing

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Come See Me in the Good Light
Endless Cookie
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow
The Perfect Neighbor
The Tale of Silyan

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
All That’s Left of You
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
A Poet
The Secret Agent
Sirāt

PRODUCERS AWARD
Emma Hannaway
Luca Intili
Tony Yang

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD 
Tatti Ribeiro
Neo Sora
Annapurna Sriram

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Tony Benna
Rajee Samarasinghe
Brittany Shyn

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